Course overview
This course combines theoretical and practical knowledge of digital image making with media analysis, critical engagement, and creative thinking. Learning activities blend creative activities in photography and video making with an examination of key media texts and theoretical approaches to unpacking and thinking with and about digital visual media. The role of lower cost, consumer grade technologies and distribution platforms will be unpacked. Students will explore digital cultures, ethical practices, and contemporary media ecologies, alongside emerging technologies such as AI for digital production, developing a reflective and critical approach to understanding the relationship between digitality and visuality.
- Digital Context
- Visual Communication
- Implications Of Visuality
Course learning outcomes
- Demonstrate understanding of the communicative and expressive possibilities of digital technologies
- Understand key concepts and theories related to digital culture and visual media production
- Produce digital images and video that demonstrate understanding of key concepts and theories of digital visual media
- Recognise and explain the relationships between concept and process in the design and creation of digital visual media
Availability
Class details
Magill
Class number 21422
Section TU01
Size 20
Available 18
Class number 21423
Section TU02
Size 20
Available 20
Class number 21424
Section TU03
Size 20
Available 17
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