Following the 2004 Review of the Faculty of Information Technology this unit forms part of the Multimedia major established within the Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems degree.

This unit has been renamed and updated to better suit the overall learning objectives of the new Multimedia Development major. It aligns with the content of the other units in the new major and the revised Bachelor of Information Technology and Systems degree.

January 2012

Modified Assessment summary to include hurdle requirement to comply with Faculty Policy

May 2012

Changed workload/special requirements. The necessary software requires a 64 bit operating environment. Note that Mutts has already been changed to reflect this.

May 2013

Modified location of offering. This unit no longer runs at Berwick

May 2013

Changed workload/special requirements information to reflect labs with required software

February 2014

Modified additional timetabling requirements to reflect lab specifications.

Changed objectives to outcomes

March 2014

Administrative change - updating workload to reflect handbook format.

May 2014

Admin update: minor change to learning outcomes (as approved by ADE).

January 2017

Changed additional timetabling requirements to reflect new lab specifications.

Changed outcome number 3 - This related to an old assignment from when the Unit first ran and the technical and creative requirements were rather dated.

The new assignment will employ more current techniques so the outcome was changed to reflect this.

Admin: confirmed changes are for Semester 2, 2017

28/4/2021 - Unit disestablished at FEC 2/21 Item 6.2

This unit introduces students to the principles and concepts underlying current high-end video production techniques. It extends the material presented in FIT2026 Sound and Video Studio and provides knowledge and skills which the student can apply within their third year studio project/s (FIT3039/3040). Recent developments in various hardware technologies and increasingly more sophisticated software developments have combined to allow desktop users to create high end graphical and audio compositions which would, until recently have been considered the domain of large professional studios. Increasingly, complex audiovisual presentations are being used to convey information. Applications include information visualization, education, entertainment and marketing.

At the completion of this unit students should be able to:

Develop a project management plan for delivering a video product that showcases a combination of live action and visual effects.

Use sound and video recording software to create a video product that incorporates digital compositing and manipulation of video and graphic elements.

Demonstrate aesthetic and technical skills in creating virtual environments by lighting and positioning elements in 3D space.

Demonstrate skill and understanding of compositing techniques.

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The unit builds on the knowledge of basic concepts from FIT2026 Sound and Video Studio by further developing an understanding of the multimedia development process, tools and techniques as applied to advanced time based media manipulation in multimedia content production. It introduces students to a range of techniques by which video can be manipulated and enhanced after the original material has been recorded.

On-campus

This unit has a group based assessment component of 60% and an individual component of 40%. To pass in this unit a student must obtain: 40% or more in the individual assessment, and 40% or more in the group assessment, and an overall unit mark of 50% or more. If a student does not achieve 40% or more in the unit group assessment or the unit individual assessment and the total mark for the unit is greater than 50% then a mark of no greater than 49-N will be recorded for the unit.

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students: One 1-hour lecture One 3-hour tutorial

(b.) Additional requirements (all students): A minimum of 8 hours independent study per week for completing lab and project work, private study and revision.

This unit requires a studio teaching space with Windows computers.

FIT

FIT2026