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University of York - Lights, Camera, Computer - Action! How Digital Technology is Transforming Film, TV, and Gaming 

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Overview

Duration

3 weeks

Total fee

2,205

Mode of learning

Online

Credential

Certificate

Lights, Camera, Computer - Action! How Digital Technology is Transforming Film, TV, and Gaming
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  • Earn a certificate of completion from FutureLearn
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Lights, Camera, Computer - Action! How Digital Technology is Transforming Film, TV, and Gaming
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  • On this three-week course from Screen Industries Growth Network (SIGN), you'll explore the impact technology has already had on storytelling in the screen industry, the new opportunities it presents, and how your own skills match up with different roles in the industry
  • Led by the University of York, SIGN provides comprehensive training and development schemes, supported by contemporary research, designed to create a more diverse, more creative, and more entrepreneurial screen industry workforce
  • This course will delve into the people involved in creating film, tv, and games, before assessing what skills are needed to work in the industry and how to map your existing skills to different roles
  • To start you on the right track, you'll also look at developing your own portfolio and what the next steps might be to further your career in this exciting and creative field
  • Technology is constantly evolving and many emerging technologies are transforming the screen industry through film, gaming, and streaming
  • Explore some of the technologies currently used in the industry, as well as those being developed by researchers, with hands-on activities using freely available software
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Lights, Camera, Computer - Action! How Digital Technology is Transforming Film, TV, and Gaming
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Curriculum

What are the Screen Industries?

Introductions

Convergence: construction and consumption

From celluloid to streaming

Whose voices are heard in the media?

Careers in the Screen Industries

Week 1 roundup

How is technology transforming storytelling?

It's about telling stories

It's about telling INTERACTIVE stories

Interaction and immersion

Opportunities in the Screen Industries

Week 2 roundup

The future of the Screen Industries

Week 3: Introduction

What will we be consuming next, and how?

What's next - what follows?

How can I be part of the future industry?

Week 3 roundup

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