DGD 3020 - Multimedia and Animation
Clock Hours: 210
Delivery Mode
on-ground
Course Description:
This course is designed to allow students an opportunity to use the full functionality a Digital Single Lens Reflex camera (DSLR) in natural lighting for landscapes, action, and portraiture, use studio lights, reflectors, and remote flash to create images that evoke an emotional response, manipulate shutter speed, aperture, and sensitivity settings to capture depth of field, fine detail, and motion, isolate engaging compositions using the viewfinder, crop, edit, and manipulate digital images, and learn how to secure model releases and protect copyright.
Students will also gain valuable skill in preparing digital files for reproduction, learn to make a successful transition from a digital image on screen via mechanical and physical processes, into a tangible format, experiment with motion graphics using Adobe Animate©, choose the right colors, textures, and typefaces for web, print, and video, and capture and refine video using Adobe Premiere©.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will acquire the necessary skills to:
- Identify photography terminology
- Demonstrate use of cameras and accessories
- Apply copyright laws pertaining to photographs (e.g., stock photos, clip art, studio portraits)
- Identify image terminology (e.g., raster, vector, continuous tone, halftone, line art)
- Identify and explain various file formats (e.g., .pdf, .jpg, .png, .eps)
- Identify appropriate resolution for projects
- Manipulate images (e.g., restore, color correct, masking)
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