COMM 3740 - Digital Production for Film and Video

3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.

Advanced visual effects and finishing techniques using modern digital production tools. Topics covered in class include matte generation and clean plating techniques, chroma key shooting and post-production, pre-visualization for effects shooting, rotoscoping and keyframing techniques and project management. Students will master minimum level of competency with advanced compositing applications like Apple Shake and Commotion Pro. Students will produce a final project of complexity and quality from pre-visualization through output to target medium.

Prerequisite(s): COMM 3506 and either COMM 3520 , COMM 3521 or COMM 3710 .