| CODE | CST1301 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Digital Imaging 2 | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Media and Communications | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This unit addresses the gap between the application of digital tools used in art and design and visual thinking. By focusing mainly on the study of two dimensional form and space, it re-embraces the Bauhaus tradition and the pioneering work of the great formal design educators. The sessions are designed to guide students in applying important artistic, design and visual communication concepts using contemporary digital media. The study-unit tackles the primary elements of visual language and its applications as employed in an increasingly connected world touching on a variety of fields which feed on visual communication. Work ranges from the pure analysis and conception of graphic/abstract form to the creation of such communication vehicles as posters, packaging and websites. Study-unit Aims: The objectives of this unit are to: • Visually educate and inspire students in communicating with images and text; • Enhance students’ visual literacy and visual thinking skills; • Address the gap between software and visual thinking; • Get students accustomed to a cross disciplinary research and working methodology; • Enhance students’ knowledge and application of art and design software packages. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. Apply Bauhaus principles as underlying structures to their visual production; 2. Learn how to work with text as a design object; 3. Design and interpret a given textual brief; 4. Communicate visually using basic art and design fundamentals; 5. Confidently use the major industry standard graphic design and digital paint packages. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. Identify and apply software skills in an art, design and visual communications environment according to the task at hand; 2. Work concurrently in photography and digital media; 3. Extend their acquired sketching abilities to finished digital artwork; 4. Work with space, colour, image and text as vehicles for visual communication; 5. Prepare and accumulate a substantial portfolio of work derived from their class exercises. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: (availability at the Library or otherwise is indicated against each entry) - Fichner-Rathus, L. 'Foundations of Art and Design', Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2008. (Not in Library) - Lester, M.P. 'Visual Communication: Images with Messages', 5th Edition, Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2006. (Not in Library) - Lauer, D.A. and Pentak, S. 'Design Basics', 8th Edition, Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2012. (In Library) |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Vince Briffa |
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