Advanced Capture and Post-Production

This unit integrates advanced image, sound, and editing techniques to move projects from production through post-production and to audience delivery. Students deepen technical camera and lighting skills, master audio capture and mixing, and apply editing, compositing, and distribution strategies to prepare polished deliverables and marketing plans for the capstone unit.

Learning Objectives

• Analyze how shot selection, camera settings (sensor, shutter, exposure, aspect ratio, frame rate), composition, and lighting choices affect narrative, visual continuity, and image quality across scenes
• Apply acoustics principles, microphone placement techniques, light measurement, and digital audio workflows within a DAW to capture and prepare production-quality sound and balanced lighting for post-production
• Demonstrate editing and post-production workflows by organizing shot types, employing the five categories of edits, performing compositing/keying and mattes, and executing a final audio mix suitable for multiple delivery formats
• Evaluate platform-specific delivery and promotion decisions by assessing theatrical, home-entertainment, streaming, and social media requirements, and aligning screenplay-formatted scenes and marketing strategy recommendations with target audiences and technical specifications