Visual Effects

Course aim

To familiarise students with professional practice and industry standards in visual effects.

Course content

Visual Effects familiarises students with the VFX industry and production pipeline, and provides the theory, skills and techniques to produce industry-standard visual effects-based film sequences. During the lecture series, students will develop an understanding of key visual effects techniques and practices. Students will also engage with local industry leaders to further their understanding of professional practice in the visual effects industry. During the practical series, students will develop advanced skills in Nuke, 3D Equaliser and Houdini, including rotoscoping, keying, compositing, camera tracking, particle systems, explosions, fluid dynamics and physics-based dynamics. The assessment tasks will provide students with the opportunity to work both individually and in small teams; and produce a personalised showreel of industry-standard work.

Textbook(s)

Ganbar, R 2011, Nuke 101: professional compositing and visual effects, 1st, Peachpit Press, California

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
COMM 1067	Introduction to CGI

The listed prerequisite, or by approval from the Program Director.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Lecture	1 hour x 13 weeks
Practical	2 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Online activities, Portfolio, Visual Effects Production

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.