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Communication Design & Multimedia

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How to make a vision become reality

Comprehensive knowledge about the fundamental communication design subjects as well as for the new media: multimedia, web design, video editing, etc.

Provide a wide and complete knowledge about the essential elements for the elaboration of a graphic project.
Expand the acquired technical and aesthetical basics to the new media.

Creation and development of experiences, interfaces and interactive digital content (websites, apps, social media, etc.);

Create solutions with a 3D software, allowing to build simple three dimensional objects.

Editing, post-producing, planning and structuring a video project.
Course Plan
2 Years
1360 hours, including 480 hour Curricular Internship
Classes from September to July
Monday to Friday, from 9:30am to 1:30pm

Participant Limit

Min 8

Max 16

30 x 299,20€
+240€ Application fee
By concluding this training, you will have the possibility to participate in our European Mobility Project ERASMUS+

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After completing 2 years of this course, you are able to apply for a 3rd curricular “Top Up Year”at Prague City University,, in Prague, Czech Republic,or at ETIC in Lisboa, where you can get an Academic Training equivalent to a Bachelor's Degree (Level 6 of the European Qualification Framework).

Recipients

People who are interested, curious and self-taught, with a significant taste for Design, demonstrating a entrepreneurial, creative and dynamic profile.

Professional Opportunities

  • Design Ateliers and publicity agencies.
  • Design and/or Communication departments of companies and institutions. 
  • Create and manage their own business or freelancing.

Course Content

DESIGN THEORY / VISUAL COMMUNICATION

  • General aspects, history of communication design 
  • Visual Communication: visual perception, codes, symbols and sign
  • Psychology of color. Its applicability in the visual message
  • Typography: type anatomy and families and their typographic adequation 
  • Text arrangement treatment: print vs online

CREATIVE PROCESS AND STRATEGIC THINKING

  • Generate and develop design ideas
  • Develop a creative process
  • Learn and contextualize design contents in space and time
  • Strategic design as a projectual methodology 

COMMUNICATION PROJECT

  • Communication exercise, visual identity drafts 

VECTOR DRAWING

  • Learn about Adobe Illustrator

IMAGE COMPOSITION

  • Learn about Adobe Photoshop

CORPORATE IDENTITY PROJECT

  • Development of a visual identity for a company

PUBLICITY PROJECT

  • Project based visual communication

GRAPHIC PRODUCTION

  • Pre-press, printing and finishing systems

EDITORIAL PROJECT

  • Learn about  Adobe Indesign
  • Editorial communication exercise. Newspaper,  Magazine and e-book

3D MODELLING

  • Three dimensional modelling with Blender
  • Applying textures. Light
  • Camera and the basics of movement

INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOGRAPHY

  • Mechanisms of a photographic camera
  • Notions of framing and composition. Light and its characteristics

INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL VIDEO

  • Formats, supports and means
  • Introduction to the Screenplay
  • Video and Sound equipment
  • Filming exercise. 

AUDIO AND VIDEO EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION

  • Learning how to edit audio for multimedia: Pro Tools
  • Learning about video editing software: Adobe Premiere
  • Learning about video post-production software: Adobe After Effects. Visual effects. Graphics

AUDIOVISUAL PROJECT 

  • Video capture, editing and post-production exercise 

UX & UI

  • Introduction to digital design: Offline vs. Online
  • Introduction to  UX (User Experience)
  • Introduction to  UI (User Interface)
  • Development Introduction: HTML and CSS

DIGITAL MARKETING 

  • Digital marketing introduction: inbounds & outbounds
  • Design for Social Media
  • E-commerce

PORTFOLIO, PITCHING AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

  • Communication Strategies and orality
  • Tools and Strategies for business creation
  • Creation and development of an individual portfolio

FINAL PROJECT

MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS

WORKSHOPS / MASTERCLASS

CURRICULAR INTERNSHIP

  • 480h Curricular Internship in a company of the Design area

Teachers

Teachers

Facilities and Equipment

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  • Classrooms with individual workstations in an Apple (iMac) environment;
  • Video and Photography Studio;
  • Huion Kamvas pen displays and Wacom pen tablets;
  • Softwares - Adobe Creative Cloud Pack: Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects, InDesign, XD, etc.; Blender, Invision, Sketch, Canva Pro, Pro Tools, Figma, Wordpress with development server.

Facilities and Equipment

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  • Classrooms with individual workstations in an Apple (iMac) environment;
  • Video and Photography Studio;
  • Huion Kamvas pen displays and Wacom pen tablets;
  • Softwares - Adobe Creative Cloud Pack: Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects, InDesign, XD, etc.; Blender, Invision, Sketch, Canva Pro, Pro Tools, Figma, Wordpress with development server.

Pricing ​​

Monthly Fees:
30 x 299,20€
+240€ Application fee
24 x 374,00€
+180€ Application fee
18 x 498,67€
+120€ Application fee
Special Discounts (not combinable):
-7,5%
save 673,20€
Application until 31/05
-10%
save 897,60€
Full payment until 31/05;
Former Trainees - Instalments
(+120€ Application fee)
-5%
save 448,80€
Application until 31/07
-7,5%
save 673,20€
Full payment until 31/07
(+ 120€ Application fee)
-2,5%
save 224,40€
Full payment until 30/09
(+ 120€ Application fee)
-12,5%
save 1122,00€
Full payment by former trainees
(+ 120€ Application fee)

Application Process

The applications take place between the months of March and September, until the beginning of the school year and classes, as long as there are vacancies in the courses. 

These can be done after the verification of the admission conditions, upon the payment of the registration and submitting the following documents: 

  • Curriculum vitae / Biography
  • 1 passport digital photo
  • Certificate of habilitations 
  • Documents from the Candidate and the Responsible for the payment (National Identification Card + Taxpayer Identification Number + Proof of Address: water, electricity or telephone bills or driving license) 
  • Completing and Signing the application form and the training contract

 

Schedule a personal interview at:

  • info@eticalgarve.com
  • 289 823 359 / 960 309 550

Optional - send an email answering the following questions: 

  • Why am I applying for this course? 
  • What are my motivations? 
  • What are my professionals aspirations? 

Attend the interview previously scheduled by the Pedagogical Director:

  • Present your portfolio
  • Await for the results of your application

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