FILM AND TELEVISION
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
POV4216	Advanced Editing and Post-Production	Spring	2	2	3	5

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi TUNA TETİK
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	The aim of this course is to introduce students to advance post-production skills such as color correction, reframing, keying, tracking and compositing as well as to the application various special effect techniques used to modify pre-edited footage.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. Ability to work with digital tools in order to endow them with capabilities to handle post-production situations.
2. Focus on advanced techniques and strategies for digitally altering video footage.
3. Show ability to fully participate in teamwork projects.
4. Refine skills as storytellers and structural engineers of the screen.
5. Operate post-production softwares.

Course Content

This course is prepared for providing the students with the basic knowledge on different techniques and effects regarding the essential components of editing such as colour, light and text. Students will be expected to apply and develop their practical skills through assignments.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to the software.
2)	Working with the keyframe and its attributes.	Working on the assignments.
3)	Working with “masks” and their applications.	Assignment 1
4)	Creating, arranging and animating textual components.	Working on the assignments.
5)	Painting, erasing and cloning techniques.	Assignment 2
6)	Motion tracking techniques.	Assignment 3
7)	Keying techniques.	Working on the assignments.
8)	Time warping.	Assignment 4
9)	Using the camera and the light.	Working on the assignments.
10)	Color correction techniques	Assignment 5
11)	Transition Effects.	Working on the assignments.
12)	Adding plug-ins and creating presets. Laboratory Work	Assignment 6
13)	Export formats and saving the project.	Working on the assignments.
14)	Exemplary solutions and applications.	Preparation for Final Assignment.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	1. Adobe Creative Team. Adobe After Effects CS5 Classroom in a Book. Adobe Press, 2010. 2. Christiansen, Mark. Adobe After Effects CS5 Visual Effects and Compositing Studio Techniques. Adobe Press, 2010.
References:

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 20
Homework Assignments	6	% 30
Final	1	% 50
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 50
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	4	56
Study Hours Out of Class	13	2	26
Homework Assignments	6	5	30
Final	1	13	13
Total Workload			125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society	4
2)	Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art	3
3)	Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area	1
4)	Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey	1
5)	Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product	2
6)	Being able to write a script ready to be shot	2
7)	Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment
8)	Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations
9)	Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages
10)	Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage
11)	Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white	3
12)	Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility	5