FLMC 1331 Syllabus

Dallas College North Lake Campus

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Instructor Contact Information

Name: Tim Dougherty
Email: tmdougherty@dcccd.edu
Office Phone: 817-400-0266
Office Hours: By appointment
Division Office and Phone: Visual and Performing Arts, L129, 972-273-3560

Course Information
Course Title: Video Graphics & Visual Effects
Course Number: FLMC-1331
Section Number: 73426
Semester/Year: Fall 2020
Credit Hours: 3
Class Meeting Time/Location: Online
Certification Date: 9/5/2020
Last Day to Withdraw: 11/12/2020

Course Prerequisites
RTVB 2430 OR concurrent enrollment in RTVB 2430
Course Description
An introduction to television graphics utilizing Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Adobe After Effects.
Theory topics include Layout, typography, color theory, motion theory, and visual hierarchy. Software
topics include basic Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects operation, blending modes, effects,
keyframing, pre-composing, 2D and 3D animation, track mattes, particles, and render/output of content.
(2 Lec., 4 Lab.)

This class includes optional live interactive instruction delivered online through eCampus Blackboard
Collaborate. Email tmdougherty@dcccd.edu for more information.
Student Learning Outcomes
Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects basic skills
Theory and application of graphic design and motion graphics principles

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Required Course Materials
If your Dallas College course requires learning materials they will be provided as part of the IncludED
program (dcccd.edu/included) or as free materials you can access in your online course shell.

If you opt out of the IncludED program, you are responsible for obtaining all your required learning
materials by the first day of the class. For more details, see Institutional Policies.

Recommended Course Materials (none are required)

The Elements of Graphic Design
Alex W. White
Allworth Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-58115-250-0

Adobe Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book

Adobe Press

Adobe After Effects CC Classroom in a Book

Adobe Press

64-bit capable Mac or PC with Adobe CC

Note: A student of this institution is not under any obligation to purchase a textbook from a university-
affiliated bookstore. The same textbook may also be available from an independent retailer, including an
online retailer.
Graded Work
The tables below provide a summary of the graded work in this course and an explanation of how your
final course grade will be calculated.

Summary of Graded Work

Assignments Percentage
Discussions/Projects 50%
Quizzes 20%
Exams 30%

Description of Graded Work

Each week students will be required to work on a project or assignment using some combination of
Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects. The work will be submitted to a weekly discussion. Students are
required to post at least three times per discussion, including a work submission and self-critique and two
peer critiques. Discussions are graded as 50% projects/assignments and 50% peer critiques.
Spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors are -1 point each.

Discussion Rubric

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Project
Excellent Good Needs Improvement Poor
35-40 points 30-34 points 25-29 points Below 25 points
Requirements: Missing one of the Missing two of the Missing three of the
- Demonstrates tools requirements. requirements. requirements.
and techniques from
lecture/tutorial.
- Applies good design
principles.
- Embedded video file
with MP4 attached.

Critiques
Excellent Good Needs Improvement Poor
35-40 points 30-34 points 25-29 points Below 25 points
Requirements: Missing one of the Missing two of the Missing three of the
- Self-critique at least one requirements. requirements. requirements.
paragraph in length.
- Correct grammar, Grammar, spelling, Grammar, spelling, Grammar, spelling,
spelling, and punctuation. and punctuation and punctuation errors and punctuation
- Covers your process, errors are -1 point are -1 point each. errors are -1 point
design elements, and each. each.
questions/troubles/persona
l feelings about the project.
- At least two peer critiques
of one paragraph in length.
- Contains analysis of the
design using proper design
terminology.
- Offers helpful suggestions
for improvement.
- Correct grammar,
spelling, and punctuation.

Late Work Policy

Late work will not be accepted except in extreme circumstances, and the instructor has been notified
before the assignment is due.
Institutional Policies
Institutional Policies relating to this course can be accessed using the link below. These policies include
information about tutoring, Disabilities Services, class drop and repeat options, Title IX, and more.

North Lake Institutional Policies (http://www.northlakecollege.edu/syllabipolicies)

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Course Schedule
Wk Date Project Proj. Due Lecture Tutorial Discuss Quiz
Due End of Exam
Date Week
1 1/19 1a Illustrator 1/24 W1 GD Basics Illustrator Endframe  
Layers Layers (Turtle), Find Course
Orientation Questions
2 1/25 1b Endframe 1/31 W3 Typography After Effects Endframe Graphic
Rough Intro; Layers in Design
After Effects Illustrator Basics
PSRT (Turtle)
3 2/1 1b (cont, due) 2/7 W3 Raster Vs Audio in After Graphic Aftter
Vector Effects, Design Effects
Exporting HEVC Tutorial Find Intro
Files
4 2/8 1c Endframe 2/14 W4 Layout   Endframe Vis
Final Visual Rough in Hierarchy
Hierarchy After Effects
5 2/15 2a Infographics 2/21 W5 Negative Infographics Endframe  
Rough Space Final
6 2/22 2b Infographics 2/28 W6 Color The Add Infographics
Final Theory function in After Rough
Effects  
7 3/1 3a 3D Photo 3/7 W7 Ps Intro: Infographics  
Thumbs Selection & Final
Healing tools
8 3/8 3b 3D Photo 3/21 W8 (end   Ps 3D Photo 3a 3D Photo Midterm
Layers in Ps of spring Layers (Ps) Thumbs
break)
  3/15 Spring Break            
9 3/22 3c 3D Photo 3/28 W9 Perspective Postcards in 3b
Final in Ae Space Photoshop
3D Photo Anim Layers  
10 3/29 Fractal Noise 4/4 W10   Fractal Noise 3c 3D Photo  
Displacement Displacement Final in After
Effects
11 4/5 Parenting, 4/11 W11   Parenting/Nulls Fractal
Nulls (Kinetic Type) Noise  
12 4/12 4a Reel Assets, Do not     Track Mattes Parenting  
Track Mattes, turn in Blending Modes
Blending Modes
13 4/19 4b Reel Rough, 4/25 W13   Particles Track  
Particles Mattes
and/or
Blending
Modes
14 4/26 Saber Plugin 5/2 W14   Saber Reel Rough  
15 5/3 4c Reel Final 5/13 W16   Expressions Particles or  
Saber
16 5/10 4c Reel Final 5/13 W16     3c Reel Final
Final Exam