Avid Media Composer Workshop
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language Instruction | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 311MAVI | credit | 2 | English | winter |
Subject guarantor
Name of lecturer(s)
Dimitrios POLYZOS
Contents
Introductory course designed to get a new user up-and-running on the Avid Media Composer software.
The course will cover:
- Shortly the difference between common NLEs
- Technical Fundamentals
- Introduction to Media Composer
- Ingesting assets
- Setting up a project, personalize the UI and useful shortcuts
- Building a sequence and working with tracks
- 3-point Editing and Segment Mode
- Refining the Sequence (including Trim Mode)
- Transition and Segment Effects
- Motion Effects and Titles
- Exporting (Video or Sequence)
Learning outcomes
Students should get familiar with Avid Media Composer's interface and be able to operate it fluently as a tool to serve their needs in storytelling while editing their own projects. They will also receive adequate amount of exercises to practise hands-on.
Prerequisites and other requirements
No special skills expected, just be on time and ready to learn something new. Students should have installed the full version of Avid Media Composer, which they can have for free with their student credentials.
Literature
Media Composer Fundamentals I, ISBN 13: 978-1-943446-75-9
The Avid Assistant Editor's Handbook, ISBN-13 : 978-0615487755
Avid Agility: Working Faster and More Intuitively with Avid Media Composer, ISBN-13 : 978-1477654354
Kodak: The Essential Reference Guide for Filmmakers, https://www.kodak.com/en/motion/page/essential-reference-guide-for-filmmakers
Evaluation methods and criteria
The lecturer assess students participation and work in course of the module.
Note
Students should have installed the full version of Avid Media Composer, which they can have for free with their student credentials.
Schedule for winter semester 2023/2024:
| Date | Day | Time | Tutor | Location | Notes | No. of paralel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27.10.2023 | 10:00–17:00 | Dimitrios POLYZOS | lecture parallel1 | |||
| 28.10.2023 | 10:00–17:00 | Dimitrios POLYZOS | lecture parallel1 |
Schedule for summer semester 2023/2024:
The schedule has not yet been prepared
The subject is a part of the following study plans
- Academy Preparation Program - Cinematography (optional subject)
- Academy Preparation Program - Animated Film (optional subject)
- Academy Preparation Program - Directing (optional subject)
- Academy Preparation Program - Documentary (optional subject)
- Academy Preparation Program - Editing (required subject, optional subject)
- Academy Preparation Program - Photography (optional subject)
- Academy Preparation Program - Screenwriting (optional subject)
- Academy Preparation Program - Sound (optional subject)