Digital Storytelling
Digital Storytelling introduces a variety of media making techniques and approaches to interactivity that serve storytelling. You receive a primer in digital media production, and explore a range of digital narratives (e.g. web-based stories, alternative reality games, animated explainer videos) that are designed to inform, persuade or entertain. In-class projects make deploy both individual and collaborative working practice, and encourage critical
reflection on your own work and the work of others.
Overview |
Digital Storytelling deliberately covers a breadth of material in order to expose the range of approaches and opportunities that are available to the students when working with digital media.
Topics covered include:
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The fundamentals of storytelling
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Non-linear narratives and interactivity
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Analysis of visual design
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Image making
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Audio capture and editing
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Basic game-making
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Stop motion animation
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Contextualizing ideas
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Critical reflection and feedback
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IP, copyright and Creative Commons
Learning Outcomes |
By successful completion of the module, you will be able to demonstrate:
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The deployment of industry standard tools and techniques to produce digital media content.
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An ability to contextualize creative and technical work by drawing on existing artifacts and established techniques.
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Knowledge of key strategies for the planning, design, production and critical review of digital media content.
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Adherence to intellectual property law in the context of creative content.
Core Tools Used |
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Twinery.org
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Audacity
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Adobe Photoshop
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Sway.office