SPP: Worcester Uni_Creative Digital Media

Creative Digital Media MA/MSc
Starts September 2010

The Creative Digital Media Masters is aimed at practitioners in the digital arts who wish to extend their development of creative ideas within their subject to an advanced level. Building on the successful model offered in the digital arts undergraduate programme, the course is characterised by its diversity and the opportunity offered for interdisciplinary investigation. The modules are designed to encourage innovative practice within the student’s discipline and participants will also be encouraged to work collaboratively.

In the Independent Study module, students will pursue an in-depth exploration of the critical, theoretical, creative and practical aspects of their specialist field. In addition, there will be the opportunity to acquire knowledge of entrepreneurial and business skills applied to their practice.

Facilities

The course is housed in the new state of the art Digital Arts Centre at the University of Worcester. Students on the MA are able to draw on a central bank of digital multi-media facilities such as computers (both Macs and PCs) running industry standard digital media software and smaller lab spaces for Digital Media experimentation, research, production and development work. There is also a 48 track digital recording studio, a digital video production studio (with full lighting rig and blue screen technology), Multi-camera studio system, Avid digital video editing facilities and web servers. These facilities are available for you to produce innovative work using industry standard equipment.

Key features and benefits

• Creativity and innovation applied to the real world
• Digital media convergence
• Commercial applications for innovative digital media
• Effective design and communication strategies
• Entrepreneurship
• Digital film production
• Research and development techniques in Digital Media
• Managing the creative and technical balance
• Effective design techniques and strategies
• Effective research, analysis, interpretation and evaluation of digital media
• Interdisciplinary team working and project management
• Experimental digital media production and interaction
• Industrial links