1. DEMONSTRATE A KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF CONTENT GENERATION AND VISUAL STORYTELLING THROUGH EFFECTIVE CRITIQUE OF RESEARCH AND ITS APPROPRIATE APPLICATION TO YOUR OWN IDEAS AND CONCEPTS. Knowledge & Understanding

2. EVALUATE THE APPROPRIATENESS OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES THROUGH EXPLORATION AND EXPERIMENTATION, IN RESPONSE TO A CREATIVE BRIEF. Problem Solving

3. CRITICALLY ANALYSE YOUR RESEARCH FOR YOUR INTENDED TARGET AUDIENCE, USING CONTEMPORARY AND HISTORICAL PRACTICE, TO CRITIQUE YOU OWN A CREATIVE IDEAS AND CONCEPTS, DEVELOPED THROUGHOUT THE MODULE. Analysis

This module will enable you to explore and develop a knowledge of digital storytelling within digital content creation. The main function of the digital storyteller is to create visual narratives, represent, interpret, and heighten the meaning with the minimal use of words.

Learning Strategies can include:

Contact/Scheduled learning and Teaching Activities:¿
One-to-one tutorials¿
Risk Assessment, health and safety, ethics input¿
Academic workshops/presentations¿
Small group sessions (seminars, tutorials, debates)¿

NB: This module will be accompanied by a comprehensive handbook and VLE support.¿
You will be expected to take advantage of the extensive library facilities and on-line tutorials via Lynda.com and BoB.¿

Guided Independent Study Activities:¿
Independent practice¿
Research¿
Group meetings¿
Personal development planning¿
Teamwork¿
Networking events¿
Blackboard VLE, Lynda.com and BoB access¿
Independent Study in support of your project work.

The most recent additions of the following texts, which will be available through online study links. The following are the most recent editions:

Bell, R/Hyland, A. Hand to Eye: Contemporary Illustration
Blackshaw. R/Farrelly, L. Scrawl: Dirty Graphics & Strange Characters
Hyland, A. Pen and Moucse: Commercial Art & Digital Illustration
Van Leeuwen, T., Jewitt, C., Handbook of Visual Analysis
Stein, B. From Word to Image and Back Again
Spiegelman, A. Maus: A Survivor's Tale
Sabin, R. Comics, Comix and Graphic Novels

Library
Internet access
Experimental workshop resources for screen print/monoprint/lino print
Macintosh G5s (graphics studio)
Software: Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
Black and White A3 printer (graphics studio)
Specialist Skills `modulettes' will be assigned to this module; Advanced Illustrator,
Advanced Photoshop. A comprehensive list of all modulettes is available from the Faculty Office.

50% Digital Content: A package of digital assets focused on a single subject [LO1,2,3]

50% Individual Presentation: Analysis of your working practices (7 mins) [LO1,2,3,]

This module will enable you to explore and develop a knowledge of digital storytelling within digital content creation. The main function of the digital storyteller is to create visual narratives, represent, interpret, and heighten the meaning with the minimal use of words.

Through creative projects you will build on your understanding of text and image relationships within a narrative structure, you will be asked to consider and reflect the tone of a narrative by extracting the appropriate sense of mood and atmosphere from its content.

You will be required to explore different media; experimenting extensively to demonstrate your ability to synthesise information and media to create digital narrative responses.

Research and analysis of historical and contemporary practitioners will inform your narrative decisions and help you identify areas of special interest such as; artists books, comic strips, editorial, storyboards.