Postgraduate Course: Creating Visual Narratives (fusion online) (EFIE11087)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh Futures Institute |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This elective explores modes of storytelling with image and text, and introduces students to techniques of image making, narrative structure, and the adaptation of narratives from verbal to visual formats. Students will be introduced to the principles of narratology, as well as methods of critical analysis, narrative drawing and working with visual materials, in preparation for them creating their own new visual narrative. |
| Course description |
Students will begin by undertaking research in textual and visual data relating to selected works that have relevance to a particular contemporary issue or context: for example, the impacts of climate change; epoch-changing social and political developments; and major global events such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Students will then work with course organisers and other students during the two intensive days to storyboard, workshop and develop their own original visual narrative inspired by their research into the core creative works.
This could take the form of an infographic, a comic, a graphic adaptation or artwork to be submitted by the end of the elective, accompanied by a reflective document evidencing the research and development of this work.
No specific art or creative writing experience is required to do this course, though we ask for enthusiasm to experiment with and explore different methods of research and making. Workshops and practical projects will introduce methods for both on campus and online students. Limited drawing and collage materials may be required for the workshops but students can work with what is to hand; similarly photography and digital tools can be used in the workshops and the making of the visual narrative, but these are not mandatory for the course.
The aim of the activities is as much about learning and experimenting with different methods of researching, analysing and reflecting on the core textual and visual data as it is about making an engaging and new work that speaks to the important global challenges raised through the course.
Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) - Online Fusion Course Delivery Information:
The Edinburgh Futures Institute will teach this course in a way that enables online and on-campus students to study together. This approach (our 'fusion' teaching model) offers students flexible and inclusive ways to study, and the ability to choose whether to be on-campus or online at the level of the individual course. It also opens up ways for diverse groups of students to study together regardless of geographical location. To enable this, the course will use technologies to record and live-stream student and staff participation during their teaching and learning activities. Students should note that their interactions may be recorded and live-streamed. There will, however, be options to control whether or not your video and audio are enabled.
As part of your course, you will need access to a personal computing device. Unless otherwise stated activities will be web browser based and as a minimum we recommend a device with a physical keyboard and screen that can access the internet.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Collate and present a diverse range of interdisciplinary research undertaken individually and as part of a small group.
- Evidence skills in analysis and interpretation of primary and secondary sources.
- Evidence experimentation with, and iterative development of, visual and textual materials.
- Produce original creative work combining visual and verbal narrative methodologies.
- Critically reflect upon the process of researching and developing a creative project.
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Reading List
| A primary text and relevant visual sources will be selected for analysis for each year group, and a list of recommended secondary reading will be provided; this may change year on year depending on the focus of the primary text. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
The course develops graduate skills in research, enquiry and communication (SCQF 1 and 4), and the attributes of intellectual autonomy and personal effectiveness in collaborative working (SCQF 3 and 5), and provides an opportunity to practise existing technical and creative skills (SCQF 2 and 4). |
| Keywords | Visual Narratives,Narratology,Creative Practice |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Michelle Keown
Tel: (0131 6)50 6856
Email: michelle.keown@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Zoe Hogg
Tel:
Email: Zoe.Hogg@ed.ac.uk |
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