Digital Media Production

Assignment Tasks

Task 1:

Submit a work proposal for this assignment which must include:

·      Understanding of deliverables – a detail description of deliverables.

·      General overview of proposed plan - initial understanding of solution to task2 along with resources identified.

·      Timeline for completion of the given tasks.

The work proposal must be submitted in a word file through the link available in Moodle.

 

Task2:                                                                                                                             

 

“Video games can be a great recreational hobby. However, video game addiction can lead to several issues. The negative effects of video games include effects on our mind, body relationships, job performance, and more.

 

It is important to remember that video games are not inherently evil. Most of the negative effects of video games arise from excessive use and addiction..”

 

Read full article from https://www.healthygamer.gg/10-negative-effects-of-video-games/

 

As a Digital Media content developer, develop a documentary movie of 3 to 4 minutes duration based on the above Case. You may refer any other research studies or articles as well. Develop a script and design storyboard accordingly. You may also choose any other sub- theme related to the same topic, by getting approval from your faculty. In order to prepare a good scenario and plan for your film, you are advised to refer various books, online articles, e-library resources and videos for better understanding of this topic.

 

You are strongly advised to prepare the idea and plan of your documentary movie well in advance and get it approved by your faculty before you start working on it.

 

·      You must collect the required information, images, and texts and collect/shoot the video based on your task. Apply various visual effects, titling and background music along with voice / narration.

 

·      Add narration to the script after collecting / capturing the suitable media elements. Include English subtitle in the final output.

 

·      Render the final output in standard definition suitable for Web standards as well as High Definition format. You must provide proper justification for the choice of your formats, in your report.

 

Originally shot real time video (taken within your home premises) is highly encouraged however you can also include some freely available stock audio and video footages to enhance the quality of your video. You must use only copyright free / royalty free video footage and music to your video and make sure the source is mentioned in the credit roll as well as in the reference section of the report. If you have any reservations in recording / dubbing voice, then you can use any online text to speech convertor tool. But ensure that audio must be properly synchronized with the video.

 

The duration of the final video should range between 3:00 – 4:00 minutes, including the title and credit rolls (maximum 15 seconds).

 

The tasks to be completed are as follows:

a.    Compile a report by clearly defining your idea and plan for the video.   

b.    Develop a storyboard for the idea (Minimum 10 frames).                          

c.    Choose the appropriate audio and video elements for this project.          

d.   Editing of video with sound mixing and subtitling.                                     

e.    Render your video in appropriate format suitable for broadcast standards.       

f.     Describe the rationale for choosing the video codec and resolution chosen for the video output which is meant for the Web standards in the report.                        

Task 3

Register and take up any of the MOOC course as suggested on MEC Learn. Complete it and attach the completion certificate (or screenshot showing completion), in the report. Write your reflections on knowledge gained from this course. Also mention, how this course helped you in pursuing additional knowledge to complete the various tasks in this assignment. (200 words)

 

Note: Overall report should contain 1200 words.               Rules & Regulations:

·      All resources should be cited using CU Harvard style in the Report.

·      Authors of the Free Stock / Royalty free online resources used in the practical task (Video) must be mentioned at the end in the credit roll along with the respective website name. Ensure that in such case only copyright free audio/video clips are accepted in this assignment.

·      Copyright protected Audio/Video clips from online resources such as YouTube are not allowed to be used in this assignment. Video clips with watermark will not be accepted in the assignment.

·      The assignment report must have a Title page, Table of Contents, References/ bibliography using CU Harvard Style and page numbers.

·      Title Page must have Assignment Name, Module name, Session, your name, ID, and the name of the faculty.

·      Softcopy of the report in word format is to be submitted through Turnitin link on Moodle.

·      Only the final output file (final Render – in Compressed format) should be uploaded on Moodle (if its below 250 MB).

·      Entire project folder must be uploaded on a shared drive such as One Drive, Dropbox, Google drive etc. and the download link should be provided in the report.

·      It is advisable to copy all the video footages, audio clips, images and other graphics used in the project in single folder which should also contain project files (Premiere, Vegas, Audacity, Storyboarder) and finally zip the entire folder before sharing it online.

·      Viva shall be conducted after the assignment submission as per the dates informed by the faculty.

Guidelines:

·      Assignment report must be computer typed.

Ø    Font - Times New Roman

Ø    Font – Style - Regular

Ø    Font - Size - 12

Ø    Heading should be with Font Size 14, Bold, Capital and Underline.

·      Clearly scan and insert the storyboards in the report in correct sequence. If you are using mobile device for scanning the storyboards, ensure that proper lighting is available while capturing the image, and scan is not affected by any shadow casted on the pages.

·      Each student has to do the assignment individually.

·      You can refer books in eLibrary or use internet resource. But you should not cut and paste material from internet nor provide photocopied material from books. The assignment answers should be in your own words after understanding the matter from the above resources.

·      You can use Royalty free / Free stock video / audio provided you mention the author name in credit roll of the video and in the report along with the website name.

·      Some of the sources for Royalty free / Free stock video and audio are

·         For audio - https://www.free-stock-music.com/ and https://freesfx.co.uk/

·         For video - https://www.pexels.com/videos/ ; https://coverr.co/ ; https://mixkit.co/free- stock-video/ ; https://www.videvo.net/

Kindly note that some of the above websites might require you to create a free account in order to enable you to download the assets.

·      It is highly recommended to organize all the media files together in a single folder. And before submitting the assignment, ensure that project files (Adobe Premiere / Sony Vegas / Audacity / Storyboarder) are opening without any error message.

 

Assessment Evaluation Criteria

 

Classification And % Range <to be given as per requirement>	Reflection and critical analysis.	Knowledge and Understanding/ Application of Theory	Evidence of Reading	Referencing and Bibliography	Presentation, Grammar and Spelling
Outstanding 91-100	Highly         competent analytical skills and reflective                 practice, demonstrating personal learning and growth, insight into required professional values and principles and professional development planning.	Extensive knowledge and depth of understanding of principles and concepts and /or outstanding application of theory in practice.	Evidence of reading an extensive range of educational literature/research and where applicable workplace strategies, policies and procedures.	Accurate referencing and bibliography correctly using appropriate referencing style	Excellent presentation, logically structured, using correct grammar and spelling, excellent cross- referencing and links to supporting evidence
Excellent 81--90	Strong analytical skills and reflective practice used, demonstrating personal learning and growth, insight into required professional               values, principles  and competencies                   and professional development planning.	Excellent knowledge and understanding of principles and concepts and /or excellent knowledge and understanding of the application of theory in practice	Evidence of reading a wide range of educational literature/research and where              applicable, workplace              strategies, policies and procedures.	Appropriate referencing and bibliography correctly using            appropriate referencing style	Good    presentation, competently structured, using correct grammar and spelling, clear and easy to use links to supporting evidence
Very Good Quality 71-80	Good use of analytical skills and reflective practice demonstrating personal learning and growth, insight into required professional               values, principles  and competencies                   and professional development planning.	Good knowledge or key principles and concepts and/or good knowledge of the application of theory in practice	Evidence of reading a good range of educational literature/research and where applicable workplace strategies, policies and procedures.	Generally well referenced with correct use of the appropriate referencing style	Reasonable presentation, completely structured, acceptable grammar and spelling, acceptable links to supporting evidence
Good (Acceptable)	Acceptable use of analytical skills and reflective practice demonstrating       personal	Acceptable knowledge of key principles and concepts and/or   knowledge   of the	Evidence of reading an appropriate  range of educational	Adequate           referencing. Generally accurate use of	Adequate presentation and structure,        acceptable grammar      and     spelling,

 

61-70	learning and growth, insight into required professional                 values, principles  and competencies                   and professional development planning.	application of theory in practice	literature/research and where applicable, relevant workplace policies and procedures	appropriate referencing style	adequate            links to supporting evidence
Adequate/ Satisfactory 51-60	Adequate use of analytical skills and reflective practice demonstrating personal learning and growth, insight into required professional                 values, principles  and competencies                   and professional development planning.	Adequate knowledge of key principles and concepts and/or    satisfactory evidence of the application of theory in practice.	Evidence of minimal reading of educational literature/research and where applicable relevant workplace policies and procedures	Adequate referencing. Appropriate referencing style used but may contain some inaccuracies.	Weak presentation , satisfactory          structure, grammar and spelling, links to supporting evidence
Weak /Poor   (all learning outcomes not adequately met)   0-50	Little use of analytical skills and reflective practice demonstrating personal learning and growth, insight into required competencies                 and/or professional development planning.        Professional values and principles not reflected in the submission.   and/or Insufficient/no use of analytical            skills          and reflective                 practice demonstrating personal learning and growth, insight         into         required competencies                and professional   development planning	Little evidence of knowledge of key principles or concepts and/or little evidence of the application of theory in practice   and/or   No evidence of knowledge of key principles or concepts and/or no evidence of application of theory in practice	Little or no evidence of reading outside of the course textbook and/or reference to relevant work place policies and procedures   and/or   No evidence of reading outside of the course textbook and/or reference to relevant workplace policies and procedures	Little or no referencing, incorrect style, or very inaccurate use of appropriate referencing style	Poor presentation, grammar and spelling, links to supporting evidence   and/or   Unacceptable presentation, grammar and spelling, structure is very poor, links to supporting evidence

Important Policies to be followed

 

1.    Student Academic Integrity Policy*:

 

·         MEC upholds the spirit of academic integrity in all forms of academic work and any form of violation of academic integrity shall invite severe penalty. Any benefit obtained by indulging in the act of violation of academic integrity shall be cancelled.

·         MEC also reserves the right to notify the appropriate law enforcement authorities of any unlawful activity and to cooperate thereafter in any investigation of such activity.

·         Faculty can conduct a viva to investigate and ascertain that the work submitted is student’s own work as per the guidelines for the same. A student can be given a maximum of 2 chances to attend the viva in such cases. It is expected that the student attends the viva during the first chance itself unless due to extenuating circumstances. If the student does not attend the viva in spite of being given 2 chances and fails to submit valid reasons, he/she will be awarded a fail in the module and this shall be counted as a case of academic integrity violation.

All cases of violation of academic integrity on the part of the student shall fall under any of the below mentioned categories:

1.      Plagiarism

2.      Malpractice

3.      Ghost Writing

4.      Collusion

5.      Other cases

If the student fails a module and has a proven case of academic integrity violation in this module, the student is required to re-register the module. This is applicable to first and second offence of academic integrity violation of plagiarism type

a.      First Offence of Academic Integrity Violation:

i.           Plagiarism

a.           If a student is caught first time in an act of academic integrity violation during his/her course of study in any assignment other than project work and if the type of violation is plagiarism, then the student will be allowed to re-submit the assignment once as per the period allowed for re submission However, a penalty of deduction of 25% of the marks obtained for the resubmitted work will be imposed.

b.           Period of re-submission: The student will have to re-submit the work within one week (5 working days) from the date he or she is advised to re-submit.

c.           Re-submission of the work beyond the allowed period of resubmission will not be accepted and the assessment will be awarded a zero mark.

d.           If the re-submitted work (within the allowed period of resubmission) is also found to be plagiarized, then that assessment component will be awarded a zero mark. It shall also contribute to the total count of academic integrity violation for that student.

e.           If plagiarism is detected in UG Project work (Project 1, Project Planning and Project Design and Implementation), the above clauses do not apply, and the work will be summarily rejected. In these cases the student will be awarded a fail (F) grade and is required to reregister the module.

ii.           Malpractice / Ghostwriting / Collusion

If a student is caught first time in an act academic integrity violation during his/her course of study for an assessment component irrespective of coursework or end semester andif the type of violation is Malpractice/Ghostwriting/Collusion, then the student shall fail the module.

 

a.      Second Offence of Academic Integrity Violation:

i.           Plagiarism

a.           If any student is caught second time in an act of academic integrity violation during his/her course of study and if the type of violation is plagiarism, then the student will not be allowed to resubmit the work, and s/he will directly be awarded zero for the work in which plagiarism is detected.

b.           The student shall also receive a warning of suspension in such cases.

ii.           Malpractice/Ghostwriting/Collusion

a.           If a student is caught a second time in an act academic integrity violation for an assessment component irrespective of coursework or end semester and if the type of violation is Malpractice/Ghostwriting/Collusion, then the student shall fail the module.

b.           The student shall also receive a warning of suspension in such cases.

c.         Third Offence of Academic Integrity Violation:

a.           If a student is caught a third time in an act of academic integrity violation for an assessment component irrespective of coursework or end semester then the student shall fail the module and also shall be suspended for one semester from the College, once the academic integrity violation case is confirmed by Institutional Assessment Review Committee.

b.           The student shall be suspended for the immediate subsequent semester and can register for modules only after having served the suspension period fully. This is also applicable for semesters offered in block mode.

c.           During the suspension period, the student shall have to mandatorily complete a course on academic integrity/writing before s/he can register for any modules.

d.           During the period of suspension, the student shall be allowed to attempt supplementary examinations if s/he is eligible for the same. S/he shall also be allowed access to all college facilities permitted for a regular student except for registering the modules.

d.        Fourth Offence of Academic Integrity Violation:

a.           If a student is caught a fourth time in an act of academic integrity violation for an assessment component irrespective of coursework or end semester, the student shall fail the module and also shall be expelled from the College, once the case is confirmed by Institutional Assessment Review Committee.

b.           The student shall be expelled from the college and all access to the college facilities and premises shall cease to exist. The documents shall be released only after getting the NOC (No Objection Certificate) from Registration Office.

a.           `On termination, the student shall not be refunded any fees paid for the academic semester in which academic integrity violation was observed.

b.          Other cases

If a student commits an act of academic integrity violation as per the definition of “other cases” mentioned in the previous section or of a different nature, student’s case shall be forwarded to an Institutional Assessment Review Committee, Chaired by the Associate Dean, Academic Affairs. The committee shall investigate the case by means of a viva and/or a hearing of the parties concerned if required and shall take appropriate decision. The penalty that can be granted to a proven case of academic integrity violation which falls in this category of “other cases” can be a warning/component zero/ module fail/suspension/expulsion depending on the nature and gravity of the offence.

c.         Types/Variations of cases of Plagiarism and associated actions

Type 1: In case plagiarism is detected in any component or part submission (submitted at different times) of one assessment (assignment), the deduction in marks will be applicable for the whole assessment (assignment), even if only the component or part submission alone needs to be resubmitted.

Type 2: In case plagiarism is detected in a group assessment, all students of the group will be considered as having committed an act of plagiarism irrespective of whether plagiarism is on account of the act of all or a few or only one member. The policy will then be applied to all students.

If some students in the group are eligible to re-submit (first offence) and others are not eligible, only eligible students will be allowed to re-submit within a period of one week and the penalty will be applied as per the policy for each student according to his / her history of violations.

Type 3: Combination of Type 1 and Type 2: In case plagiarism is detected in any component or part submission (submitted at different times) of a group assessment (assignment), the deduction in marks will be applicable for the whole assessment (assignment), even if only the component or part submission alone needs to be resubmitted. All students of the group would be considered as having committed an act of plagiarism irrespective of whether plagiarism is on account of the act of all or a few or only one member. The policy will then be applied to all the students of the group.

If some students in the group are eligible to re-submit (first offence) and others are not eligible, only eligible students will be allowed to re-submit within a period of one week and the penalty will be applied as per the policy for each student according to his / her history of violation.

Type 4: Variation of Type 1 and Type 2: In cases where the assessment consists of components or part submissions that could be a group assessment component (e.g. group assignment) and an individual assessment component (e.g. individual reflection), the following will be applicable:

a.      If plagiarism is detected in the group assessment component, all students of the group will be considered as having committed an act of plagiarism, irrespective of whether plagiarism.

is on account of the act of all or a few or only one member. The policy will then be applied to all students of the group. In such cases the group assessment component will be resubmitted.

If some students in the group are eligible to re-submit (first offence) and others are not eligible, only eligible students will be allowed to re-submit within a period of one week and the penalty will be applied for each student according to his / her history of violation.

 

a.      If plagiarism is detected in the individual assessment component, the individual assessment component will be resubmitted - if the student is eligible for resubmission-. The policy will then be applied to that student alone.

b.     In both cases (a) and/or (b), the deduction in marks will be applicable for the whole assessment (assignment).

b.        Types/Variation of Cases of Multiple Offences

If student is caught with multiple violations of same or different nature in different modules of the same semester, they will be considered as one offence and student will be penalized for each violation according to the type of the offence.

If student is caught with multiple violations of same or different nature in the same module of the same semester, then they will be considered as different offences and each will contribute to the overall count of AIV. The student then shall be penalized for each violation according to the count and type of each offence.

 

 

* For further details Refer to MEC Student Academic Integrity Policy in Student Handbook.

 

2.    Late Submission Regulations:

It is the students’ responsibility to check all relevant timelines related to assessments.

As per the Assessment Policy at MEC, late submissions are allowed for one week (5 working days) for all UG modules with a penalty. In such cases, a deduction of 5% of the marks obtained for the submitted work shall be imposed for each working day following the  last  date  of  submission till the date of actual submission. Assessment documents submitted beyond a period of one week (5 working days) after the last date of submission will not be accepted and will be awarded a zero for that assessment. In cases where the submission has been delayed due to extenuating circumstances, the student may be permitted to submit the work without imposing the late submission policy stated above. The extended period of submission will be one week from the original last date of submission. In such cases, the student is expected to submit the supporting certificates on or before the original last date of submission of the assessment and the decision of extension rests with faculty responsible for the assessment .The late submission policy shall be applied if the student fails to submit the work within one week of the original last date of submission.

Students may contact their teachers for clarification on specific details of the submission time if required.

 

2.    Research Ethics and Biosafety Policy

 

To protect and respect the rights, dignity, health, safety, and privacy of research subjects involved including the welfare of animals and the integrity of environment, all student projects are expected to be undertaken as per the MEC Research Ethics and Biosafety Policy. Accordingly the following shall apply.

 

·         Research and other enterprise activities shall be conducted by maintaining the high ethical standards consistent with national and international standards and conventions.

 

·         Any research at MEC that is categorized as high-risk research shall be subject to review and approval by the Research Ethics and Biosafety Committee.

 

·         Research activities involving collection of human or animal tissues and manipulation of microbial, animal or plant cells shall be subject to review and approval by the Research Ethics and Biosafety Committee.

 

·         Participants involved in research must be informed about the purpose of research and intended uses of research findings. Written consent must be obtained from people involved prior to the commencement of research.

 

·         Data obtained from participants must be treated with high confidence and should be used only for the intended purpose of research.