Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Kingston University. The School of Humanities is seeking to appoint two visiting tutors to teach on either Digital Audio Production or Creative Digital Photography for the MA in Digital Media. The two modules run from second semester for 6 weeks in 2-3 hour blocks once a week (Jan 29th-March 5th; March 13th- April 16th). Dates to be confirmed. Pay is hourly. To apply please send your CV, together with a brief covering letter and the names and contact details of two referees to the MA programme director, Niran Bahjat-Abbas N.Bahjat-Abbas@kingston.ac.uk Dr Niran Bahjat-Abbas Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies (Digital Media) 020 85472000 EXT: 62384 Kingston University School of Humanities, Faculty of Arts & Sciences Penrhyn Road Centre, Penrhyn Road, Kingston, Surrey KT1 2EE MA Digital Media-Programme Director http://fass.kingston.ac.uk/postgraduate/digital_media/index.shtml Descriptors of Modules: Creative Digital Photography This stage of study is practice-focused. Students will carry out the following: • Audit their own digital photography skills with a view to augmenting and improving them, using a choice of imaging technologies (e.g. Photoshop, After Effects) to successfully accommodate concepts and themes. • Consider, in their practice-based work, the significance of the theoretical frames of reference relevant to their own practical photographic works, from Walter Benjamin and Roland Barthes, to Susan Sontag, Jean Baudrillard, and to contemporary photo-digital approaches such as that of Lev Manovich. • Observe and review the practices of contemporary photographic work in a range of genres (including documentary, abstract, personal/amateur, portrait, architecture, fine art). • Reflect on these observations of theory and practice and apply findings to their own practical digital photographic projects. • Development a reflective process that will produce clear, meaningful and context-sensitive imagery. • Use improved digital photographic skills to develop presentation skills and improve final portfolios across the MA programme. Digital Audio Production This module will give students an opportunity to acquire knowledge and understanding of digital audio technology as it applies to digital media production. Students will produce audio soundtracks using a range of computer software. The module will give an introduction to Logic Audio for Mac OS X and Cubase for PCs. It will also cover programs such as Reason and Recycle. The module will include: • introduction to the Midi keyboard, music keys and scales • understanding Midi • how Midi works in Logic and Cubase • navigation, basic sequencing and programming • synthesis and sampling • recording and editing techniques • creating environments and understanding plug-ins • understanding compression techniques • creating and optimising audio files. Students will have access to Reason instruments and will be encouraged to use this tool at the outset to experiment with music genres, sequencing, effects, and automation. In the context of this programme, students will also gain an understanding of production and optimization of audio for digital media distribution platforms such as websites, sound installations, interactive multimedia CD and DVD-ROMs. There are no mandatory requirements for this particular module, though some experience with sound-editing software and an interest in audio production will be desirable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Niran Bahjat-Abbas Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies (Digital Media) RM: T814 020 85472000 EXT: 62384 Kingston University School of Humanities, Faculty of Arts & Sciences Penrhyn Road Centre, Penrhyn Road, Kingston, Surrey KT1 2EE MA in Digital Media Programme Director http://fass.kingston.ac.uk/postgraduate/digital_media/index.shtml _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Messenger has arrived. Click here to download it for free! http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/?locale=en-gb