Postgraduate Course: Digital Media Studio Project (ARCH11006)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://digital.eca.ed.ac.uk/sdhandbook/2010/12/course-description-dmsp/ |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Students will form small teams working on a project each with its own supervisor. Whatever the subject matter, each project provides an opportunity to prepare experimental work for public exhibition/display and for the cohort to find practical, creative solutions to problems imposed by real limitations of technology, time and personnel.
Meanwhile you are expected to explore a wealth of new technologies developing an articulate understanding of the potential for their use in digital design, sound and performance.
The course will run as a studio with iterative development, group discussion, design development, presentations, criticism, and feedback. Tuition will be provided in the use of specialist tools and devices where applicable. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, students will have;
* made skillful use of digital tools and techniques in the context of a design project
* developed an appreciation of the collaborative and integrative nature of design projects that involve digital media, and will have further developed appropriate group working skills
* built up an awareness of, and some capability in working with, soft and hardware beyond desktop use
* considered modes of presentation appropriate to external and large-scale presentation formats
* honed skills in responding to and progressing a theoretical position about some aspect of the project context
* managed a small budget
* developed skills in the documentation and presentation of creative and one-off digital-media projects
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Assessment Information
Assessed submission 1 : 40% - A group submission consisting of work agreed with your project supervisor
Presentation week ¿ Week 12 - a non-examined presentation of the work to the general public.
Assessed submission 2 : 60% - An individual submission with 850 word essay and documentation of the project work. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
The following are subject to change each year, the lecture titles below are a guide only taken from the syllabus as it ran in 2010-11.
NOTE: The first lecture of the semester starts at 10am and goes until 1pm because there is a lot to fit in.
Week 1 : Digital Media Studio Project welcome pack (MP, plus Project supervisors) 10am start
Week 2 : Project managing and documenting your work
Week 3 : Introducing Hacking Hardware; breaking and making
Week 4 : Software Special, Introducing Jitter ¿ Reactive Graphics 01 (video)
Week 5 : Status report ¿ presentations DMSP class and feedback session
Week 6 : - mid semester break
Week 7 : Software Special, Jitter ¿ Reactive Graphics 02 (live camera sources)
Week 8 : Interactive Open GL
Week 9 : Bringing complex projects together (linking sensor, sound, image with concept)
Week 10 : Project Development with project supervisors
Week 11 : Preview morning with feedback
Week 12 : Demonstration week
You will get into the habit of a weekly production meeting. A production meeting is usually chaired by the producer or project manager and is the meeting where all participants discuss issues relating to the project. |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Experimental technologies, sound installations, GPS technologies, interface design, hardware hacking |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Martin Parker
Tel: (0131 6)50 2333
Email: |
Course secretary | Ms Shanika Gunasekera
Tel: (0131 6)51 5740
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