Working In Digital Media Week 1
Howdy all! Gary Cunningham here. Back again in ITB. Just started Semester 2 & already it’s shaping up to be deadly. So we had our first Lecture in “Working In Digital Media” with Clodagh & one of the things we’ve got to do is keep a weekly blog about what we have being doing in this module. So in our first Lecture Clodagh gave us the low down on what we’ll be doing this semester in “Working in Digital Media”. She told us of some of the Guest Speakers that are going to be coming in to us which include, Geraldine Grey – Learning Styles, David Joyce – Logo Design, Maria Brown – Interview techniques, Edward Melvin – ICANN, & Ruth McPartlin – Fluid Rock. We will be spilt into groups for when these Guest Speakers come in & it will be the job of that group to video their talk with us. We then were told of our up coming assignments. The first of these is where we have to create our C.V with a hint of a Design element. CV_with_Design.(example)
Then we have to create a Book Cover which should “express who you are, in a creative manner. It should illustrate your hobbies and interests through imagery”.
Above is an example of one done last year by a student in ITB.
We will the be asked to present our our C.V & Book Cover to the class in a five minute presentation using powerpoint.
Next on the list is we will be asked to create a Digital Leaflet. In this we will be asked to include the following information: “Description(s) of roles within the industry e.g. Web Designer, Graphic Designer, Sound Engineer etc..)
Listings of real job adverts that are currently available. A summary about awards in the digital media industry such as the Spider awards, Company profiles of key players within the industry”. We must also invent a name fot the leaflet & pretend that it’s published on a monthly basis.
Above is an example of a page from a Digital Leaflet.
Next up is we will have to do Interviews which we will be asked to dress appropriately & show our skills in answering the questions set out to us & also did we research the job properly. Finally we have to do a Photo Story in which we will be graded on our storyboard & then our footage. Clodagh gave us some examples to give us an idea which i have put up for you to have a look at, at the end of this entry.
Also we will be going on a field trip to the Digital Hub which i can’t wait for. We then had our practical in “Working In Digital Media” with Ronan Mullen. This was our first time to meet Ronan & he came across very well. He is going to be on hand to assist us with our assignments & also to give us some tipps & guidance as we go through the semester. We then had our first lab with Clodagh in “Working In Digital Media” which was deadly. Clodagh is going to be showing us how to use the Adobe Software “Illustrator” which i can’t wait to get into. Clodagh gave us a quick intro & got us to draw some vector shapes just to get the hang of it. So i think you’ll agree that although we’re going to be busy we’re going to learn a lot & have some fun in the process. I’m really looking forward to getting stuck into this module along with the others that we have this semester. So there ya go. My first “Working In Digital Media” blog. I’ll be back next week for that week’s installment hope to see ya then. Thanks for taking the time to read this. Take care.
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