Post-production Field of study: Creative management in new media
Programme code: W8-S2CM20.2022

Module name: Post-production
Module code: W8-ZN-S2-PPA
Programme code: W8-S2CM20.2022
Semester:
  • summer semester 2024/2025
  • summer semester 2023/2024
  • summer semester 2022/2023
Language of instruction: English
Form of verification: exam
ECTS credits: 3
Description:
In this course, students will gain basic knowledge of modern post-production. The classes will be divided into parts, during which subsequent issues will be introduced: film stock and its processes, contemporary film cameras, film set operations in terms of data - the roles of DIT and DW, modern post-production workflows for TV series and feature films, color correction and current possibilities of tools in post-production, visual effects, mastering, distribution and archiving, as well as cost construction related to the post-production of a film/TV series. The classes will cover technical, organizational, and financial issues that will allow students to navigate the meanders of post-production. The knowledge gained in this course will help students find employment in post-production studios, as post supervisors, or as post-production managers for a film production company.
Prerequisites:
The student knows about the periods of film production and has communication skills.
Key reading:
S. Wright: Digital Compositing for Film and Video. Production Workflows and Techniques, 4th Edition, Routledge 2017. B. Stone, L. Wahlin: The Theory and Practice of Motion Design. Critical Perspectives and Professional Practice, 1st Edition, Routledge 2018. D. Case: Film Technology in Post Production, 2nd Edition, Routledge 2001. M. Sawicki, J. Moody: Filming the Fantastic with Virtual Technology. Filmmaking on the Digital Backlot, 1st. Edition, Routledge 2020. L. Lanier: Advanced Visual Effects Compositing. Techniques for Working with Problematic Footage, 1st Edition, Routledge 2017. G. Larkin: Post-Production and the Invisible Revolution of Filmmaking. From the Silent Era to Synchronized Sound, 1st Edition, Routledge 2020. St. Hullfish: The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction, 2nd Edition, Routledge 2012.
Learning outcome of the module Codes of the learning outcomes of the programme to which the learning outcome of the module is related [level of competence: scale 1-5]
The student has knowledge of image and sound creation at the post-production stage. [PPA_1]
 K_W02 [5/5]
The student knows terminology connected with post-production processes. [PPA_2]
 K_W07 [5/5]
The student can distinguish hardware and software used in image and sound editing during post-production of an audiovisual form. [PPA_3]
 K_U06 [4/5]
The student can communicate in English using specialist terminology connected with post-production. [PPA_4]
 K_U13 [4/5]
The student is competent in understanding cost structures connected with film and TV series post-production. [PPA_5]
 K_K09 [4/5]
The student understands a modern post-production workflow for series and feature films. [PPA_6]
 K_K03 [5/5]
Type Description Codes of the learning outcomes of the module to which assessment is related
Test [PPA_w_1]
Verification of the degree to which students achieve the established learning outcomes will be realized by writing a written exam in the form of a choice test or oral exam.
 PPA_1 PPA_2
Continuous evaluation [PPA_w_2]
Evaluation of partial pieces of work aimed at acquiring the student the ability related to Post-production.
 PPA_3 PPA_4 PPA_5 PPA_6
Form of teaching Student's own work Assessment of the learning outcomes
Type Description (including teaching methods) Number of hours Description Number of hours
lecture [PPA_fs_1]
Lectures combined with discussion, multimedia presentation, and screening of films.

 15
Analysis of the literature on the subject, analysis of the lecture content, searching for examples in practice, and independent implementation of the indicated material sections, including the subject literature.
 30 Test [PPA_w_1]
practical classes [PPA_fs_2]
The class will be devoted to a practical presentation of fundamental issues related to post-production in film, television, and new media.
 15
Individual preparation for each class, systematization of the material presented during classes, preparation of projects - also group ones.
 30 Continuous evaluation [PPA_w_2]
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Syllabuses (USOSweb)
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