DGN2602 · Video production design 2

Overview

This unit deepens your understanding of cinematic production by introducing advanced techniques in video design and storytelling. Building on the foundations established in the first Video production design unit (DGN2601), you will explore complex production environments that combine traditional filmmaking methods with emerging AI-driven tools. Emphasis is placed on advanced cinematography, green screen integration, lighting design, on-location audio capture, and ADR (Automated Dialogue Replacement). Through individual and collaborative projects, you will experiment with AI-assisted workflows across scripting, visual generation, and post-production. The unit encourages creative innovation while reinforcing narrative clarity, visual composition, and technical precision across both fiction and documentary formats.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

100% in-semester assessment

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Apply advanced cinematography techniques to design and produce visually compelling content for both fiction and documentary formats;
2. Design and manage complex video productions, integrating lighting, green screen compositing, and ADR workflows;
3. Capture high-quality location sound using appropriate microphone types and techniques for varied recording environments;
4. Incorporate AI tools into pre-production and post-production workflows, including scripting, visual generation, and advanced compositing;
5. Demonstrate creative and technical fluency in designing and developing cohesive screen-based narratives using multi-layered production strategies.

Workload

12 hours per week including 3 contact hours plus 9 hours of independent study.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.