10 Courses
This course covers essential aspects such as video editing, colour correction, sound design,
visual effects, and final output.
Semester Seven
The final or second of two Practical Training referrals, students register this
course for work already completed during the Long Vacation. Students are given
two weeks upon resumption of academic work to submit a report on their
internship activities. This industrial attachment programme during the Long
Vacation exposes students directly to standards and expectations of employers
and clients. For Final Year students this is particularly crucial to their obtaining
quick job placement.
Semester Seven
Students embark on yearlong Practice-Based or Practice-Led research project,
and submit an accompanying project report with APA referencing. Practice Based Research is an original investigation undertaken in order to gain new
knowledge partly by means of practice and the outcomes of that practice.
The Portfolio
Development course is designed to guide students in creating a comprehensive
and professional portfolio that showcases their skills, creativity, and
accomplishments. This course focuses
on the development of both physical and digital portfolios tailored to the
student's field of study and career aspirations.
Semester Seven
Professional survival requires building a client base, marketing your business and
protecting your work. Contracts lay out the services provided, project costs and
terms of engagement. Working without a contract exposes the professional to
liability and makes it difficult to enforce claims to money. This course seeks to
make students aware of legal issues that protect and constrain them. It gives
them basic legal tools to improve their negotiations with clients and regulating
agencies.
Semester Seven
This course is designed to help our students to acquire a basic understanding of
accounting and finance that will enable them to use profit and loss statements
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balance sheets and cash flow reports as tools to help set budgets and control
costs.
This course is designed as an introduction to computer-based recording,
editing, mixing and production of sound. Students will gain experience using
industry standard digital audio workstations (DAW) for music and sound
production.
The Interactive Animation course provides students with the knowledge
and skills necessary to create engaging and interactive animations for various
platforms, including web, mobile, and gaming.
Semester Seven
As students draw close to the world of work, it is beneficial that they work in real
time and deal with the changing nature of professional work. This course
facilitates considerable interaction between students and industry professionals
in advertising from account execs and art directors to media buyers. Lessons will
be conducted using Skype or other video-conferencing systems. Arrangements
will be made so industry professionals can suggest assignments and relay
feedback to ACDT lecture rooms in real time.
Semester Seven
Business Management is simply the management of a business and includes all
aspects of overseeing and supervising business operations. Sustaining the
business entails making sure resources are allocated to accomplish desired goods
and objectives efficiently and effectively.