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INFB  Media Technology: Video CourseINF
Lecturers : Prof. Eberhard Hasche   eMail
Term4
Course Classification : Informatics Bachelor, Core elective modules B-INF-ProfilCH4
Language : Deutsch/Englisch Type L E
Type of examination : PL  Credits
Method of evaluation : term paper with oral examination 
Requirements :  
Cross References :  
Previous knowledges : Basic knowledge acquired in Introduction to Audio and Video module 
Aids and special features : Mode of assessment
Term paper on CD-ROM (or comparable media) and presentation
Course grade consists of essay and presentation grades. 
Teaching aims : Students will understand the technical workflow form the camera through to the computer including the fundamentals of television technology.
They will be familiar with video format standards and problems particular to computer-based video processing. They will be able to cut video material, taking technical and aesthetic considerations into account.
They will be familiar with the fundamental compositing strategies and be able to integrate different sources into one overall result.
Students will be able to use relevant applications (for example, Final Cut Pro, After Effects and Shake). 
Contents :

1. Colours, colour spaces, including table of CIE standards
2. Video workflow, including the fundamentals of television technology
3. Formats and standards (for example, ITU-Rec 601/709)
4. Fundamentals of video processing
5. Software technology (dealing with picture-aspect ratio, fields, pre-multiplied graphics, codecs and rendering)
6. Fundamentals of compositing and colour correction 

Literature : Charles A. Poynton: A technical Introduction to Digital Video, John Wiley & Sons 1996
Chris And Trish Meyer: Creating motion graphics with After Ef-fects/Vol. 1+2. CMP San Francisco 2003
Hullfish, Fowler: Color Correction for Digital Video, CMP San Francisco 2003
Reisz, Millar: The technique of film editing, Focal Press Oxford 2002
Harald Schleicher/Alexander Urban (Hg.): Filme machen, Frank-furt am Main, 2005.
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