From touchscreen applications and websites to games and video, interactive media designers create the User Experience (UX). In this cutting-edge program, students learn to design and produce illustrations, photography, infographics and animations for anything interactive. Graduates of this program become skilled compositors, able to create motion graphics, virtual environments and integrated media content.
NOTE: Students enrolling in this program are required to purchase their own laptop. For specific hardware and software requirements for this program click here.
In this program, students use Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects as well as contemporary coding frameworks to learn User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX) design. They are taught digital and traditional illustration techniques and develop a proficiency in interactive storytelling. They also learn to create compelling visual assets for interactive infographics.
In the first year of the program, you will learn to use HTML5 and CSS3 to create intuitive website interfaces and layouts based on user-centric design principles. There is an emphasis on developing good visual design skills using HTML and CSS as your primary tools.
You will be introduced to layout, typography, digital colour theory and strategies for using these skills in a variety of integrated media projects. You will also learn to use a digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera and basic capture, edit and printing techniques.
You will produce audio/visual assets for integrated media projects, such as interactive movies, virtual environments, digital signage, apps and touch screen assets.
This fall you (and all of the students in your program) will participate in the second annual MAD 48–hour Film Challenge beginning on Tuesday October 10th, 2017! Over 500 students will participate in this year’s Challenge, under guidance from 38 staff and faculty.
Here’s how it works: We’ll mix you and your colleagues all into small interdisciplinary groups with other participating MAD programs, so you’ll have the opportunity to meet students from a variety of disciplines across the School. A line of dialogue, a genre, a prop and a character type will be assigned to each group and must appear in your short film.
Expectations and technical details will be discussed at a meeting in C113 on Tuesday, October 10th. The time of your specific meeting will be announced in class and posted on DC Connect (our online learning management system).
on Friday morning, October 13th at the Oshawa Cineplex Odeon, located at 1351 Grandview Street North. You can get there (using your student transit pass) on Durham Transit. Don’t miss this fun event!
A jury of industry professionals will attend the screening and select the top films for each genre and the best overall film. There will be an awards presentation immediately following the screening.
If you have any questions or need assistance during the MAD 48–hour Film Challenge, technical staff and faculty will be available during regular school hours in rooms B105 and L223.
*Please note that any religious observations will be accommodated. We hope (and expect) that you will participate and attend at times that are not affected by religious restrictions or commitments.
T: 905.721.3000
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