DM2579 Media Production 7.5 credits
During this course you will learn to plan and carry out media productions that utilise audio, visual and interaction. You will understand different roles and workflows in media production, and you will use this knowledge to work in groups within deadlines. You will also learn to evaluate media productions in relation to different target audiences.
Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
- Concepts and models in the production process
- Media types (documentaries, fiction, news, entertainment etc)
- Linear and non-linear storytelling
- Interactive storytelling
- Production of simple media originals such as sketches and synopses
- Production of images, video, text, sound, graphics etc
- Roles in the media production process and how they interact
- The workflows in media production
- Target groups
- Interactive documentaries
- Object-based media
- Virtual and augmented realities (VR/AR)
- Evaluation of media productions
- Critical analysis and understanding of the media industry
- Critical analysis and understanding of interaction between media productions and societal issues such as equal opportunities, sustainability and privacy.
Intended learning outcomes
After passing the course, the student should be able to
- in groups plan and carry out media productions from idea to completed production by means of digital technology
- combine text, image, sound and interaction to communicate a coherent narrative directed towards a specific target group
- give an account of roles and workflows in media production and how they interact
- give an account of concepts and models that describe how media artefacts are designed and received by media consumers
- analyse and evaluate media productions critically
- give an account of interaction between media productions and societal issues such as equal opportunities, sustainability and privacy
- cooperate and work within given time frames
in order to
- be able to produce different types of media for use in later courses and in working life
- discuss media production with experts
- identify which resources that are required for smaller media productions
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
Recommended prerequisites
Equipment
Literature
Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
Examination
- LABA - Laboratory work, 3.0 credits, grading scale: P, F
- PRO1 - Project work, 3.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
- TENH - Home exam, 1.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination
Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination
Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
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Education cycle
Add-on studies
Supplementary information
In this course, the EECS code of honor applies, see:
http://www.kth.se/en/eecs/utbildning/hederskodex