[ Strategies for Art & Technology | IDAT101 | CREDITS: 20 | 100% Coursework]
This module introduces students to the practical and creative processes required for the production of interactive multimedia. Activities foster experimentation and conceptual understanding of interactive design processes, establishing ‘Ergodynamic’ design strategies and critical conceptual skills, combined with technical production skills.
To deliver ergodynamic design strategies for group and individual interactive media production work.
To encourage an experimental and speculative approach to the creation of interactive media production work.
To develop technical and creative production skills in interactive media authoring.
To develop skills in researching and planning interactive media productions.
At the end of the module students will be able to:
1. demonstrate a creative, experimental and speculative approach to interactive media production.
2. develop technical skills for the production of interactive media.
3. demonstrate an understanding of ergodynamic design strategies.
4. demonstrate group production skills.
Practical Ergodynamic skills and methods that enable a working competence with interactive media communication technologies.
Methods of audio visual research and active information acquisition using a range of media and its organisation for communication and expression.
A range of manipulative skills for processing and generating text, images and sound through experiment and speculatively investigation.
Processes of individual and group production, the generation of ideas and the planning/structuring of ideas and projects.
Practical use of computers for the authoring of interactive multi-media productions, including: animation, image processing, collection of assets, sound recording and processing, hyper linking, basic scripting.
Develops a critical and historical understanding of the role and responsibilities of the designer/author of interactive multimedia, including: aims, objectives, design, planning, researching, source material, review, production, testing, user acceptability, visual amenity, refinement, productivity, interaction.
Lectures: Lectures will be devoted to the introduction of concepts behind multimedia design, historical perspectives, and design strategies.
Workshops: Creative (Ergodynamic) workshops will encourage group design activity, exploring the necessary conceptual and haptic skills required for multimedia production
Studio Workshops: Studio based practical workshops introducing work practices and technical skills necessary for the production of multimedia.
Workbooks: Students will be introduced to the practice of keeping a workbook for noting ideas, processes and techniques. This will also be used to monitor their progress throughout the module and subsequent practical modules.
[Theory|Practice]
At the end of the module students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of:
Presentation and Documentation Skills l Professionalism | Group Dynamics | Performance | Presentation of idea | Design Techniques | Workbook Design Skills | Handling of design elements: image/text/interaction/time/etc.
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