Year 1 Semester 2

(in progress! will put in random terms later?)

You're halfway through Year 1 now, so things are gonna get a little more busy! This sem, you'll be taking your first General Elective Module (GEM), so be prepared for more variety.

IDEA (Innovation, Design and Enterprise in Action)
What's with the fancy name you ask? IDEA is all about teaching you about the very basics of creating your very own product to suit needs, then marketing it in creative ways. You'll do stuff such as Ethnography, which basically is stalking a person to find out more about them (in relation to a problem statement created by you of course!)

ONOW (Our Nation, Our World)
More on world issues here, but you'll also get involved in helping the world out yourself. Remember the times we had to contact organisations ourselves and formulate a good volunteering plan? Yeah, that's our way of showing DTVM cares too!

Video Production Principles and Practices
No more DT, you beg! Well fret not, for in VPPP, you get to go behind the lens. You'll learn all about the proper ways to handle video equipment, lighting, and get to create your own films for others to deconstruct instead. You'll go through the whole prodyction process: pre-production, production, and post-production. And be prepared to work your now rusty maths skills, because we have to do budgets!

Conceptualisation and Structure (CS)
You've done HML, you've done CSM... now you're bursting with characters but they need some events in their lives! CS introduces the A stories, B stories... that means plots and subplots. You'll also learn about themes, and how to formulate your own 'beats'. Maybe even get to write a few episodes for a show you've had in mind.

Communication Skills for Media Makers (CMM)
Now that you've realised the media may be your future career path, you need this module to teach you how to pitch your idea to the people who matter! Get ready to pitch your ideas to real big people in the industry!

Entertainment Programmes (EP)
Want to write for TV but only want to do gameshows? EP gives you the chance to write your own gameshow, complete with a lineup including titles, VO intro, opening monologue... you get the idea.

General Elective Module (GEMs)
Things you will get to learn outside DTVM! The 3 clusters you can choose from are Arts & Humanities, Business & Management and Science & Technology. Check out more info here.