Year 2, Semester 2, Week 2, Practical

In todays practical we were put into pairs to go outside around the college and film various shots for a informational video about the issues surrounding car parking in DKIT in advance of next week's clampdown on illegal parking. Denise Fogarty and myself were paired and we went outside around the college to shoot various shots which had to include a time lapse shot, a pull focus shot, a shot demonstrating fast shutter speed, a shot demonstrating slow shutter speed, a jump cut sequence, a high angle shot and a low angle shot. We got all these and a few other differnent shots and we will be editing what we filmed on AVID over the coming weeks.

Year 2, Semester 2, Week 1, Lecture

Today was the first day of the new semester and we were all given a handout outlining what is coming up in the new year for Digal Editing. We went hrough what will be covered in Lectures, Workshops where we will be using AVID editing software along with DVD studio Pro. We also covered what is coming up for Continuous Assessment and given a brief summary on each assignment, also assessment regulations were covered.

Year 2, Semester 2, Week 1, Practical

In todays practical class we got together in our studio groups to receive feedback from our studio assignment from Christmas. we were all asked about our individual roles and what we did right and what we did wrong. we where then given back our results from the studio assignment.

Year 2, Semester 2, Week 2, Lecture

In today's class we were given a brief outlining our essay worth 30% and our Learning Blog worth 15%. We went through the handout given to ensure that everyone fully understood what they had to do. We were also given a handout outlining the Harvard style of referencing. In addition to this we were also given a 2 page handout on Digital Editing Systems Overview with some info on AVID, Final Cut, Adobe and EDL.