Digital Image Postproduction

Subject guarantor:

Vít KOMRZÝ

Name of lecturer(s):

Vít KOMRZÝ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Students are acquainted with current procedures and trends in digital film and television post-production.

Mode of study:

The lecture aims are to introduce current approaches and trends in digital film and television post-production. The lectures will be supported by digital post-production samples in the UPP Studio. Part of instruction are the qualitative and economic comparisons of classical and modern digital film post-production processes including an analysis of typical full-length digital film post-production budgets.

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

Fundamental knowledge of AVD production technology.

Recommended optional programme components:

Course contents:

1) Introduction class - "Production post-production

- mutual presentations

- semester aims = orientation in Digital Film Labs

- Why DFL? (quality/flexibility/speed/new potential/new creative potential)

2) Digital Film Labs - principles

- a diagram of DFL

- comparison of classical optical development versus DFL

- advantages of DFL

- sources/results/one's own processing

3) Digital Film Labs - sources/output

- Sources (video/film/animation?..)

- Output (35mm, HD)

4) Digital Film Labs - on-line film processing

- Samples of HD/2K film processing

5) Digital film quality - screening at Cinema MAT

- Screening samples of digitally processed film

- Data flow/image quality/when and how to use it?

6) Digital Film Labs - budgeting

- budget structure

- post-production scheduling

- post-production securing

- post-production coordinator

- VFX supervisor

- Post-production studio - organization

7) Summary

Recommended or required reading:

Digital Film Labs

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Assessment methods and criteria:

Credit - completion of the final interview.

Course web page:

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2012/2013:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue	místnost 330 Učebna KP (Lažanský palác) KOMRZÝ V. 14:50–16:25 (paralelka 1)
Fri
Thu
Fri

Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Tue	14:50–16:25	KOMRZÝ V.	Učebna KP Lažanský palác		paralelka 1

Schedule for summer semester 2012/2013:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Animovaná tvorba - bakalář (optional subject)
• Dokumentární tvorba - magistr (optional subject)
• Dokumentární tvorba - bakalář (optional subject)
• Animovaná tvorba - magistr (qualification subject, optional subject)
• Scenáristika a dramaturgie - bakalář (optional subject)
• Scenáristika a dramaturgie - magistr (optional subject)
• Režie - bakalář (optional subject)
• Režie - magistr (qualification subject, optional subject)
• Kamera - bakalář (optional subject)
• Kamera - magistr (optional subject)
• Produkce - bakalář (qualification subject, optional subject)
• Produkce - magistr (optional subject)
• Audiovizuální studia - bakalář (optional subject)
• Střihová skladba - bakalář (optional subject)
• Střihová skladba - magistr (optional subject)
• Zvuková tvorba - bakalář (optional subject)
• Zvuková tvorba - magistr (optional subject)
• Fotografie CZ - bakalář (optional subject)
• Fotografie CZ - magistr (optional subject)
• Audiovizuální studia - magistr (optional subject)
• Fotografie CZ: Restaurování fotografie (optional subject)