2023
Multimedia III
Name: Multimedia III
Code: VIS12757L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Arte Multimédia
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
The main objective of this curricular unit is to create an environment conducive to the deepening of technical
and creative skills in the field of video and moving image. It is intended that the student pursue the pursuit of a
unique identity and try to affirm as a creative agent in the vast disciplinary area of the video or moving image
synchronized with the use of sound. The video is understood in its broadest sense - including a multiplicity of
possibilities that this technology allows and accompanying the current trends of its use that, increasingly,
extend beyond the more classic understanding (the creation of an audiovisual product mono -channel'). Given
this reasoning we can say that this curricular unit focuses on the idea of 'video in an expanded format'. It is
assumed that this is a second level of learning of this technology and therefore emphasizes a more experimental
approach that inevitably relates to issues such as installation, the use of simultaneous screens and
their relation to space or projection of moving image in a relevant relation with unconventional surfaces (the
screen), either by a relation with three-dimensional objects or with the idea of mapping of architectural or
sculptural structures (video-mapping).
and creative skills in the field of video and moving image. It is intended that the student pursue the pursuit of a
unique identity and try to affirm as a creative agent in the vast disciplinary area of the video or moving image
synchronized with the use of sound. The video is understood in its broadest sense - including a multiplicity of
possibilities that this technology allows and accompanying the current trends of its use that, increasingly,
extend beyond the more classic understanding (the creation of an audiovisual product mono -channel'). Given
this reasoning we can say that this curricular unit focuses on the idea of 'video in an expanded format'. It is
assumed that this is a second level of learning of this technology and therefore emphasizes a more experimental
approach that inevitably relates to issues such as installation, the use of simultaneous screens and
their relation to space or projection of moving image in a relevant relation with unconventional surfaces (the
screen), either by a relation with three-dimensional objects or with the idea of mapping of architectural or
sculptural structures (video-mapping).
Contents
1. Extension of technical skills and language proficiency specific to video technology.
2. Continuation of the study of the use of video in the field of visual arts, not forgetting audiovisual
production in a broader scope - always in the perspective of 'objects' with a clearly authorial character.
3. Constant follow-up of the new trends in audiovisual / video art creation, rather than from a contemporary
production perspective - from a perspective of current production - through the exhibition and discussion of
carefully chosen examples and constant monitoring of artistic production in national and international contexts .
4. Formulation of exercises of a rather experimental nature that stimulate in students an incessant search for
innovative solutions that contribute to overcoming the limits of their own understanding of the possibilities of
the technology that constitute their object of study.
5. Filling possible gaps in the basic learning of this technology.
6. Encourage a more 'theoretical' self-reflection process that prepares students for projects with a more solid
conceptual basis - preparing them for the next curricular year and for approaching final undergraduate projects.
7. Exercises for a notion of 'expanded format video' including:
7.1 multi-display systems
7.2 understanding of the sitespecific concept
7.3 Installation and Relation to the Display Space
7.4 real-time content manipulation systems with or without integration of image capture systems (also in real time)
7.5 relation of the projection of the image with three-dimensional or sculptural surfaces / video-image-mapping
systems.
2. Continuation of the study of the use of video in the field of visual arts, not forgetting audiovisual
production in a broader scope - always in the perspective of 'objects' with a clearly authorial character.
3. Constant follow-up of the new trends in audiovisual / video art creation, rather than from a contemporary
production perspective - from a perspective of current production - through the exhibition and discussion of
carefully chosen examples and constant monitoring of artistic production in national and international contexts .
4. Formulation of exercises of a rather experimental nature that stimulate in students an incessant search for
innovative solutions that contribute to overcoming the limits of their own understanding of the possibilities of
the technology that constitute their object of study.
5. Filling possible gaps in the basic learning of this technology.
6. Encourage a more 'theoretical' self-reflection process that prepares students for projects with a more solid
conceptual basis - preparing them for the next curricular year and for approaching final undergraduate projects.
7. Exercises for a notion of 'expanded format video' including:
7.1 multi-display systems
7.2 understanding of the sitespecific concept
7.3 Installation and Relation to the Display Space
7.4 real-time content manipulation systems with or without integration of image capture systems (also in real time)
7.5 relation of the projection of the image with three-dimensional or sculptural surfaces / video-image-mapping
systems.
Teaching Methods
The program is presented in a series of practical exercises previously scheduled and punctuated by theoretical
expositions and study visits. The evaluation will be continuous taking into account the student's attendance,
dedication and commitment, the imaginative and creative capacity, the work done in response to the
proposed exercises, and the evolution of the student and the mastery of techniques and knowledge taught by
the teacher. During the semester there will be continuous evaluation tests and a final evaluation. In the final
evaluation the students are evaluated by a jury composed by the teacher of the discipline and other teachers
of the course, who will appreciate the work developed globally and assign a final quantitative classification.
Standard Season (Continuous Assessment + Final Assessment)
Continuous Assessment (60%)
• 50% attendance
• 50% exercises made by the student on different small circuits (made during class)
Final Assessment (40%)
• Jury evaluation.
expositions and study visits. The evaluation will be continuous taking into account the student's attendance,
dedication and commitment, the imaginative and creative capacity, the work done in response to the
proposed exercises, and the evolution of the student and the mastery of techniques and knowledge taught by
the teacher. During the semester there will be continuous evaluation tests and a final evaluation. In the final
evaluation the students are evaluated by a jury composed by the teacher of the discipline and other teachers
of the course, who will appreciate the work developed globally and assign a final quantitative classification.
Standard Season (Continuous Assessment + Final Assessment)
Continuous Assessment (60%)
• 50% attendance
• 50% exercises made by the student on different small circuits (made during class)
Final Assessment (40%)
• Jury evaluation.
Teaching Staff
- Hugo Fernando Dias Marques [responsible]
