VJ'ing course

[wilson.alasdair]

Hey

just read the new prospectus for Ravensbourne and have found this.

http://www.rave.ac.uk/about/ba_digital_live_arts.htm

looks interesting would be good to hear your views on it.

[deepvisual]

Imagine for a second, in 3 years time you have this degree.
who is going to give you a job?

[asterix]

I think theres a big enough niche to support getting quals. Just look at north Korea's presidential birthday celebration, cique de solie, not to mention every live presenter and product launch going bigger and better.
And the fact that there are alot of international bands, award ceremonies you name it that would be looking for qualified technicians rather than some bum from brighton who's played a few dozen rave parties

[deepvisual]

Originally Posted by asterix

And the fact that there are alot of international bands, award ceremonies you name it that would be looking for qualified technicians ......

exactly.
and they won't be looking for qualified essay writers who can contextualise or deconstruct.

You'll learn a lot doing a degree, but you'll learn a lot more useful stuff in a tenth of the time doing a tech course instead of an academic one.

[wilson.alasdair]

These are my thoughts aswell.

Seems a little specific to have as a whole degree course but as asterix said work would be easier to come by IF you are practically qualified which i fear will not come of this course.

[Anyone]

In my opinion, you'll need both in the near future:

1. peeps with attention to detail, looking after the technical side of things
2. peeps who studied how to look at the bigger picture, and its general meaning, impact and correctness regarding the public opinion, and who will also project manage peeps with attention to detail

[deepvisual]

Olli is right.
a degree will stand you well for the rest of your life, should you want to emigrate for instance...
some tech skills would help fill in the gaps nicely.
just a question of what comes first? the degree or the after effects masterclass

[Rovastar]

Originally Posted by deepvisual

Imagine for a second, in 3 years time you have this degree.
who is going to give you a job?

Most BAs don't have suitable jobs waiting at the end of them.

[Lara]

Originally Posted by Anyone

In my opinion, you'll need both in the near future:

1. peeps with attention to detail, looking after the technical side of things
2. peeps who studied how to look at the bigger picture, and its general meaning, impact and correctness regarding the public opinion, and who will also project manage peeps with attention to detail

Yes I agree. Also I feel that it's not a bad thing for technical courses to have an element of writing. Even if you are training in extremely technical stuff you will always have to explain your work even if it's just to the PR agency you are paying to promote you.

Also I don't see why people are so down on thinking about what you do and why you do it, rather than everything having to be 110% technical all the time? Surely evolving as a person evolves the work the person produces, this should include learning to be critical of your own work in order to move forward?

[Anyone]

Originally Posted by Lara

I feel that it's not a bad thing for technical courses to have an element of writing.

exactly. this is why I've introduced VJ storyboarding methods
in my VJ workshops. interested?