by Peter Giles
Designers, digital artists, documentary producers and directors joined up for the first AFTRS emerging media design lab. Teams formed around four creative projects which morphed into compelling new media services in a rapid development process. Mentors Gary Hayes, Catherine Gleeson, Belinda Bennetts and Gary Hayes led the workshop which will result in four prototypes of [...]
Read More...I’ve met with a number of digital production companies in the past couple of weeks and one message seems to be coming through loud and clear: educators do not generally train students to cope with the demands of fast turnaround, delivery-focused production. These employers would prefer courses with multiple delivery items delivered in a series [...]
Read More...I visited the new Carnegie Mellon Entertainment Technology Centre campus in Adelaide last week and can report that their program is very forward thinking and innovative. I met with faculty members who were both from computer science, animation, writing and editing backgrounds – all had extensive industry experience in computer games, film or other areas [...]
Read More...A new course has been scheduled in Emerging Media Design – beginning in late May. Taught by multi-talented designer Catherine Gleeson the course will explore some of the frontiers of future media – from navigation interfaces to cross media branding and enhanced television. The course has been inspired by many of the major changes taking [...]
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