DyslexEd
DyslexEd
Brian Judge, Paul Keenan, Rose Mc Donnell and Ciara Power
BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Media & BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Multimedia
DyslexEd is an interactive visual experience seen through the eyes of a student with Dyslexia in third level education. The project demonstrates some of the struggles that students with Dyslexia go through while in the learning environment and provides solutions to those struggles. The project was created to assist third level lecturers in making learning in DKIT a more inclusive environment for students with Dyslexia, by means of providing resources that will help achieve a more inclusive learning environment.
ShEqualities
ShEqualities
Aine McEneaney, Aoife Brennan, Kevin McElroy and Stephanie Hayes
BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Media & BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Multimedia
The ‘ShEqualities’ project is addressing the gender conversation surrounding females in the creative industries. We have explored how women specialising in design are under-represented in the workplace through the creative industries. This study is about recognising our own unconscious gender biases and how they play a critical role in how we judge and value individuals. An implicit association test has been designed to tap into our hidden, or automatic unconscious gender biases. Our brains are filled with mental glitches, built on gender stereotypes, that influence how we see others. We process this by using automatic associations and expectations that are learned as patterns and shortcuts for our brains. Our brain recognises these stereotypes which are accessed without our conscious awareness. We all hold unconscious biases – to stereotype is to be human. This project is to raise awareness about our unconscious biases and how they may impact students in third level education.
Paws For Thought
Paws For Thought
Aisling Conlon, Alex Clarke & Matthew Turnbull
BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Media & BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Multimedia
Paws For Thought is a transmedia campaign that aims to educate and inform the public on the massive benefits of Autism assistance dogs, the needs of those who require these dogs and how the process of receiving an Autism assistance dog can be improved. The project addresses both the positives and negatives of receiving and living with an Autism assistance dog through a series of educational videos. It demonstrates how we can be more understanding and aware of the amazing job that Autism assistance dogs do. The project is designed for the public with the aim of raising awareness and to educate people on Autism assistance dogs.
SignIn
SignIn
Sophie Sheeran, Natalie Lamont, Sarah Washington & Ryan Reilly
BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Media & BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Multimedia
SignIn is a series of web-based interactive e-learning videos which aim to educate the emergency services in the use of effective means of communication with people who are hard of hearing and deaf. There are 3 different video scenarios, each one tailored to a different section of the emergency services. This project raises awareness of the difficulties that people who are deaf and hard of hearing have in everyday life but also of how vital communication is in an emergency. This project is aimed towards people who work in the emergency services and also the general public.
Inclusive Education
Inclusive Education
Linda Alao, Obasanjo Olajubu, Mark Robinson and Mary Osobe.
BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Media & BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Multimedia
The project raises awareness on the difficulties that mature people face returning to third level education, along with providing information that will help mature people find help and support when dealing with third level entry. Inclusive Education is a website that contains multiple artifacts such as motion graphics, video interviews and research results that reflect the social issues and barriers that are stopping mature people from returning/entering into third level education. The project is aimed at mature people (23 and over) that are thinking of returning to third level education.
Age Awareness
Age Awareness
Dylan Humston, Sean Ryan, Rebecca Walsh, Megan Reilly
BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Media & BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Multimedia
Age Awareness investigates if the elderly (aged 65+) feel excluded from society because of their lack of knowledge or confidence with modern day technologies. With the findings of our research, we created an awareness campaign aimed at young graduates (aged 21+) who are advancing into different creative fields.
Bridge It Sports
Bridge It Sports (BIS)
Mark Chesser, Sean Loughman, Cillian Power, Ben Carolan
BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Media & BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Multimedia
Our group’s aim is to find out why women are dropping out of sports when entering college. As part of our project we carried out research, including interviews with players past and present, and created an informational video based on our findings. Our project is aimed towards 18-23 year olds who are considering going back to sports or who are still playing sports.
Clown Control
Clown Control
Gussy Hughes, Dylan Keenan, Richard McDonald, Marc Cassidy
BA in Media Arts and Technologies
Clown Control is a VR Experience about a clown named JoJo who dreams about leaving the circus and his controlling father, Victor the Ringmaster. The project is run off Playcanvas, an WebVR game engine, it uses the VR headset ‘HTC Vive’ and its controllers to immerse the user in JoJo’s world. This project puts the user in the shoes of JoJo the Clown, as he attempts to overcome his father and the control he has over him through his dream to resign from the circus. Clown Control has been created for everyone to enjoy.
Life Is A Puzzle
Life is a Puzzle
Chelsey Weldon, Cillian O’Brien, Karl Reilly, Mo Chen
BA in Media Arts and Technologies
‘Life is a Puzzle’ is a interactive game. The backstory of the game is that Doris and Pat are madly in love with one another. Doris becomes sick with old age and passes away and as Pat grows more lonely he forgets about Doris. The game challenges you to put Pat’s memories back together again. You must solve the puzzle of items that are displayed interactively and sequentially on screen. For example, a necklace will be visible on screen stating when this item was given to Doris, along with the year, and you must remember the order they are in to solve the puzzle. This game is aimed at all ages.
Truck It
Truck It
Lorraine O’Shaughnessy, Gavin O’Brien, Rian Morrissey, Jamie Mallon and Aoife Short
BA in Media Arts and Technologies
‘Truck It’ is a 2D scroller game taking its inspiration from retro arcade games. A man working for a truck company delivering items to various places is overworked and his good nature is taken advantage of by various people in his life. He falls asleep at the wheel of his truck upon delivering some stock, causing him to crash and go into a coma. For him to wake up he must overcome his demons who are all based on real people in his own life and once he overcomes them and leaves the castle, he awakens. Fail to overcome the demons and the character does not wake and you must replay all of the levels again.
Odyssey
Odyssey
Aaron Taylor, Josh Kidd, Podge Collins
BA in Media Arts and Technologies
Our project is an original interactive 2-dimensional 8-bit game, based off early video games like Super Mario, Kirby and Sonic the Hedgehog. The aim of the game is similar to a lot of the early games console games, i.e., to complete the levels by defeating enemies, solving puzzles and saving the day. The game requires the user to complete the levels in order to save the scientist that has been trapped inside the game by a virus. Completing the levels and solving the puzzles results in releasing the scientist from the game, thereby defeating the virus. The game is suitable for users of all ages and good for testing your memory and problem-solving skills.
The College Comedy Roadshow: Dropout Comedy
The College Comedy Roadshow: Dropout Comedy
John Mc Callig, Cody Farren, Alannah Murray, Darren Finnegan, Emily Flood, Layla Wynne, Ifeanyi Onwuneme, Jack McGee
BA (Hons) in Film and Television Production
The Dropout Comedy stand-up show started in Dundalk in 2015, set up by two media students studying at Dundalk Institute of Technology – James Cadden and Brian O’Toole. It worked on the basis that it was created by students for students, with comedians coming from all over and performing to an audience almost entirely consisting of students from the area.
We have taken this model and redeveloped it into a TV four-part series aimed at a post-watershed broadcast slot, where each week the show would move to a different college/institute across the four provinces. The pilot episode of the College Comedy Roadshow has been filmed here in Dundalk, where it was conceived, and it is envisaged that it would then move onto other colleges such as Queen’s University Belfast, NUI Galway and University College Cork.
In half hour TV episodes, the Comedy College Roadshow would take place in these areas, performed to students from the colleges concerned and hosted by Brian O’Toole and a co-host from the college’s own comedy society, and featuring a selection of comedians from all around Ireland including the local area.
The Jarveys
The Jarveys
Vanessa Briscoe, Sinéad Dullaghan, Jill Kane, Dean Gordon
BA (Hons) in Film and Television Production
This 26-minute documentary for a pre-watershed TV audience was developed as the pilot episode for a 6 x 30-minute documentary series exploring the lives of the men behind Dublin’s oldest transport system; the horse and carriage. These men are the gateway between modern Dublin and the Dublin of the past. With many arguing that busy streets are no place for horses, their way of life has come under threat. Yet despite a lack of financial stability, these men wouldn’t change their jobs for anything. With the insight of the charismatic Jarveys, this documentary series aims to uncover the difficulties of working within a dying trade while exploring the uniqueness of Dublin City and the characters who have established their livelihoods based on tradition while trying to make a living within a modern society.
Riven
Riven
Rachel Barrett, Megan Moroney, Rebecca McDonagh, Jessica Drew, Kyle Mullen, YeeWen Wong, Killian Ginnity, Paul McDonnell
BA (Hons) in Film and Television Production
Riven is a short live action drama set in 1970’s rural Ireland that tells the story of the Daly family, who are torn apart from the death of their father. Kathy, the mother, spirals into a deep depression and turns to alcohol for comfort while her daughter Colleen is struggling with her guilt over her father’s tragic death. Due to these issues their relationship becomes hostile and leaves the family in disarray.
The wHole Story
The wHole Story
John Clarke, James Cadden, Ciaran Dowling, Jayme McLaughlin, Lauren Christie, Terry Faulkner, Wayne Kenny, Joe McWalter
BA (Hons) in Film and Television Production
“‘The wHole Story’ is a TV Comedy pilot for a proposed 6-part post-watershed series that follows the antics of a small independent Irish media company (Home Truth Media) as they travel around Ireland reporting on the unseen side of Irish society. Home Truth Media pride themselves on being Ireland’s answer to Vice, with the intention of providing an unflinching insight into some of the more obscure aspects of Irish life. The crew members of Home Truth Media portray themselves as open minded and liberal freelance journalists who really care about the issues they discuss as well as the participants they interview. But in reality, they are opportunistic media vultures, exploiting these issues as a means of advancing their careers, so that they can make the leap into the realm of mainstream media.
The key crew consists of The Presenter (Nathan), The Producer (Helen), The Cameraman (Conor), Sound Recordist (Katie) and The Editor (Simon). Home Truth Media is merely a stepping stone for each of them, thus the content they create will always be disingenuous and somewhat contrived. The result is a group of narcissistic pseudo-journalists who travel the country capitalising on the misfortune of others in a hope to achieve fame & fortune, so as to give meaning to their otherwise vacuous and hollow existence.
The proposed series consists of six episodes, each of which takes place on location in the environments in which the subjects of the episode inhabit. Along the way the team encounter a whole host of strange characters from all walks of life. As the show progresses we learn more about the characters, finding out that they are more dysfunctional than the subjects they interview. As each episode unfolds, we begin to realise that the team’s aspirations of mainstream success will never be realised as they are not taken seriously by their mainstream peers, furthermore their underhanded journalistic practices begin to catch up with them in the form of past subjects coming back into their lives expressing anger for the way they had being portrayed and threatening litigation against Home Truth Media.
Story!
Story
Donard Mc Cabe, Emma Tully, Aine Whelan, Christopher Andrews, Matthew Malone
BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Media & BA (Hons) in Communications in Creative Multimedia
Story aims to empower young people in Dundalk, to overcome the barriers faced by some, when trying to progress to further education. Through animations, infographics and testimonials, the group offer solutions and alternative perspectives to these barriers.