Resources and links for Erdington Multimedia Technology classes

Term 3: Tuesdays - April to July 2004

Week / date Subjects covered Relevant resources
Wk1
20/04/04

Prepare for Test (2)

Relevant City and Guilds 7261 tests 212-tests.pdf

Wk2
27/04/04

Introduction to Multimedia unit: Course, assignment and software to be used.
(Also finish marking web assigments 8.00pm onwards)
SourceForge GPL software sourceforge.net
Audacity audacity.sourceforge.net
VitualDub virtualdub.sourceforge.net
Wk3
04/05/04
Audio visual capture, editing and playback: Audio Audacity audacity.sourceforge.net
Wk4
11/05/04

Codecs:
1) What is a codec?
2) Image compression
3) The PAL & NTSC pixels and frame rates
4) Video compression
5) Installing a codec
6 ) Audio compression - mp3, "the psycho-accoustic filter"

Google definitions www.google.co.uk
JPEG Tutorial stargate.ecn.purdue.edu
PAL vs NTSC www.michaeldvd.com.au
How does MPEG work? www.videohelp.com
MPEG compression www.cs.cf.ac.uk
Digital Video on Trial www.agocg.ac.uk
Video File Format Comparison www.uwm.edu
the mp3 codec www.abde.net/projects/ogg_mp3
LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder lame.sourceforge.net/
Wk5
18/05/04
Audio visual capture, editing and playback: Video capture and editing VitualDub virtualdub.sourceforge.net

Wk6
25/05/04

Storyboarding: Script a short public service film / advertisement Multimedia Writing Pages k-12.pisd.edu
Designing a Better Multimedia Mouse Trap www.iboost.com
Storyboarding Multimedia ourworld.compuserve.com
Whitsun
01/06/04
Possible video camera workshop on Thursday evening    

Wk7
08/06/04

Exercise - re-sequence and dub a short collection of movie clips. Select a piece of music and make an film / advert    

Wk8
15/06/04

Delivering the presentation – exporting web pages and CDROMs. Packaging, web servers    
Wk9
22/06/04
Introduce, choose and plan project: Terms of Reference (using pro forma), flow diagrams    
Wk10
29/06/04
Projects, with individual and class-wide tutorials    
Wk11
06/07/04
Projects, with individual and class-wide tutorials    

Wk12
13 /07/04

Finish projects, deploy and create documentation / tidy presentation, final assessment. Students will be marked on planning, implementation – technical and style, functionality & testing, presentation.    
Wk13
20/07/04
Other finishing off - IT test / paperwork    
Wk14
27/07/04
     


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