Description of Courses DGME 118 DIGITAL AUDIO PRODUCTION (3) (Pass/No Pass or letter grade option.) Minimum of 48 lecture and 16 lab hours per term. Recommended Preparation: eligibility for ENGL 838 or 848. Students get hands-on experience in audio production and the basic operation of professional audio equipment. Covers basic microphone techniques, recording in the studio and field, and broadcast production. Students will gain a practical understanding of digital audio recording, mixing, and editing. Includes an introduction to digital audio editing using Pro Tools or equivalent software. (AA, CSU) DGME 120 ADVANCED DIGITAL VIDEO AND EDITING (3) (Pass/No Pass or letter grade option.) Minimum of 48 lecture and 16 lab hours per term. Recommended Preparation: DGME 113 and ENGL 838 or 848. Students learn advanced skills in digital video shooting and editing. Production projects focus on "shooting to edit" and applying common aesthetic principles, such as continuity and sound perspective. Students will work in teams to plan, shoot, and edit their projects using applications such as Adobe Premiere Pro or equivalent. Additional topics include scripting and pre-visualization. (AA, CSU) DGME 128 ON-AIR TALENT (3) (Pass/No Pass or letter grade option.) Minimum of 48 lecture hours and 16 lab hours per term. Recommended Preparation: eligibility for ENGL 838 or 848. Practical speaking experience in announcing for radio and TV. Students will learn to research, write, and present information to a diverse audience. Students practice speaking techniques in news, demonstration, interviews, and voiceovers. Basic microphone and TV performance techniques included. (AA: Area E2b, CSU) DGME 130 LIGHTING FOR STUDIO AND FIELD (3) (Pass/No Pass or letter grade option.) Minimum of 32 lecture hours and 48 lab hours term. Recommended Preparation: eligibility for ENGL 838 or 848. Students will learn to manipulate light and shadow in this hands-on course. Practical lessons cover basic 3-point lighting, studio and field light set-ups, light design, training in positioning fixtures, aiming light, achieving various effects, and real-world solutions to common lighting problems. (AA, CSU) DGME 143 MOTION GRAPHICS (3) (Pass/No Pass or letter grade option.) Mnimum of 48 lecture hours and 16 lab hours per term. Recommended Preparation: eligibility for ENGL 838 or 848. Students will learn how to use motion graphics and special effects to enhance video and communicate information. Students will design graphics for TV and multimedia. They will use common software applications to build effective and compelling motion graphics. Lessons include the art of Scalable above .25 inches: keyframing to create motion and the use of chroma-key (green screen) for special effects. (AA, CSU) DGME 150 ADVANCED AUDIO: RADIO PRODUCTION (3) (Pass/No Pass or letter grade option.) Minimum of 32 lecture hours and 48 lab hours per term. Recommended Preparation: DGME 118. Students will learn radio station operations hands-on as they practice technical skills and produce broadcast quality programming for CSM's student-run Internet radio station. Students will serve as station management, staff, and producers. They will apply the best audio practices used in radio, TV, and web. Lab assignments build upon the recording, editing, and mixing skills learned in DGME 118 Digital Audio. (AA, CSU) DGME 152 ADVANCED DIGITAL AUDIO PRODUCTION (3) (Pass/No Pass or letter grade option.) Minimum of 48 lecture and 16 lab hours per term. Recommended Preparation: DGME 118 or equivalent experience or skills. This class is about digital studio recording and "mixing in the Scalable between .25 or inches and .18 inches wide:will box" using Avid Pro Tools an equivalent application. Students
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expand their study of digital audio by planning and engineering a recording session. Students will then mix the recording session using the available software plug-ins. Other topics include advanced editing, audio compositing, and recording session management. (AA, CSU) DGME 155 ADVANCED TV PRODUCTION (3) (Pass/No Pass or letter grade option.) Mnimum of 32 lecture hours and 48 lab hours per term. Prerequisite: completion of or concurrent enrollment in DGME 112 and DGME 113. Recommended Preparation: eligibility for ENGL 838 or 848, DGME 100, 102. Students in this hands-on course will write, report, conduct interviews, shoot video, and edit news stories for a weekly TV newsmagazine that airs locally. They will shoot digital video and use software to create packaged reports. This demanding hands-on course allows students to apply skills in information gathering, reporting on local issues, field and studio production, editing and distribution. (AA, CSU) DGME 165 DIGITAL ANIMATION (3) (Pass/No Pass or letter grade option.) Minimum of 48 lecture hours and 16 lab hours per term. Recommended Preparation: eligibility for ENGL 838 or 848; DGME 167. This project -based course will cover the design principles for creating animations and interface solutions for web-based media utilizing Adobe Flash®. Students will learn basic techniques used to create interactive web sites and animation. Topics include: creating vector graphics, importing and optimizing bitmaps, symbols and instances, tweening, keyframes, audio, interactivity, graphic user interface design, usability and a cessibility. Students will build a basic website or interactive project. Software: Adobe Flash® (AA, CSU) DGME 166 WEB AUTHORING: ACTIONSCRIPT (3) (Pass/No Pass or letter grade option.) Minimum of 48 lecture hours and 16 lab hours per term. Recommended Preparation: DGME 165 and eligibility for ENGL 838 or 848. This course will cover ActionScript programming. Students will learn the basics of scripting in Flash to work more efficiently in a production environment and bring their ActionScript skills to a viable level to work in a professional team. Students will learn several different scripting methods and techniques in order to adapt to multiple working environments. Students will learn how to create and control content with ActionScript to make dynamic projects that can respond uniquely to a user's input. Software: Adobe Flash® (AA, CSU) DGME 167 WEB DESIGN I (3) (Pass/No Pass or letter grade option.) Minimum of 48 lecture and 16 lab hours per term. Recommended Preparation: eligibility for ENGL 838 or 848.This course will utilize Adobe Fireworks® as we cover user interface design, web usability and the use and creation of media graphic techniques as we explore important concepts: user interface fundamentals, compliance with Section 508, effective screen design, pixel aspect ratio, chroma key, color models, overlays, interactive buttons, hotspots, animation and integration with other software. Students will produce functional interface designs for web, video, and broadcast. Software: Adobe Fireworks® (AA, CSU) DGME 168 WEB DESIGN II (3) (Pass/No Pass or letter grade option. Minimum of 48 lecture and 16 lab hours per term. Recommended Preparation: DGME 167, or DGME 211 and 212; and eligibility for ENGL 838 or 848. In this course students will learn fundamental web design principles, concepts and techniques used in complex and visually appealing websites. Students will be taught user centered design, web interface customization, web accessibility, Internet ethics, and copyright issues as well as review basic color, layout and typography for the web utilizing Adobe CS Dreamweaver®. In addition, student will be introduced to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript concepts to enhance the functionality of websites. Students will build a website following accepted design
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