NM2402 - Typography - Still and Dynamic for Creative Arts

Credit points:	03
Year:	2010
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Creative Arts

Available to all students

An examination of the important aesthetic and production issues underpinning the use of typography in still and dynamic media will be explored in this subject. An array of advanced software applications will be employed to visualise information using text. Students will explore space relationships with text, colour and shape in a variety of output formats including Flash and Digital Video. The subject will culminate in a team based project which will utilise the theoretical constructs of typographic design studied during the semester.

Learning Outcomes

• ability to complete a range of set tasks demonstrating an understanding and relevant application of still and moving typography within a project setting;
• established aesthetic qualities in the creative product via use of typography;
• a broad understanding of the history and key characteristics of font development;
• ability to integrate text (via typographic principles) into a variety of creative media to achieve a range of professional goals;
• ability to blend text into art and design pieces so that it forms a seamless aesthetic utility.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 26-Aug-2010
Coordinator:	Mr Mitch Goodwin
Lecturers:	Mr Russ Rankin, Mr Mitch Goodwin.
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures 26 hours practicals
Assessment:	other exams (20%); workshop exercises (35%); essays (25%); web site project (20%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.