[CTE] OCP-D

DIG00840 (300 Hours)

Multimedia Integrated Producer Designer

OCP-D Pacing Chart

This is the fourth and final section of the course… congratulations! YOU ARE ALMOST DONE! We will turn our focus to learning how to produce solid audio content with Adobe Audition, then move into the world of video production using Adobe Premiere Pro, and Adobe After Effects! These are programs built to empower video and audio creators like us to make engaging new types of content!

We are going to be aiming at two new certifications this section Visual Effects & Motion Graphics Using Adobe After Effects CC, as well as Digital Video Using Adobe Premiere Pro CC. For those of you who STILL haven’t gotten through your Visual Design Using Adobe Photoshop CC certification, you will get ONE LAST CHANCE during the next ten weeks… so REALLY buckle down!

During the next 10 weeks we will make Radio and TV Commercials for our chosen client, and delve into all sorts new media types and file creation in a blur of video, audio and animation work. Of course, your Final Portfolio will also be coming due for inspection… so there should also be a fair amount of rework during this section as well. Hold on tight, because it goes really quickly and there is a lot of new information to hold onto!

Week 1: Audio Mixing for Background Environments

Here we are, getting started on a whole new set of projects and jumping headlong into new media types. This week we will take a short but much needed break from our Branding projects and have a little fun. This week, we are going to be working on Design D1: Background Environment Sound Effects which should be a great introduction to Adobe Audition! We will need to set up a few accounts this week to give us places to both find and host our audio work, so without losing a beat… let’s jump into the week!

  • Week 1 Checklist
    • Create an account at FreeSound. You will use this place to download sound effects captured by the community to mix together for this weeks project, but it is also going to be a great resource for future projects. Make sure you get your account set up right away!
    • Set up an account on SoundCloud. This place will allow us to upload our audio work, give it some nice cover art, and then embed it back on our portfolios. We will need this to be able to turn in our work at the end of the week, so get to it!
    • Make sure you watch the Adobe Audition CC Essential Training course on LinkedIn Learning. This will provide you with all the basic information you need to import, edit and export audio files.
    • Complete Design D1: Background Environment Sound Effects, get them hosted and embedded on your portfolio by the end of the week. This is a nice and easy project to start a new section with, but don’t get too comfortable with the light workload!
    • Write a detailed Article about Audio Design work, the people who do the job, and what kinds of software they use to produce high quality sound effects and voice-overs. You would be surprised how many jobs there are out the for people who know how to capture and edit audio… so this is a great opportunity for you to start looking into them!
    • Take Quiz D1: Introduction to Adobe Audition at the end of the week, after you present your work and email your projects to the Instructor. All of the questions from this weeks quiz were taken from information in the LinkedIn Learning lessons, so hopefully you were paying close attention!

Week 2: Turning our Pitch Deck into a Video

Now that we know a little more about Adobe Audition, let’s put it to good use for our clients. Remember a few weeks ago when we built up a sleek and pretty Pitch Deck Presentation for our clients to get investors? Well, it turns out that a number of potential investors all over the country couldn’t make it to the presentation. No problem, we will just convert it over! Design D2: The Pitch Deck Video & Voiceover project will make us use PowerPoint and Audition to voice over the entire pitch deck, and boil it down to a 5 minute (or less) video. Let’s do this!

  • Week 2 Checklist
    • If you do not have Microsoft PowerPoint already installed on your computer at home and you want to work on your project outside of our LAB, you can get a free trial directly from Microsoft.
    • Make sure you watch both the Powerpoint: Audio & Video In Depth and Voice-Over for Video & Animation LinkedIn Learning videos. These videos are key to being able to get this project done on time, so don’t delay!
    • Complete Design D2: The Pitch Deck Video & Voiceover, and get it up on YouTube. This way, you can embed the video on your portfolio and show off your work. Remember, if you set the video to “private”, no one will be able to see it… including the Instructor.
    • Write a detailed Article about Multimedia Jobs including Project Managers, Creative Directors, Production Content Writers/Editors and Video Editors. Find local job posts and research them. Are these jobs you are interested in?
    • Take Quiz D2: Audition & PowerPoint at the end of the week, after you have turned in all of your work to the Instructor. The questions for the quiz were all pulled right out of your LinkedIn Learning videos for the week, so here’s hoping you were paying attention!

Week 3: The Radio Commercial

Design D3: The Radio Commercial

  • Week 3 Checklist
    • Offline marketing isn’t dead, it’s a core skill that all marketers need to understand. Offline marketing, also known as traditional marketing, reaches customers where they live, work, and shop, everywhere from the mailbox to the airwaves. The LinkedIn Learning video Offline Marketing Foundations teaches us everything we need to know to jump right in!
    • Complete Design D3: The Radio Commercial, and upload it to your SoundCloud account, and embed it back on your portfolio for turn in by the end of the week. Have fun with this one!
    • Write a detailed Article about Film/Video Production teams. Focus on 5 entry level jobs that a Multimedia Designer could perform, and find local job postings for those jobs.
    • Take Quiz D3: Offline Marketing Foundations at the end of the week, after you have turned in all of your work to the Instructor. The questions for the quiz were all pulled right out of your LinkedIn Learning videos for the week, so here’s hoping you were paying attention!

Week 4: Commercial Storyboards

Design D4: Commercial Storyboards

  • Week 4 Checklist
    • Animation Foundations: Storyboarding as well as Premiere Pro Essential Training (sections 1-5) on LinkedIn Learning will give us all the tools we need to get through the week. Premiere Pro is an EXTENSIVE software, so be sure to start diving right into the lessons provided by the video tutorials.
    • Complete ACA Test Prep Premire Pro CC Projects 1 and 2 early in the week. You will need these skills sooner than you thing, so don’t be scared! Jump right in and get your hands dirty.
    • Complete Design D4: Commercial Storyboards, and upload them to your portfolio by the end of the week. We will need these to plan out our shots for next week… so don’t delay! Get planning your commercial!
    • Write a detailed Article about Linear & Non-Linear editing, Offline/Real Time editing, Batch Processing and Project Trimming. How do these things work?
    • Take Quiz D4: Premiere Pro Basics at the end of the week, after you have turned in all of your work to the Instructor. The questions for the quiz were all pulled right out of your LinkedIn Learning, as well as the ACA Test Prep content for the week.

Week 5: Commercial Principal Shooting

Design D5: Commercial Principal Shooting, it’s time to shoot our commercials!

  • Week 5 Checklist
    • Watch both the Creating an Online Video Ad (Writing, Production and Shooting) as well as sections 6-10 of the Premiere Pro Essential Training videos. There is a LOT of information to cover in these so that we can make our client a good commercial, knock them out early if you can!
    • Complete ACA Test Prep Premire Pro CC Projects 3 and 4 while in class. Remember, your upcoming ACA Test will require you to know your stuff! This is the single best way to get there quickly!
    • Take a Premiere Pro CC Practice Test on GMetrix, and see how you are feeling about the software knowledge you have gotten so far? Are you feeling strong?
    • Complete the Design D5: Commercial Principal Shooting project and showcase your shots on your portfolio. Did you shoot EXACTLY what you planned to shoot last week? Hopefully you got some good outtakes too.
    • Find and research at least 5 websites that offer Stock Video Footage. Explain the “Creative Commons License” and Usage Rights of stock video.

Week 6: The Final Commercial

Design D6: The Final Commercial, We made our plans, got our shots, and it’s time to make our final cut of the commercial for the client. You will need to lean on everything you have learned about Premiere Pro thus far in order to get the job done right and by the deadline. You have until the end of the week to get this project done, so don’t delay!

  • Week 6 Checklist
    • Watch both videos this week, the first being Creating an Online Video Ad 2 (Editing, Uploading and Marketing) as well as Premiere Pro Essential Training sections 11-13. It’s quite a bit of video content, so get them done early in the week so you have the tools you need to get the project completed!
    • Complete ACA Test Prep Premire Pro CC Projects 5 and 6 while in class. Your ACA Test is going to be this week, so don’t skip them! This is one of those week you are going to really need to grind! Get to it!
    • Complete the Design D6: The Final Commercial project, upload it to YouTube and embed it back on your portfolio. Let’s see how well you did, and present them to the class at the end of the week. This one is always a fun presentation day.
    • Write a detailed Article about Multimedia Designer Jobs in your area. Find the 10 most common interview questions you will need to prepare for, and research great responses. Also, compare your Online Portfolio with at least two others from the web.
    • Take Quiz D6: Advanced Premiere Pro at the end of the week. Once again, we will take a look at what you have learned from all of your projects and assignments using the video editing software. Good luck!

Week 7: Animated Commercial Storyboarding

Now that we have our live action commercial shot, edited and handed off to the client, they want something new! Design D7: Animated Commercial Storyboarding will get us started

  • Week 7 Checklist
    • Let’s jump right into After Effects with the LinkedIn Learning video After Effects Essential Training: The Basics. This video will give you a big jump start on the upcoming software.
    • Complete ACA Test Prep After Effects CC Projects 1-5 this week while in class. There are lots of lessons for After Effects in this series, so we have a LOT of training to get through. Better get started!
    • Complete the Design D7: Animated Commercial Storyboarding project, and get the storyboards up to your portfolio to get the whole commercial planned out for next week. If you get done early, then start working on your graphics for the project. It’s gonna be fun!
    • Write a detailed Article concerning your Dream Job as a Designer. Examine self-employment opportunities, “Crowd Sourced” Jobs, and traditional positions within companies.
    • Take Quiz D7: After Effects Basics in class on Friday. This is a quiz that pulls questions from ACA Test Prep lessons as well as the LinkedIn Learning video for the week.

Week 8: The Animated Commercial

So, we have planned out our animations and hopefully gotten started on the graphics we will need, so it’s time to jump into Design D8: The Animated Commercial. This is going to be a fun week!

  • Week 8 Checklist
    • Let’s jump right into After Effects with the LinkedIn Learning video After Effects Essential Training: The Basics. This video will give you a big jump start on the upcoming software.
    • Complete ACA Test Prep After Effects CC Projects 6-9 this week while in class. Since the ACA Test is coming up and we only JUST got started with it, these lessons are absolutely crucial. Get to them!
    • Complete the Design D8: The Animated Commercial project, get it up on YouTube and embed it back on your portfolio before the end of the week. On Friday, present it to the class along with your fellow classmates. This is ALWAYS a fun week.
    • Write a detailed Article that examines common animation mistakes, and ways to avoid them. Be sure you showcase errors found as examples.
    • Take Quiz D8: More After Effects in class on Friday. This is a quiz that pulls questions from ACA Test Prep lessons as well as the LinkedIn Learning video for the week. There is a LOT of information we have been covering so this is more of a recap. Let’s find out what you know.

Weeks 9 & 10: Updated & Your Final Portfolio

It’s over folks. It’s really over. No more projects for you.

It’s time to look back over the last months of work and ask yourself… how do I look? Mostly these two weeks are for you to re-work and put fresh coats of paint on your portfolio. Get it ready for final submission, and get it ready to show to prospective clients or employers. Additionally, we will knock out our last ACA Test this week… hopefully this means you got them all.

This is it folks. Buckle up.

  • Week 9 Checklist
    • First things first, watch How to get a Job in Design and Building an Online Portfolio. Both of these will help you get in the right frame of mind as you turn back on your work to give it a second look.
    • Complete ACA Test Prep After Effects CC Projects 10-12 this week while in class. Your ACA Test is THIS WEEK! Be absolutely certain you have gotten through all of the content before the end of the week!
    • Write a detailed reflection about the course. What was your favorite part, and what was your least favorite. What do you plan to do with your new skills? Do you feel ready to find a job?
    • Take Quiz D9: Even More After Effects at the end of the week. This is it folks. YOUR LAST QUIZ.
  • Week 10 Checklist
    • Put the finishing touches on your Final D1: Your Final Portfolio and get it sent over via email, after presenting your best work to the class. This is the big one. THE BIG BAD FINAL. Enjoy it.