A portfolio, typically comprising:
Evidence of experimental use of a wide range of production media, showing innovative use of 2 and 3D media, including new and traditional media, in a suitable format. The presentation and justification of one piece of your own work, in an appropriate format, exploring and referencing contemporary and traditional practice.
[LOs 1-4]

Students will be introduced to a range of new and traditional media techniques, experimenting with different methods and approaches. The language associated with discussing and analysing visual forms, and media terminology, will be explored. Students will use a range of communication methods to demonstrate their understanding of the formal elements and concepts associated with media production.

This module aims to give students a wide range of experience, and as such it is expected that students will not necessarily produce a complete product, but a portfolio of work showing their experience and experimentation. Annotated examples in the portfolio will be expected to show how students have achieved different results, and record the applications used. From the range of work students will be expected to select an example that best illustrates their experience, and develop it to show how and why they have selected the processes involved.

The content of the taught sessions will relate to your local area as well as giving you an insight into the national background of the media industry. The module to include the following:

An introduction/briefing to the Module

A series of lectures, seminars, and demonstrations

Group critiques and production meetings & feedback

Individual Tutorials

Students will access resources particular to the new media pathway. A media base room, video edit suites, DV cameras, DVD Authoring kit, image manipulation software, 3D digital manipulation software and digital still cameras.

Students will have access to studio space and college library and computer resources. University learning resources are available on campus at Stafford and Stoke-on-Trent, and online via the partner Need to Know pages of the university website.
http://www.staffs.ac.uk/courses_and_study/partnerships/current_students/email/index.jsp

Books:
Adobe Photoshop CS5 Classroom in a Book [e-book] 2010 Adobe press. Available at: http://www.ebook3000.com/Adobe-Photoshop-CS5-Classroom-in-a-Book--PDF-exercise-files-_85319.html
Ang, T. (2008). Digital Photography Masterclass: Advanced Photographic and Image-manipulation Techniques for Creating Perfect Pictures . London: Dorling Kindersley.
Jaeger, A.C. (2010). Image Makers Image Takers . 2nd ed. London: Thames & Hudson.
Monaco, J. (2009). How to Read a Film: Movies, Media, and Beyond 30th anniversary ed. New York: OUP USA.
Ozcan, Oguzhan and Yantac, A. Evren (2009). Creative Thinking for Interactive Media Design . Raleigh, North Carolina: Lulu Press.
Wands, B. (2007). Art of the Digital Age . London: Thames and Hudson.
Wells, L. (2009). Photography a Critical Introduction . London: Routledge.

Journals:
Applerly, Thomas; Walsh, Christopher (2011) Digital Culture & Education [online] Volumes1,2 & 3, available from http://www.digitalcultureandeducation.com/volume-1/
British Journal of Photography
Codognet , Phillipe (2002); Leonardo, Ancient Images and New Technologies: The Semiotics of the Web [online], Vol. 35, No. 1 (2002) available from http://www.jstor.org/stable/view/1577074
Portfolio - Contemporary Photography in Britain

Websites:
www.networkstudentphotographers.co.uk
www.the-aop.org
www.bbc.co.uk
www.filmeducation.co.uk
www.prs.co.uk
www.bfi.org.ul
www.tv-ark.org.uk
http://www.bjp-online.com/
http://www.skillset.org/