MMS1001 Introduction to Professional Writing for Digital Media (FOART)

Semester 1 (ONC)Toowoomba (EXT)Toowoomba

Units 1.0 (Journalism) Band 1

Synopsis

This course focuses on creative writing and structuring as a means for extending the student's imaginative and conceptual approach to digital production. On completing this course, students will be able to conceptualise, develop and present multimedia content for PC or console games.. Students are encouraged to explore the effects that interactivity and non-linearity have on the creation of meaning in these works, in terms of Information design, Interaction design and Interface design. Topics to be covered include Narrative, Navigational Structures, Informational Structures, Interactive Techniques and writing methods. The core of this course will be the emphasis placed on the student's own writing. Students will generate scripts and diagrammatic outlines to develop a good understanding of the writer's and audience's role in the New Media as it relates to the interactive multimedia industry. The subject enriches the student's comprehension of the creative process necessary to the generation of Interactive Multimedia