Audio-Visual Media

pikachucheeks

Hi.
I've put Audio-Visual Media down on my CAO application and was wondering if any students on the course could please give me some feedback about it!

Zillah

Best. Course. Ever.

We're the spoiled brats of ITT, its great fun. We get our own rooms filled with top notch PCs while the other plebs queue in the library TV studio, radio room, photography suite...

Most of the lecturers are great, the course is a lot of fun and mostly done by current assement. You'll usually have between 0 and 4 exams each semester. I have none this year, great laugh. Half and half split between theory and practical classes, with lots of projects and team work.

If you do it I'll be in fourth year when you get in. AV is generally great fun for getting pissed with too.

Rockiemalt

ho hummm.. you third years.. isn't it continuous assement not current assement?

Its a good fun course but bear in mind its very broad and you don't really get to specialise properly til 4th year. Most people seem to focus on one aspect and kinda do the other subjects cause they have to by 4th year.

Some lecturers are great but there is a few less great ones too. Also the equipment can be dodgy at times but thats teaches you to save often and triple check everything!

There is the infamous AV nights out to doyles-good times

Zillah

Rockiemalt wrote:

ho hummm.. you third years.. isn't it continuous assement not current assement?

This is true. Who the hell are you?

Rockiemalt

Think Radio soc
PS-wheres the photos from the fundraiser :P

experiMental

yeah, the course may be a lot of fun, but think of where you'll end up working in the future. Just look at www.cgtalk.com, and if you can match the excellency of these works, you might end up with a chance of a job, but if not, then either forget about it or start brushing up on your 3dsMAX or MAYA or Cubase or traditional drawing skills. Also, learn scripting/programming languages such as Python, JavaScript or ActionScript.

It's a tough world out there.

Giblet

Zillah wrote:

Best. Course. Ever.

We're the spoiled brats of ITT, its great fun. We get our own rooms filled with top notch PCs while the other plebs queue in the library TV studio, radio room, photography suite

We have 7 computer labs 227 229 231 233 220 216 and the Linux/Sun box room (don't know its number)

Oirthir

And they're all top o' the line..

227 also has a monitor bigger than most home TV's.

In fact, he needs two graphics cards to run the screen...

Zillah

Rockiemalt wrote:

Think Radio soc

All you radio losers are in Radio soc...

PS-wheres the photos from the fundraiser :P

Uh oh...

Fuck. I had completely forgotten about those. Stupid lecturers and their actual projects.

hobochris

Giblet wrote:

We have 7 computer labs 227 229 231 233 220 216 and the Linux/Sun box room (don't know its number)

you left out pk2... which i wouldnt blame ya for but its still one of our labs...

Andeh

In my top 3.

pikachucheeks

Zillah wrote:

Best. Course. Ever.

We're the spoiled brats of ITT, its great fun. We get our own rooms filled with top notch PCs while the other plebs queue in the library TV studio, radio room, photography suite...

That's seriously cool!
I'd say I'll end up going there,which I can't wait for!
Is Tallaght ACTUALLY as bad as people are prepping me for?
I'm slightly scared about that aspect of the whole thing!

Giblet

What are they prepping you for? There's nothing bad except maybe a lack of social facilities really, there are usually plenty of events going on though.

Tom Dunne

pikachucheeks wrote:

Is Tallaght ACTUALLY as bad as people are prepping me for?
I'm slightly scared about that aspect of the whole thing!

Bad in what sense?

pikachucheeks

Well,I just have people telling me it's a rather rough area and there's a lot of scumbag types there etc etc
I'm sure the college is great,I've no doubt about that,I'm just a bit scared of being hopped on by knackers!

Oirthir

pikachucheeks wrote:

Well,I just have people telling me it's a rather rough area and there's a lot of scumbag types there etc etc
I'm sure the college is great,I've no doubt about that,I'm just a bit scared of being hopped on by knackers!

HAHA, that's priceless.

Daknight

pikachucheeks wrote:

Well,I just have people telling me it's a rather rough area and there's a lot of scumbag types there etc etc
I'm sure the college is great,I've no doubt about that,I'm just a bit scared of being hopped on by knackers!

Nah the college is nothing like that,its a great college to go to,tallaght is rough but thats mainly if your walking around on your own in the night,and thats nowhere near the college,imo tallaght is only rough in the night,daytime is grand,dont base your choice on what other people say about the college,go down yourself to the college and see how you think of it.

Tom Dunne

pikachucheeks wrote:

Well,I just have people telling me it's a rather rough area and there's a lot of scumbag types there etc etc
I'm sure the college is great,I've no doubt about that,I'm just a bit scared of being hopped on by knackers!

I'm sure your mummy will give you a stab-proof vest for your big adventure in Tallaght. And a helmet, ooh and maybe one of those personal attack alarms. :rolleyes:

Tallaght, like other places in Dublin, has it's areas. The college is not in one of these areas - it's on a main thoroughfare and is not far from the main street. I think you should go down there someday and have a look around both the area and the college itself if you are that worried.

Zillah

Oh wow, hahaha.


Ok. Whatever you think about Tallaght, the college itself is absolutely fine. There isn't actually a single person in my year that lives anywhere near the college. I feel safer on ITT campus than I did in UCD.

pikachucheeks

Wow,my last comment caused quite a stir!
I'm not worried as such,just wondering if the rumours were true!
obviously after what you guys had to say,the bulletproof jacket and pepper spray won't be necessary....!
To be honest,most of the people telling me bad things about Tallaght were my slightly snobby south-side friends,who insist "Tallaght is more west side" ... haha!
They were kidding though,I'm sure.
But anyway,ITT,here I come!

Zillah

You arriving this autumn?

yawnstretch

Finished the course 3 years ago and it was great. It can be hard to get a real job in the media (you have to push just a little harder and actually take what they show you in college seriously) but I know a few people who did the course who went on to do well in the mainstream media.

I've a permanent job as a media developer so I'm happy

pikachucheeks

Yeah,this September!

What do you think the best parts of the course were?

After college,I'm hoping to get into the whole fashion and cosmetics industry,the advertising side of that,or else working with a magazine.
I have a few ideas of dream jobs!

Zillah

pikachucheeks wrote:

Yeah,this September!

I'll be one of the fourth years then. We get priority on everything

What do you think the best parts of the course were?

Personally I love photography. Cultural Studies, script writing and screen studies were very cool. TV changes in quality every year depending on lecturer.

pikachucheeks

ah,nice for some!
but act nasty towards me and it won't be nice

I kid,I kid!

Cool!
I'd say the photography part would be my favourite part too

jendearloon

Ah wow!! You will love the course.. well I hope you will. It is great

I have a few similar interests with regerds to the fashion and advertising you mentioned. The course doesnt really focus on these aspects but you do get a good all round learning of the media interest.

One piece of advice... Join the radio society! Its GREAT

I will also be a fourth year in September. Come say hi

Motley Crue

Good course, no worries, you picked a great course....I mean you cant get any more flexible then AV, because you really do everything in the Media world and branch out into so many different areas. Just the other week I got to personally interview Guns N Roses Guitarist Bumblefoot for my final end of year radio project, what other course can you say you get to do that on?

Motley Crue

pikachucheeks wrote:

"Tallaght is more west side" ... haha!
They were kidding though,I'm sure.

Yeah, im sure...lol...

Ah no, seriously, good course I think you'll like it

Dilogoat

Motley Crue wrote:

Yeah, im sure...lol...

Ah no, seriously, good course I think you'll like it

It is indeed a great course. I'm close mates with 4 or 5 people currently in AV and I've just finshed my 3rd year in the place and quite frankly, I don't wanna see the back of it...sadly my course (elec engineering) is boring me and I want money, sick of being broke.

Giblet

Motley Crue wrote:

Good course, no worries, you picked a great course....I mean you cant get any more flexible then AV, because you really do everything in the Media world and branch out into so many different areas. Just the other week I got to personally interview Guns N Roses Guitarist Bumblefoot for my final end of year radio project, what other course can you say you get to do that on?

Bastard! Can you put it anywhere?

pikachucheeks

that's seriously cool!
hopefully you weren't too starshocked and could actually speak :P
haha!

Thanks for all your encouragement,guys!
I'm really looking forward to doing the course now
Just got this damn leaving cert to do first

if any of you want to add me to msn to chat,feel free!

kthanxcore@hotmail.com

Zillah

pikachucheeks wrote:

Just got this damn leaving cert to do first

Haha! We have no exams this semester!

(I also met Motley Crue above on this very forum before he joined AV )

experiMental

One of past students of audio visual media in ITT is a lecturer in Dundalk Institute of Technology Multimedia course.

It doesn't really matter what and where you study these days, it's how you sell yourself that matters.

pikachucheeks

sell yourself,ey?
sounds fun!


AV sounds like my kind of course though.
I've looked through every college,and apart from communications in DCU,nothing else really compares.

I went to the DCU open day though and the amount of retards there totally put me off. (by retards I mean D4-type yokes who asked questions the lecturer had just covered)

The people in Tallaght seem more my type of people!
So far,I only know 2 people who go there,neither of them very well,so it's slightly intimidating,but oh well!

Anyone got any advice on accommodation?
I'm coming from the boglands of west Cork,you see!
although,I WAS born in Dublin and lived there 'til I was 5,so don't cast me out just yet!

Dilogoat

pikachucheeks wrote:

sell yourself,ey?
sounds fun!


AV sounds like my kind of course though.
I've looked through every college,and apart from communications in DCU,nothing else really compares.

I went to the DCU open day though and the amount of retards there totally put me off. (by retards I mean D4-type yokes who asked questions the lecturer had just covered)

The people in Tallaght seem more my type of people!
So far,I only know 2 people who go there,neither of them very well,so it's slightly intimidating,but oh well!

Anyone got any advice on accommodation?
I'm coming from the boglands of west Cork,you see!
although,I WAS born in Dublin and lived there 'til I was 5,so don't cast me out just yet!

There's apartments right beside it which are flagged for student use. If you get in early enough you can nab one. They have all the mod cons and a 16Mb internet connection. As far as I know it's pretty cheap too.

Oirthir

The Students' Union keep an accommodation list.

You can email susec@it-tallaght.ie and ask about it.

Zillah

pikachucheeks wrote:

I'm coming from the boglands of west Cork,you see!
although

Oh Gods, not another one.

pikachucheeks

wicked!
I'll keep an eye out!
I'll be coming up to look for accomodation in a few weeks,after the exams.

hahah
charming!
I'm not THAT bad though!
I don't have much of a Cork accent or anything!

Dilogoat

I suppose that'll have to do. Just don't make your Corkness public knowledge! I jest:)

pikachucheeks

Evil!
I never do mention the fact I live in Cork though,It's slightly shameful,so I do accept your point!
Cork,itself,is fine,it's just the fact I live in a teeeeny village full of farmers... I'm proud of myself for actually knowing what advertising is!

qwertyface

I have this course down too! stupid leaving cert TOMORROW!

just wondering can you do a language with it? I'd like to keep up french or irish and i thought there was sometihng written about language in the course layout thing, but it didn't say anything more about it.

Oirthir

Irish was dropped this year, despite protests etc from Staff & Students, not sure about the rest.

Zillah

My year definately had the option of Fench, German and Irish in first and second year. Whether its been abandoned altogether or whether its only for 1st and 2nd year I don't know.


You do realise you can just keep doing a language on your own right?

pikachucheeks

When I was reading about the course, it had option language modules in first and second year, which were French and German. Never heard a mention of Irish at all! The language modules are against radio production-type-things, so I think I'll be giving them up!
If anyone knows where I can learn japanese though, I'd be very grateful!

Zillah

I strongly suspect you have no idea what a major undertaking that would be. Or why liking anime is not a good reason

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=224

pikachucheeks

Ah!
But I love Japan!
I want to at least try!
It's complicated,to say the least,but I'm quite good at other languages!

My leaving is going ok,so hopefully,I'll be seeing everyone in September

Nikk

Im hoping to get this course also!! I had the points for it last year so i hope it doesnt go up by too much!
Im thinking of getting a laptop, possibly a MAC, do you use certain programmes on this course like for graphic design etc?
And also is post production like editing and that included in the tv production elective?!
Sounds like such a fun course!!
Cheers

Zillah

TV isn't an elective until fourth year, its mandatory. The only Macs we use are for TV post production, which have Final Cut Pro on them. Thats the industry standard these days. TV is quite comprehensive, from pre-production to post-production. Editing is fantastic, but for some truly boggling reason they teach decades old two-machine editing in first year (like, big clunky machines). I think you don't get to use FCP until later but here's hoping they change that. The two programs you'll be using most in Graphic Design are Photoshop and Flash, though flash will come later. They might also do Illustrator and/or Director depending on what year and who's teaching. Theres some sort of 3D package aswell, I think thats used in Fourth Year.

So many forum-savvy first years...