Live Visual Design & Production

The understanding of some core concepts and industry standard software is at the heart of the degree course. This module introduces you to basic concepts of projection mapping, creative software workflow and 3D modelling. You will also be introduced to a range of creative software such as computer aided design, performance and projection mapping, and video editing programmes.

This module introduces you to the processes of creative workflow and concept design in the visual production industry. Managing a diverse range of projects across many sectors and meeting your clients’ needs is key. It is imperative that you interpret the clients’ requirements appropriately, communicate your ideas and solutions effectively, and manage their expectations. This module assists you to interpret brands and products effectively, and examine how designers make the connections between ideas and images.

Your learning of experiential design technologies within the live events industry commences by researching the evolution of lighting design and digital media. In this module, you will gain an understanding of the importance of style and theme, and the artistic qualities common to both light and video. In the module, you will produce a project in response to a given client brief, using examples of experiential technologies and techniques. 

In this module you will gain an understanding of how to interpret artistic ideas and transform them into a technological response that embraces both lighting and video. Through taught content and project work you will expand on the knowledge and skills gained to look at the basics of lighting technology and video - from virtual building blocks and interconnects, to control and programming. 

The purpose of this module is to prepare you for the process of transferring your project proposals and experiential technology solutions to real performance environments across a range of sectors. The module integrates with on-site rehearsals and performances, including collaborative working, allowing you to gain experience of managing a performance and evaluating its success.

Building upon skills gained from the first year Visual Production Toolbox module you will gain experience of using a wider range of industry standard software and the exploration of generative content, camera techniques, composition and video game software. The work you complete in this module will help you to produce a showreel which is based upon researched content and represents your own style and interests.

When studying visual production, it is essential that you are able to engage creatively with projects, given the enormous range of clients and creative scenarios available to you. In this module you will acquire the skills and knowledge needed to undertake investigative research, which will underpin your studies and facilitate you in producing ideas of your own. This module explores the history of art, architecture, music and scenography in support of your creative research practices.

In this module you will explore the expectations of audiences, designers and performers regarding artistic and technical systems and how those expectations grow each year. Working to a given brief and as part of a team, you will project manage an entire production process; bringing together a range of artistic, creative, and technical skills. 

The visual production sector is constantly evolving and, as part of the next generation of practitioners, you must be aware of the challenges it faces. In this module, you will conduct in-depth research into one element of the visual production industry and explore the latest national and international issues that affect it.

You will design a convergent, innovative and creative experiential technology system. Responding to the artistic and creative requirements, you will generate a professional and technical response that will enable a budget to be approved by your client. Prior to your proposed system being installed by on-site contractors and local crew you will make recommendations for any licensing and health and safety considerations that need to be implemented. 

The safe delivery of visual productions across the globe relies on effective project management. In this module you will study a range of management techniques and consider the impact of events on the site and the community. Production planning takes into consideration a range of skills so it is important that you are able to develop a professional approach to pre and post event evaluation.

This module is designed to provide you with a vehicle to develop and transfer your prior learning into practical, work related skills. You will also reflect on your own personal management skills in terms of time management and working with others towards an agreed goal. The module will require you to complete a period of work placement providing you with practical experience of working in the visual production sector. 

The final project module gives you the opportunity to pursue a piece of individual study under the supervision of a tutor. The selected area of study must be relevant to visual production and be academically rigorous. The field of visual production has a relatively small body of research compared to more traditional university subjects so this is your chance to make a lasting contribution to the knowledge-base of the sector.