Romy Bromley is a 2nd year Bachelor of Design Innovation student at Vic. At the moment he is studying towards majoring in Media design, with a minor in film. I thought I could just get his opinion on what he does and what papers he's doing, so you can see what lies ahead next year.
Next year involves you taking 2 CORE Culture and Context design courses and 3 media design courses (out of a total of 7) and 1 elective for your minor..
He says that the course this year is quite a step up from the broader first year design course, with a noticeable increase in difficulty, and the ability to specialize your papers.
The two core culture and context papers (design as inquiry and experimental design) that all BDI students take are set up to enhance student knowledge of what design is and take an abstract, philosophical view on the subject. The briefs are usually pretty confusing, but tutorials are a big help in understanding the concepts and what is expected of you. Romy then went on to describe his speciality papers within the media design school which are 3D Animation and Modelling, Physical Computing, and Digital Video Creation.
He goes on by saying that 3D animation and modelling is a good course to take to learn the basics of visual effects and learn to animate using an industry standard program: Autodesk Maya. The learning curve is large, but once achieved is a good skill to have if you want to enter the visual effects industry (e.g weta digital). You can find his blog here http://3dromybromley.tumblr.com/
Physical computing is an interesting subject on how designers can move digital interaction away from the standard keyboard and mouse. It involves using pressure, flex, light, sound and others to create a new level of interactivity with computers.
And last but not least, he describes his Digital Video Creation course is basically a film directing course, with projects aimed at getting students up to standard with shooting, editing and post producing short films. This course teaches use of Adobe Premier and Adobe AfterEffects and is especially handy if paired with 3D animation and modelling if, like me, you want to move into the film/animation industry.
So to sum up I thought I'd grab a very interesting vimeo channel, Kelsey Thomson is also a 2nd year media student at Vic, and her channel features most her final 2nd year work. "Enchantress" is for Digital Video Creation, "Magnifico Marionette" was her project she made for 3D Modelling, which took up the duration of the course to do. "3d Modelling is mint" Kelsey said, but obviously requires so much more work..
Make sure you check it out: http://vimeo.com/27317587
Marbert Mendoza.
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