CS 4480 Digital Video Special Effects

Information

Instructor

Name:	Irfan A. Essa
Email:	irfan"at"cc.gatech.edu	PREFERRED FORM OF COMMUNICATION *(put CS 4480 in subject line)*
Office:	243 CoC (inside 244)	404-894-6856

TA

Name:	Gabriel Brostow
Email:	brostow"at"cc.gatech.edu
Office:	334 CoC	404-894-6859
Office hours:	MWF 3-4pm	Or by apptmt.

WWW/Email

Most of the class will extensively use the WWW. The schedule and the lecture notes will be made available off the CLASS HOME page. All reports and student submissions are required in WEB readable format. Further information on that will be provided.

Email will be the primary form of communication after the class period. Please make sure to inform the instructor of your permenant email address.

Grading

Critiques: 2 critiques will be assigned (due TBA). These are critical evaluations of special effects of your choosing. Each will require selection of a special effect sequence and a critique of what technique is being used. The more complex the special effect and more the comprehensive the evaluation, the better. 2X15=30%
Problem Sets (PS): 2 PS will be assigned.(due TBA). First project is an introductory project to help understand the development environment 15%. PS#2 is a mid-term evaluation of the final project. For the PS#2 project teams are required to submit static stills and a storyboard for the final special effect. 15%
Final Project: 40% (see below)

Final Projects

In groups of 3 (or 4).
Each member of the group should bring special expertise and contribution to the project.
Group members need to be approved by Instructor (and TA).
Students can form (propose) their own groups. Submit an application to the instructor, stating each group member's expertise and tasks within a project.
If groups are not formed by students, then the Instructor/TA will help with the assigning of members to groups.
Groups have to be finalized by 4/13.
A project proposal is needed (5%) by TBA.
Mid Term project shows static effects and story-board by TBA
Final Project shown for internal Jury TBA (10%)
Final Project shown for external Jury TBA(15%)
Final Report (including details of individual contributions) (10%)

Policies

Honor Code:: Academic Honor Code instituted by the Students of Georgia Tech applies in this class.
Collaboration:: The critiques HAVE TO BE DONE ON YOUR OWN WITHOUT ANY COLLABORATION.; Projects are in teams. Each member will need to justify their contribution to the final project.
Reports:: All written material will be submitted electronically in HTML format and will be put up on the WWW pages for this course. If for some reason you object to this please see the instructor.
Late Policy:: There is none. Everything is due electronically the date assinged. Nothing will be accepted after the deadline and the grade of "F" will be assinged to that project.

Office Hours

By appointment. Please check Instructor/TA schedules and send e-mail:

http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~irfan/schedule/

http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/people/gabriel.brostow/schedule/ ( I will try to find good regular hours after the semester gets started ).

Computing Resources

TBA. Make sure you are reading e-mail on your prsim.gatech accounts, and that you have active cc.gatech accounts.

DVFX www page
College of Computing Home Page