Raindro
Official Selection at the International Festival of Video, Performance and Technologies 2018
Alessandra Hofmann
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Undergraduate in Digital Arts and Multimedia
Digital Arts and Multimedia
Here, you are challenged to explore new languages and forms of digital expression through projects that articulate image, sound, movement and interactivity. Lecturers with solid professional experience and access to laboratories equipped with advanced technology provide students with demanding, innovative training that is aligned with the contemporary challenges of multidimensional creation and its social, cultural and ethical implications.
Profile
Objectives
- To develop critical thinking and artistic literacy in its multiple dimensions and to provide notions of project management, production and presentation.
- To promote the creation and production of solid and technologically consistent multidimensional narratives, linking the fields of image, sound, movement and interaction through writing, drawing, photography, 2d and 3d animation, cinematography, soundscape, video games and interactive installations.
- To provide experiences in professional contexts, promoting collaborative work with other specialists in the field, with respect for diversity and the principles of professional ethics.
- Encourage participation in competitions and festivals in the field and collaboration with other national and international institutions, as well as participation in R&D activities.
- Encourage the realisation of autonomous work as a personal research practice and a way of deepening communication, procedural, technical and creative skills.
Career Paths
Screenwriter — Art Director — Producer — Production Coordinator — 2D/3D Modeller — 2D / 3D Animator — Lighting Artist — Video Editor — Motion Designer — Sound Designer — Music Composer — Voice Director — Animation Director — Game Designer — Virtual Reality Specialist, Augmented Reality and XR — Illustrator — Photographer — Digital Art Curator — Designer of Immersive Experiences (VR/AR) — Educator in Digital Media and Visual Arts — Researcher in Art, Technology and Media Arts — Cultural Mediator / Coordinator of Creative workshops
Study plan
Semester — 1
Multimedia Studio I 75 HC 6 ECTS
Artistic Laboratory I 75 HC 6 ECTS
Image Laboratory 60 HC 4 ECTS
Drawing I 60 HC 4 ECTS
Geometry and Projection 30 HC 4 ECTS
Themes of Contemporary Culture 30 HC 3 ECTS
Theory of Perception 30 HC 3 ECTS
Semester — 2
Semester — 3
Semester — 4
Semester — 5
Semester — 6
Elective
HC — Contact Hours · ECTS — European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
Partnerships
With a network of partnerships, we want to explore new project possibilities, combining critical thinking, practice and technology in a responsible way. The Degree in Digital Arts and Multimedia is committed to exposing students to the real and professional context, through meetings, collaborations and partnerships with influential organisations in digital culture and immersive environments.
- Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- University of S. José (Macau, China)
- Produtora Bando à Parte
- Mecha Studio
- Canal 180
- Cinanima
- Batalha Centro de Cinema
- International Animated Film Festival
- Casa da Animação
- FEST – Festival Novos Realizadores | Novo Cinema
- Porto Post Doc
- Ginger&Jagger Design Studio
- Associação de Investigadores da Imagem em Movimento (AIM)
- Avanca | Cinema - International Conference Cinema – Art, Technology, Communication
- Journal Arts | Culture | Design - Planetário do Porto
- Instituto Português do Oriente (IPOR, Macau, China)
- CEiiA – Centre for Engineering and Development
- Munna Design Studio
- Associazione Socio-Culturale Italiana del Portogallo Dante Alighieri (ASCIP Dante Alighieri)
- Companhia de Dança de Matosinhos (CDM)
Our students' projects are the result of a learning journey
Echoes of Solitude
Winner of the Sophia Student Awards
Christoph Wanderer, André Peneda, Diogo Cervantes, Pedro Carvalho
Meta-Podia
1st Place - Desinagorà - Utopia Studio - Documentary Film Cycle dedicated to Design and Architecture
Gonçalo Torres, Edgar Lopes, Bianca Oliveira, Ana Ferreira
Lecturers
Our dedicated educators foster a stimulating learning environment to help you reach your design potential.
Enriching lives, opening minds
Erasmus+
Erasmus+, funded by the European Commission, is the EU's flagship program for education, training, youth, and sport. It aims to boost personal and professional development for all Europeans. This can involve student exchanges, vocational training placements, or even adult learning programs. Erasmus+ also encourages collaboration between organizations across Europe to share knowledge and drive innovation in these fields.
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Scholarships
Turn your design dreams into reality with scholarship opportunities
2024-2025 school year
Calendar
Degree in Digital Arts and Multimedia (3rd year) - 2nd Semester - 27.01.2025 to 13.06.2025
Administrative Services
Information and Contacts
If you have any questions about applying or scholarships, don't hesitate to contact us.
Opening hours — Monday to Friday, from 8.30 a.m. to 12 noon and from 14 noon to 17 noon. (In August, the morning opening is at 9.00 am.)
Undergraduate
The change that generates changes is taught and learned.
When studying at ESAD you will have the opportunity to learn from professionals with solid experience and take advantage of the School's teaching laboratories. You will be able to experiment and master different processes, tools and technologies, whether analogue or digital. ESAD’s degrees provide you with creative and technical skills, promote critical thinking, collaboration and independence. They make you flexible and irreverent, innovative and responsible. They train you for professional opportunities that put you at the heart of change.