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Unit Summary

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit

Credit points

12

AQF level

7

Level of learning

Intermediate

Former School/College

Former School of Arts and Social Sciences

Pre-requisites

72 credit points in any SCU units

Unit aim

Develops students' knowledge of the theory and practice of digital multimedia communication and production. Students apply previously learned skills in digital media by integrating text, still images, audio, video and animation, to the planning and development of a basic online animated production.

Unit content

• Animation introduction, theory and techniques overview

• Ideas generation & story development

• Visual style & character design

• The animation production process

• Sound Design

• The origins of animation

• 21st-century animation

• Projection Mapping

• Interactive, Non-linear and Experimental animation

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

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On completion of this unit, students should be able to: GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 describe and critically analyse theoretical and practical issues involved in multimedia communication and production
2 demonstrate skills in software packages required for producing a multimedia product
3 understand and demonstrate concepts of developing and constructing time-based media projects
4 develop a capacity for self-learning and research in the production of a multimedia project
5 demonstrate skills in project management of a multimedia project.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. describe and critically analyse theoretical and practical issues involved in multimedia communication and production
    • GA2:
  2. demonstrate skills in software packages required for producing a multimedia product
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  3. understand and demonstrate concepts of developing and constructing time-based media projects
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  4. develop a capacity for self-learning and research in the production of a multimedia project
    • GA5:
  5. demonstrate skills in project management of a multimedia project.
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:

Prescribed texts

  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed texts may change in future teaching periods.