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Creative Digital Media Intermediate 1 (SCQF level 4)
Structure of the Course
- Mandatory Units
- Optional Units
- Summary of Course content
- Summary of content by each Unit
- Assessment Approaches
- Learning and teaching materials
- Experience of the Workplace
- Resource requirements
- Progression
- Arrangements documents
This Course is at Intermediate 1 and consists of four 40 hour mandatory Units.
Mandatory Units:
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Creative Digital Media: Introduction to the Industry |
1 Unit credit |
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Creative Digital Media: The Creative Process |
1 Unit credit |
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Creative Digital Media: Hardware and Software |
1 Unit credit |
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Creative Digital Media: Production Project |
1 Unit credit |
Summary of content Unit by Unit:
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Unit 1 - Creative Digital Media: Introduction to the Industry
This Unit provides candidates with an introduction to the digital media industry across a range of sectors which include radio, television/DVD, digital/computer games and software, publishing and websites as well as other sectors which may increase in the light of emerging technology. The Unit will provide an overview and an awareness of the sectors, what skills are required across a range of jobs and how these are used within each sector; all of which will assist candidates in matching their skills and attributes to the jobs available in the industry.
The Unit allows candidates to participate in various practical activities including gathering industry and career information, investigating development and production processes, matching their career interests to job requirements and evaluating their personal employability skills for the digital media industry. - Unit 2 - Creative Digital Media: The Creative Process
In this Unit candidates will consider the basics of the creative process based on a given project brief, the job roles involved and the contribution of each role during the development and production process.
Candidates will learn about the creative process from the initiation of a brief, through the planning and development process to the final production and presentation of a creative solution to the brief. This will involve candidates in activities such as interpretation of the brief, research, developing a personal response and participating fully in the development of a team response to the brief.
Candidates will be encouraged to explore different solutions to a given brief and will contribute to a team presentation of the solution. They will also review the team response to the brief.
- Unit 3 - Creative Digital Media: Hardware and Software
Hardware and software are the tools of the trade in the digital media industry. They assist at almost every stage of the production process. In this Unit candidates will learn about the identification, selection and use of appropriate hardware and software, the creation and capture of content, the editing and manipulation of created and captured content. Candidates will also learn to ensure content is stored appropriately.
- Unit 4 - Creative Digital Media: Production Project
This Unit provides candidates with opportunities to work individually and as part of a team in all aspects of the practical development and production of two digital media products.
Starting with the development of a project brief, the team will identify two digital media products to satisfy the requirements of the brief and will then move on to the planning phase before undertaking the production of two digital media products.
Assessment Approaches
Candidate assessment will be based on a range of practical activities, supported by assessor observation checklists and the self-checking of quality by the candidates. Candidates will also undertake self-evaluation on the range of employability skills, reviewing their progress, taking comments from others and identifying action points.
Each Unit will be supported by a NAB (National Assessment Bank item) which will provide an assessment package and will exemplify the national standard.
Learning and teaching materials
Learning and teaching support packs are being produced by Scotland's Colleges.
Experience of the workplace
It may be possible for centres to arrange visits to companies’ premises as part of the learning experience. These are particularly useful because work in progress will be at different stages and candidates may see the various contributions from the range of industry disciplines. It should, however, be remembered that many practitioners in the digital media industries work on a freelance basis with networks of other freelancers from other disciplines. It is therefore advisable to visit more than one practitioner or workplace, where possible.
Resource requirements
Candidates must be able to access equipment and materials to provide them with opportunities to participate in activities in a learning environment similar to that of a real digital media work place. In particular, candidates will need access to digital media hardware and software. This could be achieved through appropriate partnership agreements.
Progression
This Course may provide candidates with opportunities to progress to:
- National Courses in Media Studies
- National Certificates or Units in Digital Media Computing
- relevant programmes in further education colleges
- training/employment.
Arrangements documents valid from 2008
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Subject: |
Creative Digital Media |
| Level: | Intermediate 1 |
| Code: | C264 10 |
| Edition: | Version 1, October 2008 |
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