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Courses Handbook 2013

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2013.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2012.

310126 (v.2) Digital Image Compositing 192

Area: Department of Design
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 2.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Workshop: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s): 7844 (v.5) Design Technology 191
Syllabus: This unit develops student’s skills and conceptual approaches in joining various elements together into a video form. These elements might be from 3D modelling and rendering, live action video, still images, logos, drawn characters, typographic/text elements, etc: to produce special effects for movies and video clips, web site banners, TV title sequences, TV commercials, architectural walkthroughs, and training simulations. The process of joining such elements into a single composition is called “compositing”. It is the fundamental technique of Motion Graphics and Special Effects, and very important in almost all forms of Animation. Students will be introduced to techniques such as roto-scoping, image tracking, keying, “blue screening”, and colour matching. Particularly, it encourages students to explore established conventions, visual styles, animation techniques, audio design, narrative structures, and screen language in their own works. It is a project-based study unit that places equal importance on both conceptual development and skills acquisition. The unit allows students to build on their understanding of the different mediums in terms of their possibilities and limitations through exploration and experimentation.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 100500 Graphic and Design Studios (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2013 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        

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