Digital Media And The Creative Process

Digital Media and the Creative Process, as the title suggests, provides a topic to discuss the challenges and the possibilities that designers en- counter as they integrate digital tools in their daily workflow. It features a number of high quality submissions of articles that insightfully address the subject.

This work equips readers with a solid conceptual and critical foundation for digital creativity, presenting both technical explanations and creative techniques.

Today, successful media makers need to collaborate across platforms. To do this they need a unified vocabulary to describe and explain their artistic choices. Only then can they communicate their ideas to others, and therefore collaborate. "Media and the Creative Process" was designed to get you, the future media artist, to think about how artists from other platforms think about their work. Whether you create animation, games, narrative and documentary video, sound design projects, or music, this book is the first step toward being able to share your vision with others. Written for introductory media classes, "Media and the Creative Process" teaches media artists to communicate with each other about their own creative decisions, and demonstrates the creative overlap between fields. It also explains how storytelling and aesthetic decisions work in concert to bring a story to life regardless of the medium. By identifying, comparing, and critiquing the aesthetic elements of projects large and small, this book serves as a foundational text for media students and includes specific topics such as the importance of archetypes in storytelling, the influence of sound design on visual meaning, basics of game play design, and the process of song composition. Eric R. Williams has worked professionally in video, film and television production for more than twenty-five years. He has written, directed and produced short and long form documentaries, television series, educational media, and feature films. His work has received the "Best New Work" award from the Writers Guild of America, an Emmy Award for Interactive Media, and the Ohio Arts Council Award for Individual Excellence in Screenwriting. Beth Novak is the Associate Dean for Student Success in the Scripps College of Communication and an associate professor in the School of Media Arts and Studies at Ohio University. She holds an M.F.A. in Visual Communication Design from the Ohio State University and has produced interactive content including games, video and animation for news and entertainment outlets such as the "Chicago Tribune," the "Detroit Free Press," and America Online.

The Art Therapist’s Guide to Social Media offers the art therapy community a guide that addresses content related to social media use, its growing influence, and the impact social networking has on the profession and work of art therapists. This book presents a framework of relevant theories, best practices, and examples to explore existing and emerging areas of social networking's power for art therapists as practitioners and artists. Divided into three sections that highlight the themes of connection, community, and creativity, chapters explore timely topics such as the professional use of social media, ethical considerations, potential benefits and challenges, and strategies to embrace the possibilities that social media can create for the field worldwide. Art therapists in training, art therapy educators and supervisors, and practicing art therapists will find content in this text helpful for their learning and professional practice.

Emerging technologies enable a wide variety of creative expression, from music and video to innovations in visual art. These aesthetics, when properly explored, can enable enhanced communication between all kinds of people and cultures. The Handbook of Research on Digital Media and Creative Technologies considers the latest research in education, communication, and creative social expression using digital technologies. By exploring advances in art and culture across national and sociological borders, this handbook serves to provide artists, theorists, information communication specialists, and researchers with the tools they need to effectively disseminate their ideas across the digital plane.

This edited book explores the digital challenge for cultural-creative organizations and industries, and its impact on production, meaning-making, consumption and valuation of cultural-creative products and experiences. Discussing digital changes such as user-generated content, social media, business model innovation and product development, the chapters challenge deep-seated definitions of creative individuals, organizations and industries, offering insights into how this creative aspect is argued and legitimized. Placing an emphasis on research that deals with the digital challenge, this collection theorizes its significance for the nature and dynamics of creative industries as well as its impact on the mediation of experiences and the creation and consumption of cultural-creative products.

The first systematic, comprehensive reference covering the ideas, genres, and concepts behind digital media. The study of what is collectively labeled “New Media”—the cultural and artistic practices made possible by digital technology—has become one of the most vibrant areas of scholarly activity and is rapidly turning into an established academic field, with many universities now offering it as a major. The Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media is the first comprehensive reference work to which teachers, students, and the curious can quickly turn for reliable information on the key terms and concepts of the field. The contributors present entries on nearly 150 ideas, genres, and theoretical concepts that have allowed digital media to produce some of the most innovative intellectual, artistic, and social practices of our time. The result is an easy-to-consult reference for digital media scholars or anyone wishing to become familiar with this fast-developing field.

The new edition of The Digital Media Handbook presents an essential guide to the historical and theoretical development of digital media, emphasising cultural continuity alongside technological change, and highlighting the emergence of new forms of communication in contemporary networked culture. Andrew Dewdney and Peter Ride present detailed critical commentary and descriptive historical accounts, as well as a series of interviews from a range of digital media practitioners, including producers, developers, curators and artists. The Digital Media Handbook highlights key concerns of today’s practitioners, analysing how they develop projects, interact and solve problems within the context of networked communication. The Digital Media Handbook includes: Essays on the history and theory of digital media Essays on contemporary issues and debates Interviews with digital media professionals A glossary of technical acronyms and key terms.