School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Multi Media for Dance
  • Unit Code

    DAN3237
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    Y
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Susan Desley PEACOCK

Description

This unit allows students to develop skills in the creation and manipulation of digital media, which then can be applied to choreographic processes. The unit will cover the authoring of video content or delivery through fixed media storage such as DVD. The emphasis is on increasing awareness of the technology and its application in the field of dance. Topics covered include image manipulation, video equipment, video editing and video compression. Focusing on still and dynamic graphic images, students explore 2D, 3D, digital audio and video software.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from DAN2136

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply the above skills to a screen-based outcome.
  2. Have a working knowledge of 2D still and motion based software: DSLR, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro.
  3. Integrate audio tracks into motion software.
  4. Produce a variety of outcomes with digital media currently available through Academy software and associated hardware.

Unit Content

  1. Occupational, Health and Safety Issues will be covered within the course: Awareness of visual, aural, physical & electrical hazards.
  2. Output and Presentation: Storyboarding, Compressor - Making DVD. Distribution of media. Presentation of finished media.
  3. Still image manipulation: Fundamentals of Pixel based manipulation, capture techniques, selection, retouching of media, filters & obtaining plug-ins, output of various types of media.
  4. Video manipulation: Movie 2 Fundamentals of capture and manipulation of stored video & audio footage. Final Cut Pro 7 acquiring and organising media in FCP, basic editing, composting & effects, audio editing.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Full YearNot Offered18 x 2 hour ensemblesNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars and Workshops.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ParticipationClassroom Activities - Tasks 1 and 2 are 20% each40%
ProjectMajor Project50%
WorkshopWorkshop tasks10%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Multi Media for Dance
  • Unit Code

    DAN3237
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    Y
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Susan Desley PEACOCK

Description

This unit allows students to develop skills in the creation and manipulation of digital media, which then can be applied to choreographic processes. The unit will cover the authoring of video content or delivery through fixed media storage such as DVD. The emphasis is on increasing awareness of the technology and its application in the field of dance. Topics covered include image manipulation, video equipment, video editing and video compression. Focusing on still and dynamic graphic images, students explore 2D, 3D, digital audio and video software.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from DAN2136

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply the above skills to a screen-based outcome.
  2. Have a working knowledge of 2D still and motion based software: DSLR, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro.
  3. Integrate audio tracks into motion software.
  4. Produce a variety of outcomes with digital media currently available through Academy software and associated hardware.

Unit Content

  1. Occupational, Health and Safety Issues will be covered within the course: Awareness of visual, aural, physical & electrical hazards.
  2. Output and Presentation: Storyboarding, Compressor - Making DVD. Distribution of media. Presentation of finished media.
  3. Still image manipulation: Fundamentals of Pixel based manipulation, capture techniques, selection, retouching of media, filters & obtaining plug-ins, output of various types of media.
  4. Video manipulation: Movie 2 Fundamentals of capture and manipulation of stored video & audio footage. Final Cut Pro 7 acquiring and organising media in FCP, basic editing, composting & effects, audio editing.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Full YearNot Offered18 x 2 hour ensemblesNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars and Workshops.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ParticipationClassroom Activities - Tasks 1 and 2 are 20% each40%
ProjectMajor Project50%
WorkshopWorkshop tasks10%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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