Digital Media Projects

Members: Becky Rasch, Iman Hasan, Nick McNay

What Is Digital Media Projects? Digital Media Projects is the name of a course offered to students of various majors. Utilizing digital tools and resources, students create projects that can be taken beyond the scope of the course and used in real world situations. Their project was to create a website that would showcase all student work within this course and allow for prospective clients to explore each team's journey and final product.

The Brains Behind Digital Media Projects:

  • Becky Rasch: Web Designer
  • Iman Hasan: Graphic Designer/Motion Graphics Animator
  • Nick McNay: Film Production/Motion Graphics Animator

Development Process:

  • Plan and organize content criteria:
    • Determine all content intended for project
    • Plan content acquisition process
    • Develop back up methods for developing/obtaining content
  • Begin initial design drafts for graphic/web; begin filming B-roll for video

  • Submit project summary forms to all group leaders

  • Narrow down design layout selection/elements

  • Decide branding logo, color, layout

  • Begin graphic/web layout using approved design branding

  • Collect project summaries; schedule interviews with groups for film

  • Finish basic website structure/design; finish print work, prepare for printing

  • Film interviews with group leaders/members; begin editing and compiling

  • Complete web site structure, complete with design (sans content)

  • Finish editing, create videos; acquire any additional group project media

  • Collect videos + media; put content onto website and revise for final

  • Complete group movies, put content on site and also for DVD

  • Print project packaging and prepare project for submission with DVD and print materials

  • Revise and edit packaging/web content and submit

Project Challenges:

  • Monitoring groups' progress; keeping up with development
  • Attain project materials from group members
  • Schedule and carry out film interviews (camera use, follow through)
  • Meeting deadlines and adapting to unexpected issues

Digital Tools Used:

  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Dreamweaver
  • Final Cut Pro

Outside Resources:

*Did not utilize in final project due to uploading errors

Original Inspiration: With all the creative content and different projects being created in the Media Informatics Digital Media Projects courses (352/452) at Northern Kentucky University, it was proposed that a website and packaging project be developed to showcase all the high quality projects by the end of the course.

All three team members came together with diverse skill sets and different specializations to bring all the course projects together in film, print media, and web content.