This unit will extend the students understanding of Actionscript 3.0, by introducing the principles of object orientated programming. The unit will focus on the understanding of a digital media artwork as a coherent whole and will encourage students in developing and extending their existing web based art practice. The class will consist of lectures, tutorials, discussions, supervision and feedback.

Proposed Assessment: Assessment is by a series of assignments and a presentation of the major project to the Viva Examination panel.

Term Assignments (50%), Semester Project (50%)

All sessions take place in a computer laboratory:

3 hours of seminar / studio practice per week

Students are expected to do at least an extra 4 - 6 hours of independent studio practice each week

DART2003 Digital Media Framework

• Packer,Randall  and Jordan, Ken. eds., Multimedia from Wagner to Virtual Reality, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2001.
• Wardrip,Noah  and Montfort, Nick.eds, The New Media Reader, Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 2003