Course: Adobe After Effects

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Course title Adobe After Effects
Course code KAU/ANAE
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kokolia Jan, MgA.
  • Tesliuk Olga, MgA.
Course content
1.- 4. Workspace, windows, menu, basic functions, rendering. 5. - 6. Desktop animation of the puppet in After Effects. 7. - 13. Effects, color correction, keying, stabilization, trekking, expressions, 3D layers.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Collaborative instruction, Multimedia supported teaching, Students' portfolio, One-to-One tutorial, Skills demonstration, Task-based study method, Individual study, Lecture with visual aids
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 20 hours per semester
  • Individual project (40) - 40 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to compare and analyze different artistic expressions by criteria of esthetics, semiotics and technique on basic level to reproduce knowledge of historical and recent artistic styles and canons to reproduce knowledge about visual means suitable for animated creation
Skills
to work independently and flexibly react to evaluating commentary of the teacher to show own creativity on generally assigned task, to show the will to find different artistic solutions, alter them and constructivelly evaluate to make the effort to do artistic experiment and to find original and suitable solution to assigned matter to be able to use on basic level computer guided and digital programs for creation of graphics, animations, etc.
Competences
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learning outcomes
Knowledge
on technological procedures in the field of video editing including scale of postproductional effects, about posibilities of usage of Adobe After Effect and its tools for video editing, of knowledge of basic videomakers and programators terminology, to understand the relationship between both disciplines, about character and options of video art and its representers, about project planning both individually and in a team (sketches, scenarios, storyboards, animating and programming works)
Skills
to use particular variants of Adobe After Effects for basic video editing, to use editing tools of video and animation like color correction, stabilization, treking, expressions and 3D layers, to take target group or character of a viewer into account, to apply own skill for transfering project into video in different formats, to be able to accept and assert in a way the evaluation and critical response, is able of own basic reflection of own work, to independently look for suitable art solutions, compare different solutions and chooses between different alterations,
Competences
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teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture with a video analysis
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Multimedia supported teaching
Skills
Individual study
Students' portfolio
One-to-One tutorial
Competences
Discussion
assessment methods
Knowledge
Continuous assessment
Project
Skills
Seminar work
Competences
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Meyer Cris, Meyer Trish. Adobe After Effects - Výukový průvodce tvorbou videoefektů a animací. ISBN 9788025125007.


Study plans that include the course
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