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Visual Communication

  • PowerPoint:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/

  • Communication that uses both words and images

  • Logos are visual signatures or symbols are forms of communication.
  • Prezi:

http://prezi.com/

Logos

Packaging

Internet Icons/Signs

Stationary/Cards/Brochures

Posters/CD and DVD Covers

Magazines/Books/Newspaper

Companies/Studios for

Visual Communication

Illustrator CC

• Arts organizations

• Galleries

• Post-secondary institutions

• Museums

• Broadcasting/Media

• Advertising/Marketing Agencies

• Public Relations Firms

• Libraries

InDesign CC

Photoshop CC

  • Illustrator is a vector based drawing program primarily used for graphic design.
  • Photoshop is the most widely known photo editing program.
  • However, it is still a very robust visual tool, being used in nearly all fields of Digital Media
  • InDesign is the software that actually organizes and displays the graphics and photos created by Illustrator and Photoshop.

Tools

Skills Developed by Visual Culture

& Communication Majors

Possible Job Opportunities

http://creativecoconuts.ca/

http://silverstonecommunication.com/

Communication:

Organizational:

• Communicate ideas/concepts/theories through a variety of media sources

• Present and defend theories of visual culture

• Articulate abstract ideas and visual impressions

• Demonstrate creativity and artistic impression

• Write articles on media topics for publications

• Compile and organize facts and information

• Planning and time management

• Work with deadlines, work independently, work in teams/small groups

http://www.paragraphics.ca/

http://buchanandesign.com/

http://www.sagmeisterwalsh.com/

Research:

Analytical:

http://www.graphicalhouse.co.uk/

• Research political and social theories, events and trends

• Search for evidence of history and theory of urban change through visual culture

• Research socio-cultural identities, activism

• Trace development of visual culture

• Analyze visual culture and its impact on society

• Compare and contrast forms of visual media

• Explore media forms of multicultural expression

• Interpret values and beliefs from visual forms

• Assess the history of visual culture

http://www.blackboxdesign.com.au/

Visual Communications

Digital Media and IT Diploma

  • Nicola Pringle - Calder-Bateman advertising

https://ca.linkedin.com/pub/nicola-pringle/43/59/a83

- Did not go to NAIT, went to Grant MacEwan

  • Gillian Thomson

http://www.cityanddale.com/the-team/

- Is a graphic designer who works on a web magazine

Presented by: Global Group

  • Lauren Olsen

- Runs her own company for web design and graphic design

- Grad of the program

http://laurenolsen.ca/

Jasmine Virk | Katelyn Fitch | Colton Smith

Marqueda Alfred | Clifford LaBelle

  • https://segd.org/about

- Professional Association for Experiential Graphic Design

- Canada has two chapters

https://segd.org/Vancouver

https://segd.org/Toronto

  • Marynika Lozowska: FREE http://wearefree.ca/

Ryan Priebe

  • http://creativecoconuts.ca/#aboutus

- Céline - Graphic Designer for Web Magazine

Credential: Diploma

Length: 2 years

Co-op: Available

International Applicants: Accepted

Location: Main

Entrance Requirements:

Academic Requirements

English 20-1 or English 30-2

Math 20-1 or Math 30-2 or Pure Math 20 or Applied Math 30 or Math 33.

Non-Academic Requirements

Applicants can apply and self-enroll to the DMIT program by completing 9 credits through open studies courses

Tuition Costs

( Maximum per semester )

Tuition Cap: $1,940

Cost Per Credit: $197

Tuition International Cap: $6,500

Cost Per Credit: $660

Apply to NAIT!

Success Stories

NAIT Student Projects

A curriculum grid of DMIT courses is provided for Visual Communications and can be found at:

http://www.nait.ca/docs/DMIT_Grid_February_2014(1).pdf

Visual media can take you to a wide variety of places, here are some people who have succeeded as Visual Media specialists:

Diane and Mike Fillinger are graduates of the DMIT program with a focus in Visual Media. They run their own company: Paragraphics Incorporated where they utilize the variety of skills they learned through the program.

Nicola Pringle is a Visual media specialist, who works for the advertising company Calder Bateman.

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