Industry Panel

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These courses have been developed in consultation with Digital Media Kingston’s industry panel. Our relationship with this panel ensures an industry‐focused learning experience, where industry overlaps are manifest tangibly, through course design and ethos as well as unique opportunities such as work placements, real projects, mentoring and internships to arm you for entry into the highly competitive digital media arena.

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MA/MSc 3D Computer Generated Imaging

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…the course develops modelling skills, shading, lighting, rendering, animation and rigging and associated skills such as rotoscoping and match moving with the MA modules placing a strong emphasis on digital modelling and texturing and/or character rigging and the MSc modules emphasising the high level 3D graphics programming for character rigging and/or games development to underpin collaboration and teamwork... Read more...

MA/MSc Games Development

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…an introduction to 3D CGI is shared with the 3D CGI specialists but the MA then focuses upon developing experiential interfaces, complex architectures and level design whilst the MSc emphasises programming for games and the mathematics, physics and coding skills needed to take a professional role in your team productions such as programmer, level designer, art director etc... Read more...

MA / MSc User Experience Design

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…this course looks at the core skills behind user-centred development, focusing on the analysis and design of multimodal, multimedia user interfaces that are easy to use and support compelling user experiences with optional MA modules in ecommerce or game design and MSc mark-up languages and scripting after which you will take a professional role such as user interface designer, user experience designer, information architect to work in a team with other students... Read more...

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About Us

Digital Media Kingston aims to transcend the inherited boundaries between the arts and sciences and education and industry to ensure a synergy between our teaching, research and enterprise and the market place that provides an industry-focused learning experience. We aim to provide graduates with work placements, live projects and internships, contextualised by a research culture focused upon collaboration and innovation. Dreamworks, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and Samsung Design Europe are among the top firms who have helped us refine a new suite of Industry facing Masters Courses, designed to facilitate the development of specialist technical skills in the context of professional production and team working to help fill the UKs digital media skills gap.

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DMK in Second Life July 2010

During the later part of July, Digital Media Kingston will be running a series of free open events in Second Life http://secondlife.com/ This browser based virtual world  is free to join and use and only requires you to download a client viewer, you can then create an avatar and join us at http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Knowledge%20Zone/57/210/25 . DMK Staff and students will be available for you to ask about the new Industry Facing Masters courses and the student experience. Invitations are going out world wide to Industry partners and new students.

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Supermassive Games Join DMK Indsutry Panel

We are delighted to announce that Supermassive Game, Guildford, have joined the DMK Indsutry Panel. Supermassive Games are an independent games development studio based in Guildford in the South East of England who opened our doors in September 2008 and are working primarily on innovative, publisher-funded, Playstation 3 exclusive titles.  In our first year they have  grown to nearly 70 amazingly talented people, all working on a variety of exciting products. You may have seen the announcement of one of our games at GDC – Move Party (working title).  Here’s what Kotaku said “a splendid technological magic trick … it is the special twist that teases some of the Move’s best potential”.  Check out some screenshots on our new Games page, plus watch the Developer Diaries on Eurogamer, made in conjunction with our friends at Sony :-)

Our studio is a place where everyone can make an outstanding contribution every day. We pride ourselves on our energetic, creative environment where everyone takes responsibility and where we trust people to do their jobs. They are still looking for people to enhance our current set of teams. Ideally you’ll have a games development background, but if you have talent and the determination to be part of something new and exciting, we’d always like to hear from you. Just remember a DMK Masters could put you ahead of the competition !

If you’d like to get in touch with them to find out more, you can email them at develop@supermassivegames.com, check out their jobs page for some of our current vacancies or give us a call on 01483 549440.  If you want to write in, you can find us at 1 Farnham Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 4RG.

Latest Updates

C:ADM2010 International Conference

“Cybernetics: Art, Design, Mathematics — A Meta-Disciplinary Conversation” is a conference where the main business will be to confer—to explore ideas through discussion and open exchange, in other words, to take part in an enormous brainstorm together! It is concerned with forming and asking the next question rather than reporting on … read the rest of this entry …

Tutorial Fellow in Media Practice (Photography/Video) 0.6 fte

University of Sussex – School of Media, Film and Music

The Department of Media and Film seeks to appoint a 0.6 Tutorial Fellow in Media Practice, specialising in photography and video production. You will be part of an exciting team of lecturers and tutors in media practice (video, photography, interactive media … read the rest of this entry …

Tetris, trauma and the brain

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Re earchers have made great progress in recent years in understanding the neural processes and bio-chemistry involved in memory formation and recall. So much so that some are beginning to talk about cures for phobias and treatments for post traumatic stress disorder.

In her work on PTSD at Oxford University’s Institute of … read the rest of this entry …

Eadweard Muybridge Defining Modernities

A new web portal celebrating the work of Eadweard Muybridge was launched today at The British Film Institute. The website, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council     (AHRC), aims to provide a definitive research resource for the work of 19th century photographer Eadweard Muybridge,  known primarily … read the rest of this entry …

I made this tune at Appy Road

PixieTea, a Chinese DIY pop star, is making waves on the web with a catchy electro-bubblegum-pop tune put together solely from various bleeps, thuds and strums made by her mobile phone. She uses apps including Drum- Meister, Bassist, iDrum, NlogSynthesizer, NESynth and iShred. Read More