Reference no: EM132747101
COMP 0322 Digital Media Production - Middle East College
Learning Outcome 1: Use of range of digital technology for the production of audio and video content.
Learning Outcome 2: Evaluate media with respect to genre and composition.
Assignment Objective
The assignment for Advanced Digital Technologies is an individual assignment which will focus on
students' aptitude towards the design and development of Digital Media based on real time requirements.
Assignment Tasks
Task 1:
Submit a work proposal for this assignment or before 3/12/2020 (23:59) which must include:
• Understanding of deliverables - a detail description of deliverables.
• General overview of proposed plan - initial understanding of solution to task2 along with resources identified.
• Timeline for completion of the given tasks.
The work proposal must be submitted in a word file through the link available in Moodle.
Task 2:
"Video games can be a great recreational hobby. However, video game addiction can lead to several issues. The negative effects of video games include effects on our mind, body relationships, job performance, and more.
It is important to remember that video games are not inherently evil. Most of the negative effects of video games arise from excessive use and addiction.."
As a Digital Media content developer, develop a documentary movie of 3 to 4 minutes duration based on the above Case. You may refer any other research studies or articles as well. Develop a script and design storyboard accordingly. You may also choose any other sub- theme related to the same topic, by getting approval from your faculty. In order to prepare a good scenario and plan for your film, you are advised to refer various books, online articles, e-library resources and videos for better understanding of this topic.
You are strongly advised to prepare the idea and plan of your documentary movie well in advance and get it approved by your faculty before you start working on it.
• You must collect the required information, images, and texts and collect/shoot the video based on your task. Apply various visual effects, titling and background music along with voice / narration.
• Add narration to the script after collecting / capturing the suitable media elements. Include English subtitle in the final output.
• Render the final output in standard definition suitable for Web standards as well as High Definition format. You must provide proper justification for the choice of your formats, in your report.
Originally shot real time video (taken within your home premises) is highly encouraged however you can also include some freely available stock audio and video footages to enhance the quality of your video. You must use only copyright free / royalty free video footage and music to your video and make sure the source is mentioned in the credit roll as well as in the reference section of the report. If you have any reservations in recording / dubbing voice, then you can use any online text to speech convertor tool. But ensure that audio must be properly synchronized with the video.
The duration of the final video should range between 3:00 - 4:00 minutes, including the title and credit rolls (maximum 15 seconds).
The tasks to be completed are as follows:
a. Compile a report by clearly defining your idea and plan for the video.
b. Develop a storyboard for the idea (Minimum 10 frames).
c. Choose the appropriate audio and video elements for this project.
d. Editing of video with sound mixing and subtitling. (20 marks)
e. Render your video in appropriate format suitable for broadcast standards.
f. Describe the rationale for choosing the video codec and resolution chosen for the video output which is meant for the Web standards in the report.
Task 3
Register and take up any of the MOOC course as suggested on MEC Learn. Complete it and attach the completion certificate (or screenshot showing completion), in the report. Write your reflections on knowledge gained from this course. Also mention, how this course helped you in pursuing additional knowledge to complete the various tasks in this assignment. (200 words)
Note: Overall report should contain 1200 words. Rules & Regulations:
• All resources should be cited using CU Harvard style in the Report.
• Authors of the Free Stock / Royalty free online resources used in the practical task (Video) must be mentioned at the end in the credit roll along with the respective website name. Ensure that in such case only copyright free audio/video clips are accepted in this assignment.
• Copyright protected Audio/Video clips from online resources such as YouTube are not allowed to be used in this assignment. Video clips with watermark will not be accepted in the assignment.
• The assignment report must have a Title page, Table of Contents, References/ bibliography using CU Harvard Style and page numbers.
• Title Page must have Assignment Name, Module name, Session, your name, ID, and the name of the faculty.
• Softcopy of the report in word format is to be submitted through Turnitin link on Moodle.
• Only the final output file (final Render - in Compressed format) should be uploaded on Moodle (if its below 250 MB).
• Entire project folder must be uploaded on a shared drive such as One Drive, Dropbox, Google drive etc. and the download link should be provided in the report.
• It is advisable to copy all the video footages, audio clips, images and other graphics used in the project in single folder which should also contain project files (Premiere, Vegas, Audacity, Storyboarder) and finally zip the entire folder before sharing it online.
• Viva shall be conducted after the assignment submission as per the dates informed by the faculty.
Attachment:- Digital Media Production.rar