MDIA 2196 & 2560— Audio and Video Shooting & Editing

Difficulty: medium

Anyone interested in video and audio production/motion graphics will love this course. You will dive deep into Adobe Premiere Pro CC to edit some very cool and fun videos you will be creating in this course. You will also get to know Adobe Audition and Apple’s Garageband to handle the audio for your videos as well. Audio and Video Shooting & Editing are technically two separate courses, but it is taught to be the same course. Your audio and video skills will be marked separately, but you only have to hand in one project to show off the skills in both of these areas. The courses are also taught on the same day, so you’ll technically have 3 hours of audio class and 3 hours of video class in the same day (these often blend together though — just think of it as 6 hours of one class). You will work with a partner for the whole duration of this course, and deliver 3 large projects together. There are no smaller assignments and no exams. But, this course is by far the most time consuming course in the program for most students. You’ll have to often stay late and meet up with your partner/other classmates on the weekend and spend hours shooting and editing your videos.

If you’re a designer like me, I advise to not take this course too seriously and to not put all of your energy into it (lots of people do, but will fall behind in other courses). Put a sufficient amount of effort into it, but have fun with it more than try and make everything perfect. You will have a lot of other assignments and projects to work on this term — so don’t make your video ideas too complex and time consuming for yourself! Unless this is really what you’re into and can afford to fall behind in other things, take it easy.

*note* you will be required to purchase a camera for this course. The camera will be used between you and your partner, so only ONE CAMERA IS NEEDED. If one of you wants to purchase one, or if you guys want to split the cost etc. this would be a good idea. That being said, working in New Media it is a good idea to own a camera — so if you can afford one, go ahead and buy one! Also, wait for a sale to pick one up:)

Full course description for MDIA 2196 — Audio here

Full course description for MDIA 2560 — Video Shooting & Editing here