Digital Media Major
| Offered By | ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences |
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| Academic Contact | Dr Martyn Jolly |
The Digital Media Major focuses on digital video, computer animation, networked art and electronic sound. Emerging aspects of digital media such as networked systems, distributive technologies, and installation are also explored. Students will gain a general grounding in video, animation, sound and the internet and will then be able to specialize in one area of expertise. They have access to extensive audio-visual recording and production studios, and are encouraged to participate in exhibitions and performances, and the recording, publishing and performance of new media and time-based arts. Students have access to an extensive complex of up to date computer labs with peripherals and software; a suite of filming, recording and editing studios; and a student gallery. Graduates go on to be practicing filmmakers, animators, sound artists, and new media artists; to undertake further study and higher degree; to work in galleries and museums; to train as teachers or lecturers; to set up their own businesses; or to work in the new media, film and animation industry.
Photography and Media Arts places great emphasis on professional training. Students learn about applying for grants; working collaboratively; working with large institutions or with the community; project management; the verbal expression of their ideas; and the presentation of professional portfolios and show reels .We don't train our students for just one kind of job, or teach them to work in an already familiar style. Rather we give them both the technical and conceptual tools to develop their own set of interests and an original visual vocabulary. These can then be applied and extended in a wide variety of personal and professional contexts in the creative arts and new media industries. We encourage our students to enrich their ideas and develop their skills by researching the wider cultural context of their work. All our lecturing staff have nationally and internationally recognised careers as artists and media makers, and all have independent research interests in contemporary visual culture.
Graduates from Photography and Media Arts go on to be practicing visual artists, filmmakers, animators, sound artists, and new media artists; to undertake further study and higher degree research (often with scholarships); to work in galleries and museums; to train as teachers or lecturers; to set up their own businesses; to work in the new media, film and animation industry, or in printing, design and publishing businesses; and so on. Many of our graduates travel and work overseas, others find employment in Canberra's many national institutions. Our students place their work in a national and international context. Photography and Media Arts often hosts significant international visiting artist for extended periods of time, and students have the opportunity to study at major art schools in Paris, Berlin, Glasgow, Vancouver, Alberta, Chicago, Kyoto, Valencia and other centres of contemporary art.
The information published on the Study at ANU 2010 website applies to the 2010 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2009 website.
