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Introduction To Multimedia Production: Instructions For Paper Setters

This document provides an overview of an introductory course on multimedia production. The course is worth 6 credits over 105 contact hours. It introduces students to various multimedia technologies and concepts to produce content for different media platforms, especially the internet. The course is divided into 5 units covering digital hardware, desktop production software, mobile app production, multimedia production basics, and a practical project. Students will be assessed through internal coursework, practical exams, and a final theory exam worth a total of 150 marks. The pass marks are 50% overall with minimum scores needed in each assessment category.

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Introduction To Multimedia Production: Instructions For Paper Setters

This document provides an overview of an introductory course on multimedia production. The course is worth 6 credits over 105 contact hours. It introduces students to various multimedia technologies and concepts to produce content for different media platforms, especially the internet. The course is divided into 5 units covering digital hardware, desktop production software, mobile app production, multimedia production basics, and a practical project. Students will be assessed through internal coursework, practical exams, and a final theory exam worth a total of 150 marks. The pass marks are 50% overall with minimum scores needed in each assessment category.

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Introduction to Multimedia Production

Course Code MJMC103TP


Course Title Introduction to Multimedia Production
Lecture Tutorial Practice Total
Course Credits
4 1 1 6
Contact hours 60 15 30 105
Internal Assessment Practical Theory Total
Examination
Attendance CCA Examination Examination Marks
Scheme
5 25 20 100 150
This course introduces the learner to varied multimedia technologies, concepts
Course and production basics using these technologies initiating the learner into
objective seamlessly producing multimedia content for most media platforms, especially
the Internet.
IA Practical Theory Exam Total
Pass marks Max Pass Max Pass Max Pass Max Pass
30 40% 20 40% 100 40% 150 50%

Instructions for Paper Setters:


Maximum time: 3 hours.
Part A Ten short answer (50 words) questions covering the entire syllabus 10 x 2 = 20 marks
for two marks each. All questions are compulsory.
Part B This section shall have five sub-sections covering the five respective 5 x 4 = 20 marks
units of the syllabus. One out of two questions from each sub-
section is to be answered (100-150 words) for 4 marks each.
Part C This section shall have five sub-sections covering the five respective 5 x 12 = 60 marks
units of the syllabus. One out of two questions from each sub-
section is to be answered for 12 marks each.
Total Marks (A+B+C) 100 marks

Course Components:
Contact Hours
Unit Topic
L T P
DIGITAL HARDWARE
Digital cameras (Consumer, Prosumer, SLR, Mirrorless camera); CCD and
CMOS sensors; APS-C, Four-thirds, One-inch and Full Frame sensor sizes;
Audio capture and mixing devices
I Mobile and smart devices for content creation and sharing; wearable 12 3 2
technologies; Mobile device production and post production accessories
and tools; Live-casting using mobile devices
Offline and cloud storage and sharing, FTP, Networking, Wireless
connections, Internet connectivity and bandwidth
DESKTOP PRODUCTION
II Openware, Freeware and Proprietary desktop software options and 12 3 4
capacities for word pressing, image processing, video editing, audio

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editing, presentation, graphic designing, page designing; Hardware
concerns
File formats for documents, video, audio, photograph and image
Pros and cons of file formats for processing, sharing, and net-uploading
File format compression and conversion; Raw files
PRODUCTION USING MOBILE DEVICES
Openware, Freeware and Proprietary mobile apps for word pressing,
image processing, video editing, audio editing, presentation, graphic
III 12 3 4
designing; Content sharing using mobile apps
New content categories for digital platforms;
Collaborative communities and production
MULTIMEDIA MEDIA PRODUCTION
Word processing: Understanding newspaper stylesheets
Photography basics: Composition and Editing
Video basics: Basic camera shots, movements, composition, perspective;
language of vision mixing (transitions)
IV Lighting: Hard and soft light, cool and warm light, interior and exterior 12 3 6
light, natural and artificial sources
Audio basics: Diegetic and non-deigetic sound; mono, stereo and
surround sound; Characteristics of sound (pitch, duration, loudness,
timbre, texture, attach, decay, rhythm and spatial location);
Graphics: Types of typefaces and fonts
PRACTICE
Multimedia-media production (desk-top production) case studies
V Multimedia-media production (mobile device production) case studies 12 3 14
Practical – Design and execute a multimedia project using mobile devices
for production, post production and sharing.

Essential Reading:
• Bull, A. (2015). Multimedia Journalism: A Practical Guide. Routledge
• Kindem, G., and Musburger, R. B. (2009). Introduction to Media Production: The Path to Digital
Media Production (4th Ed). Focal Press
• Li, Z., and Drew, M. S. (2004). Fundamentals of Multimedia. NJ: Pearson Education International
• Orlebar, J. (2002). Digital Television Production: A Handbook. London and NY: Arnold
• Villamil-Casanova, J., and Molina, L. (1997). Multimedia Production, Planning and Delivery.
Prentice Hall

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