Policy Statement and Syllabus: FA 3730- Beginning Video Production
Arts Technology
Program –
University of Utah
Semester: (Spring 2006)
Instructor: Kent Maxwell
Email: kent.maxwell@utah.edu
Phone; 534-1158 for January in
the afternoon.
Office Hours: By appointment.
Online
Information
&
Server Address:
Class
Web site: http://www.cc.utah.edu/~klm6/3730/3730.html. Or go to www.cc.utah.edu/~klm6 click on the FA
3730 Home
Page link. Other useful sites:
finearts.utah.edu - help.finearts.utah.edu - webct.utah.edu -
www.artstech.utah.edu
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Server address: fileserver.artstech.utah.edu
Course
Description: This
is an introductory course in video
art. A hands on approach to
the fundamentals of videography, from an artist perspective, exploring
a wide
range of creative and technical possibilities of the digital video
camera and
non-linear editing equipment. We will use Macintosh computers in this
class.
Prerequisites: None. Experience with Mac Os X and Adobe Photoshop is helpful.
Reference Manual or Textbook:
Recommended
book\: Visual QuickPro Guide: Final Cut Pro HD (or the Final Cut Pro 5
version, if it is out.)
Class Meets: Wednesday
evenings at 7:15 pm until 10:15 pm, in AAC 258, January 11 through
April
26
except the week of Spring Break, March 13-18.
Your
Final Project (and all late work) will be due on Wednesday, May 3,
2006,
at 7:15 in AAC 258.
Materials: You will need a
video camcorder
for this class and a
fluid head
tripod will be useful.
You will also use
several DVD±Rs
during the semester and it wouldn't hurt (but it isn't required) if you
had
some type of portable hard drive (like a fire-wire drive).
Course Requirements
There will be at
least
6
assignments, occasional quizzes, and a final project. Students are
expected to
spend at least 10 hours outside of class each week working on
assignments. This is a hands-on class, you
learn by
doing. The assignments and handouts will be posted on the class
website
shortly
after they are given out in class.
Each assignment will
be a list of
limitations. The challenge is to be
creative and stay with-in these
limitations.
Turn in your assignments on time. This is especially
important if
you want feedback. Late work will be accepted but it will be docked.
There will be
demonstrations every
week. So come to class. Successful
completion of this course will depend on good attendance. A great deal
of
technical information will be covered in class.
If you are absent from class you will be
responsible for following-up on missed work and obtaining any missed
handouts
or information. Students are also expected to participate in class
discussions
and assignment critiques.
I grade
each assignment on a 10 point scale: 10 is excellent; 7 is good, this
is the average grade; 5 is fair, below 5 is poor, usually for really
late assignments or work that has little to with the objective of the
assignment. Each assignment will be assigned a value depending on
difficulty: For example if assignments are
one week assignments they will have a value 1X, if they take two weeks
they will have a value of 2X (worth 2 times a 1X assignment): etc. I will post assignment
grades on a page accessed from the class web page.
Grades will be posted after we have critiqued each
assignment. You may rework any on time assignment and turn it in to
improve
your grade. But, your time and
grade may be better served by concentrating on the current assignment.
Additional Information
The American with Disabilities Act (ADA)
requires that
reasonable accommodation be provided for students with physical,
sensory,
cognitive, systemic, learning, or psychiatric disabilities. Students
requiring
such accommodation should speak with the professor at the beginning of
the
semester in order to make appropriate arrangements for this course. The
Center
for Disabled Student Services (Olpin Union, 581-5020) will also need to
be
informed. See the following link for more information: http://www.sa.utah.edu/ds/
The registrar cautions students that
withdrawing from a
course and other registration matters, including tuition, are the
student's
responsibility. See the following link for more information: http://www.saff.utah.edu/regist/calendar/datesDeadlines/fall2004.htm
In accordance with university policy (as
articulated in
the Student Code), academic misconduct—including cheating, fabrication
of
information, and plagiarism—is not tolerated in this course. A student
found engaging in this behavior will receive a failing grade. If at any
time
you are unsure whether your actions constitute academic misconduct,
please see
the professor in order to clarify the matter. See the following link
for more
information: http://www.sa.utah.edu/code/
Activities and materials assigned for
this class have been
carefully scrutinized and selected. Some students may find some of the
materials, presentations, lectures, or audio/visual materials
controversial or
in conflict with their core values. It is your responsibility to review
the
syllabus, readings, assignments, and materials to be sure that this is
a course
you wish to take. Should you have questions or concerns, please see me
immediately. Details on the university's accommodation policy are
available at
this link: http://www.admin.utah.edu/facdev/accommodations-policy.pdf