VCD4142 Digital CompositingBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs SOCIOLOGYGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
SOCIOLOGY
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
VCD4142 Digital Compositing Fall 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 İPEK TORUN
Recommended Optional Program Components: none
Course Objectives: The main objective of this course is to transfer the information on the digital compositing projects by examples to students, which is one of the main fields in visual effects and animation in tv and cinema. Also it focuses on making students gain artistic and technical experience on the field by given application projects in order to make a base to be able to handle digital compositing projects for any kind of post-grad professional work in cinema or tv.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Recognize the categories of digital compositing.
2) Analyze the national and global examples of the area.
3) Define the digital compositing workflow.
4) Display technical skills for visual effects and digital compositing.
5) Execute the steps for digital compositing workflow.
6) Execute preliminary visual effects and compositing projects for TV and cinema

Course Content

This course covers subjects on the various techniques on compositing and altering moving image as well as application examples, classworks and projects. The necessary software skills to make these applications are presented to the students on a weekly basis.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Detailed information about lessons, program and calendar.
2) Digital compositing categories. What's going in Turkey and the World. Adobe After Effects as a compositing tool.
3) Digital Compositing workflow. Terms of set extension, matte painting, motion control, original plate, principal photography versus digital cinematography. Rotoscoping, tracking, matchmoving, chroma keying tools in After Effects.
4) Preparing materials for a painless workflow. Different approaches to similar shots. Adobe After Effects: Basic compositing tools of After Effects. Photoshop - AE intercourse.
5) Sky Replacement Çalıştayı
Adobe After Effects: Chroma Key, BlueBox-Greenbox, Alpha-Luma matte, garbage matte, travelling matte.
6) Basic Matte painting workshop. Adobe After Effects: Rotoscoping.
7) Advanced matte painting workshop. Adobe After Effects: Stablizing, motion tracking.
8) Basic rotoscoping workshop. Adobe After Effects: 3d camera and 3d layers.
9) Advanced rotoscoping workshop. Adobe After Effects: 3d camera, multipass render, z-buffer.
10) Chroma keying workshop. Adobe After Effects: Primary & secondary color correction, animating filters, optical effects.
11) Motion tracking & matchmoving workshop. Adobe After Effects: Corner pin, perspective distortion.
12) Final Project workshop 1
13) Final Project workshop 2
14) Final Project workshop 3

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: The course notes will be given weekly.
References: 1) The Art & Science of Digital Compositing, Ron Brinkmann, May, 1999, ISBN-10: 0121339602, ISBN-13: 978-0121339609
2) The Invisible Art, Mark Cotta Vaz, Nov 2002, ISBN-10: 0811831361, ISBN-13: 978-0811831369
3) www.vfxworld.com
4) www.fxguide.com www.creativecow.net

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 14 % 10
Project 1 % 50
Final 1 % 40
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 10
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 90
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 14 42
Project 14 42
Homework Assignments 14 42
Final 1 3
Total Workload 129

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) To learn and compare major sociology perspectives, both classical and contemporary, and apply all of them to analysis of social conditions.
2) To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels
3) To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences.
4) To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (including psychology, history, political science, communication studies and literature) that can contribute to sociology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in analyzing sociological processes
5) To have a knowledge and practice of scientific and ethical principles in collecting, interpreting and publishing sociological data also develop ability how to share this data with experts and lay people, using effective communication skills
6) To develop competence in analyzing and publishing sociological knowledge by using computer software for quantitative and qualitative analysis; and develop an attitute for learning new techniques in these fields.
7) To identify and to have a knowledge of the theories related to urban and rural sociology and demography, and political sociology, sociology of gender, sociology of body, visual sociology, sociology of work, sociology of religion, sociology of knowledge and sociology of crime.
8) To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective
9) To have the awareness of social issues in Turkish society, to develop critical perspective in analysing these issues and to have a knowledge of the works of Turkish sociologists and to be able to transfer this knowledge
10) To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects
11) To have the ability to define a research question, design a research project and complete a written report for various fields of sociology, either as an individual or as a team member.
12) To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school.