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Module Title |
Digital Imaging 2
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Module Code |
CM240
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School |
School of Communications
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Online Module Resources
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Level |
2
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Credit Rating |
10
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Pre-requisite |
None
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Co-requisite |
None
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Module Aims
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To establish competence in the use of the digital camera.
To introduce lighting, external flash, and the photographic studio as pertains to the
digital experience.
To continue investigations into the complexities of compositional layered image making
in Photoshop 6.0.
To establish a competency in the Illustrator 9.0 application.
To introduce and integrate the graphic image with multimedia practice.
To further investigate project concept building and content.
To contextualise multimedia production within the traditions of practice and
critical-studies in visual culture.
To relate all areas of contemporary image making to the history of art,
advertising, and media studies.
This module is an advanced continuation and overview of the tools, palettes, options,
and related areas found within the PhotoShop 6.0 application.
Vector based graphics are introduced and mastered via Illustrator 9.
Demonstrations and task specific image exercises enable the student to
establish a competence in constructing visual files from information captured
on digital camera, the scanner, world wide web, and original graphics.
Studio critique is the main form of assessment.
Students continue to work with signs and symbols. Analysis, problem solving,
critical discussion and observation as well as aesthetic/compositional skills and
strategies are emphasised allowing the digital to be placed in a relevant cultural
context.
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Learning Outcomes
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Indicative Time Allowances
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Hours
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Lectures |
0
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Tutorials |
0
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Laboratories |
24
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Seminars |
12
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Independent Learning Time |
114
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Total |
150
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Placements |
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Assignments |
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NOTE
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Assume that a 10 credit module load represents approximately 150 hours' work, which includes all teaching, in-course assignments, laboratory work or other specialised training and an estimated private learning time associated with the module.
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Indicative Syllabus
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Weeks 1 - 3 : Semester-1review - Photoshop 6.0Advanced techniques in
Layered- Image making
Weeks 4 - 7 : Illustrator 9.0 - Print & Web-Based Vector graphics
Weeks 8 - 11: Eye Candy - story boards - project based workshops
Individual/group assingments
Week 12 : Critiques
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| Assessment | | Continuous Assessment | 100% | Examination Weight | 0% |
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Indicative Reading List
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Mirzoeff, N An Introduction to Visual Culture Routledge, NY, 1999
Mirzoeff, N Visual Cultural Reader Routledge, NY, 1998
Amelunxen, Iglhaut & Rotzer Photography After Photography G&B Arts, 1996
Rush, M New Media in Late 20th Century Art, Thames & Hudson, London, 1999
Lister, Martin The Photographic Image in Digital Culture Routledge, London, 1998
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Programme or List of Programmes
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| MMA | BSc in Multimedia |
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