Degree in Design and Creation of Interactive Products La Salle Campus Barcelona

Degree in Design and Creation of Interactive Products

Audiovisual Narrative

Description
The course aims to introduce the multimedia script as a creative tool. Fundamental issues such as types of script, planning and basic notions of audiovisual production will be worked on. At the end of the course, students will have the basic notions necessary to propose a complete script, which will allow the students to do a correct audiovisual production.
Type Subject
Optativa
Semester
Second
Credits
6.00
Previous Knowledge
Objectives

Learning Outcomes of this subject are:
LO.01 Know how to write the scripts for an audiovisual production
LO.02 Know how to write interactive scripts
LO.03 Saber creating a transmedia narrative
LO.04 Basic knowledge of how to act in front of the cameras
LO.05 Be able to correctly transmit the work done

Contents

Multimedia creation
● Audiovisual script applications
● Formats and styles

Imaginary and references
● References study
● Semiotics and the significance of images

Script Typology
● Storyline
● Storyboard
● Literary Script
● Technical Script

Camera shots and movements
● Shot typology
● Movements, travelings, panoramics
● Shot rules

Il·luminació
● Lighting schematics
● Lighting typology

Methodology

D1. Theory Classes
The teacher makes a theoretical exposition of the basic concepts that the students must acquire in order to develop the projects of the subject.

D2. Exercices
Throughout the course, activities, exercises and readings will be proposed that will be shared in class.

D3. Laboratory Practices
Individual exercises of design will be proposed, aix with a dossier project in which all projects will be incorporated in the course of the course. Tot això is durà a terme partially a class.

Evaluation

SA1. Exams

The course has a theoretical exam that is carried out during the control point and that assesses the basic concepts of audiovisual scriptwriting, which will be classed first. The second examination involves the delivery and presentation of a complete guide.

Exams Date %
X1 Control Exam PC 10%
X2 Script Delivery and Presentation Final 50%

As soon as you have approved each exam, the matter is validated. For this reason, the students who passed both exams will not have to take the recovery exam. At the recovery examination, it will only be time to recover the examination of your suspicions.

SA2. Exercices

The subject has five exercises to deliver during the course. These exercises are simple practices that will serve to continue using concepts and tools worked in class.

Exercices unit %
L1 Storyline + Abstract 0
L2 Literary Script 7,5
E1 Technical script 7,5
E2 Storyboard 7,5
E3 Lighting Schematics 7,5

The exercises must be done on a mandatory basis and must be delivered on the indicated dates. All exercises will be evaluated out of ten. Suspended or undelivered exercises may be handed in on the date of the final exam. The suspended exercises will be evaluated on seven and the not delivered on five. You can also return the exercises to upload grade.

SA3. Practices

The course has one practice to deliver during the course. It is a more complex exercise that has to be delivered together with a memory of up to a maximum of 1500 words.

Prácticas % unitario
P1 Small format video creation 10

Projects must be carried out on a mandatory basis and must be delivered on the indicated dates. All projects will be evaluated out of ten. Suspended or undelivered projects may be submitted on the date of the final exam. Suspended projects will be evaluated on seven and undelivered on five. Projects may also be handed back to upload a grade.

Note needed to pass
* To pass the course, the exams must have a minimum score of 4 and the average of the course must be higher than 5.

Evaluation Criteria

SA1 Exams 60%
SA2 Exercices 30%
SA3 Practices 10%

Basic Bibliography

Adorno, T. (2007). Composición para el cine / El fiel correpetidor. Ediciones Akal.
Benjamin, W. (2013) La Obra de Arte en la Época de su Reproducción Mecánica. Casimiro.
McKee, R. (2009). El guión. Sustancia, estructura, estilo y principios de la escritura de guiones. Alba Minus.
McKee, R. (2018). El diálogo: El arte de hablar en la página, la escena y la pantalla. Alba Minus.
Steyerl, H. (2018). Los condenados de la pantalla. Caja Negra Editora.

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