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Introduction to Digital Media


Digital Media

Introduction to Digital Media Production is a course designed to give you experience of creating a selection of digital media productions. The course is split into two parts: one covering web production, which also involves photography, and one covering video production. In each case you will be working in groups (ideally of three) and will be working to a brief.

The links at the bottom of this page allow you to navigate to page dedicated to the three disciplines we cover (photography, video and web) and you'll also find other stuff that might be of interest elsewhere on the site.
                                                                                      
  • Earth renewed One group did a pretty interesting online project in Google Earth last semester. A new version of the software has just been released (http://earth.google.com) which has a ...
    Posted ‎‎Feb 2, 2009 2:46 PM‎‎ by Andy Channelle
  • The internet in 1969 Forty years ago, some bright spark created a concept video which pre-figures the current state of the internet. It's a good watch...
    Posted ‎‎Jan 29, 2009 4:26 AM‎‎ by Andy Channelle
  • Student survey We'd like to know how you think the course went this year – both good and bad – so we've built a short survey (five minutes of your life) where ...
    Posted ‎‎Apr 15, 2008 1:27 AM‎‎ by Andy Channelle
  • Technology - year 3 This is the third year I've been teaching Introduction to Digital Media, and with each year I've tried to increase the amount on supplementary stuff I bring to ...
    Posted ‎‎Mar 18, 2008 8:57 AM‎‎ by Andy Channelle
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Video Resources

Media College | Video tutorials including framing and shot types

Videomaker | Framing and composition (carries lots of ads)

Videopia | Framing and composition in one minute

Photography Resources

BBC Photography Portal | Tips on how to take good photographs

Geoff Lawrence | Free photography tutorials

Photo.net | More free tutorials (read the article on using point & shoot)

Links to Web Sites

Software Guides

Showing 5 files from page Dreamweaver Manual.
 


Course Assignments

IDM is divided into two strands (groups A and B). During the first semester, one group will undertake the 'web' assignment and the other will do 'video', and these roles will swap over for the second semester.

Web Assignment
Create a website on the subject of 'the everyday' using a range of media forms including text, internal and external links, photography and embedded audio. Software used on the course includes Adobe Photoshop and Dreamweaver, though students in previous years have also used Facebook, Blogger and other easily available tools.

Video Assignment
Create a one to two minute video film on the subject of 'the everyday.' The production will involve everything from writing and filming to editing the final piece using Adobe Premiere.

Essay

Diary/Workbook

Introduction to Digital Media

Personal Homepages and Web Identities - Daniel Chandler
This is getting on a bit, but is still useful when thinking about how people build themselves on the net.

Project Examples
Here are a few of the projects which were created in previous years.

Presentation: Camera Shots
This short presentation displays some of the common shots used in film/videomaking. Pictures courtesy of Flickr.com

The student equipment booking form can be found here http://www.sca-equipment-loans.co.uk/  

Important! Kit has to be returned in the morning session the day after you took the kit out or on Monday if you borrowed it on Friday.  If for some reason you can't return the kit to the morning session, please email mls.sm@uwe.ac.uk 


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