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COMM 210Introduction to Digital Media

Summer 2010Tuesday 6 9:00

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Jim Neale OFFICE PHONE: (704) 688-2895OFFICE: Dana 102BOFFICE HOURS: M-Th 8:00 to 5:00, by appointment onlyEMAIL: [email protected]

The Commuter Hotline number is (704) 337-2567. Consult this hotline for information on inclement

weather, schedule changes and cancelled classes.

REQUIRED TEXT:

Roberts-Breslin, Jan. Making Media: Foundations of Sound and Image Production, SecondEdition. Focal Press, 2008. ISBN 0-240-80907-6

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course provides an introduction for communication students to the study and production ofdigital media. Students will learn how to analyze and produce digital text, hypertext, WebPages, digitalphotos, digital audio, podcasts, multimedia presentations and digital video. The course will also cover

supporting topics including writing skills, listening skills, media literacy, visual composition, computerskills, online publishing, nonlinear editing, delivery medium and media convergence. Throughout thecourse, students will be involved in hands on projects that will help them begin to acquire the skills as aproducer of digital media.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the course, the students will be able to:

Demonstrate by action effective writing and listening skills. Demonstrate by action basic computer skills. Produce digital text and hypertext.

Create a webpage. Demonstrate through discussion knowledge of media literacy and visual composition. Record and edit a digital audio file. Compose, take and display digital still images. Acquire, edit and display digital video files. Create and display a multimedia presentation. Demonstrate by delivery knowledge of media convergence
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REQUIREMENTS:

All students must attend class and complete reading assignments. More than twoabsences will adversely affect a final grade. There will be quizzes, assignments, and a finalexam/project. There will be a hypertext project, a website project, a digital audio project, adigital still image project, a digital video project and a non-linear multimedia project. Eachstudent will need to acquire a USB thumb drive (2GB recommended) and a SD memory chip

(at least 2GB). Each student is expected to act in a professional manner.

Hypertext Assignment:

Students will research and write an electronic paper of 500 words. This paper may beon any communications topic. It must have at least 20 hyperlinks and must be referenced.

APA style is recommended.

Webpage Assignment:

Students will research and create a webpage on a selected communications topic. Thistopic must be different than the hypertext assignment. The webpage must have 5 links, 3tables and 5 digital images.

Digital Still Image:

Students will research a topic and take 20 digital images. These images must includeexamples of composition, such as Rule of Thirds, Balance, Symmetry, Framing, LeadingLines, and Lead Space.

Digital Audio Assignment:

Students will research and write an audio script. They will then create a 5 minutes

digital audio file. This can be on any communications topic, including the topics covered by thehypertext, webpage and digital still image assignments. Students must include at least twodifferent voices and use a music bed for at least 30 seconds.

Digital Video Assignment:

Each student will be place in a small group of students. Students will research a topicand write a video script on a topic of their choice. The students will then get approval of theirscript for production from the professor. They will then acquire and edit raw digital videofootage to create a 3-5 minute video. The video must include graphics, two voices, and music.The digital video file will then be recorded to DVD and compressed for video streaming.

Non-linear Multimedia Assignment:

Students will create a non-linear multimedia presentation on PowerPoint. Thispresentation may be on a topic of the students choice, preapproved by the professor. It mustinclude 20 slides, two audio clips, a video clip, 10 digital stills, 5 links to websites and 10pieces of clip art.


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Quizzes:

There will be a number of quizzes given during the semester. Quizzes will beannounced in advance. These quizzes will consist of several short essays. Each quiz willcover the assigned readings.

Presentation of Projects:

During the semester each student will be required to present each project to the entireclass. This presentation can impact both the project grade and participation grade.

EVALUATION

Quizzes 40%Projects 30%

Audio Project 10%Video Project 20%

Your grade will be determined by your total amount of points earned. The distribution is as follows:

100-94 points A 93-90 points A-89-87 points B+ 86-84 points B 83-80 points B-79-77 points C+ 76-74 points C 73-70 points C-69-65 points D+ 64-60 points D 59 down is failing

**Please read and be aware of Queens Universitys Honor Code.**

ATTENDANCE1. Attendance Policy: All students must attend class. More than two absences will adversely

affect a final grade, lowering the student's final grade one letter grade for each additionalabsence. Two tardies will count as one absence.

2. Classroom Accommodations: Students requiring classroom accommodations or modificationsbecause of a documented disability should discuss this need with the instructor at the beginning ofthe semester. Students not registered with the Special Services Program should contact personnelin that office on campus.

Class Calendar

Week Topics Reading Assignment1 Content and Preproduction

Work FlowCh. 1 Hypertext

Due2 The Frame

Rules of CompositionCh. 2

3 Depth and Movement in the FrameShowing 3D in a 2D medium

Ch. 3 WebpageDue

4 LightingObjectives of light

Ch. 4

5 SoundMinds Eye

Ch. 5 Digital ImagesDue

6 Sound and ImageThe Role of Listening

Ch. 6

7 Time Ch. 7


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Editing Audio8 Linear Structure Ch. 8 Digital Audio

Due

9 Linear Structure (continued)Editing Video

Ch. 9

10 Non-linear Structure Ch. 10

11 Production, Exhibition and DistributionConvergence

Ch. 11 Digital VideoDue

12 Production, Exhibition and Distribution (continued)

13 Non-linear Multimedia Project Non-linear Multimedia

Due

Final to be announced

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