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Unit Summary

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit

Credit points

12

Unit aim

Introduces students to the skills and concepts essential to the production of a range of contemporary media forms. The unit emphasises important narrative principles operating across contemporary media forms, and the production processes that are shared by all creative digital forms.

Unit content

Thia unit explores a range of issues in contemporary digital media including:

  • Narrative and digital media
  • Digital media production skills
  • New and emerging online media forms

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.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
1 demonstrate an understanding of pre-production processes in digital media production
2 demonstrate an understanding of the principles of narrative and storytelling in media production in the context of contemporary globalised industries
3 apply a working knowledge of the terminology, processes, and equipment used in digital media production.

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

  1. demonstrate an understanding of pre-production processes in digital media production
  2. demonstrate an understanding of the principles of narrative and storytelling in media production in the context of contemporary globalised industries
  3. apply a working knowledge of the terminology, processes, and equipment used in digital media production.

Prescribed texts

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