Digital Media Portfolio

by | Nov 30, 2024 | Born Digital

Overview

Louisiana’s first portfolio-based statewide advanced credential asks students show fundamental competence and range of understanding in visual communication and demonstrate a professional understanding of digital media design and visual storytelling through any 2-D dimensional digital media medium or process, including, but not limited to, graphic design, photography, motion graphics, film animation, illustration, web or app design including Ul/UX, product design, or fashion. Work samples may be executed in any digital medium or process

Special note: While sound design is certainly a key part of many of the mediums listed above, works will be evaluated on the strength of their visual components. Sound design will certainly be considered when reviewing the overall work, but it cannot be the primary focus of a submission or work.

Submission Requirements:

NOVAC’s Digital Media Portfolio is consists of 2 parts and 4 sections intended to address visual storytelling issues through digital media.

Part 1: Technical Skill

Section 1: Basic Industry-Based Certification

Content creation and executing creative digital media projects often requires the use of several different softwares. To demonstrate a basic level of technical skill, students must submit a relevant industry-based credential (basic or advanced). Louisiana Industry-Based Certification (IBC) State Focus List here.

Part 2: Work Samples

Section 2: Select Works
  • 5 unique works (images and/or links) with comments

Works submitted here may (but do not have to) be duplicated in either Section 3 or Section 4.

Section 3: Design Thinking & Creative Problem Solving
  • Written Commentary (1000 words or less)
  • 12 unique submissions (images and/or links) with comments

Submissions to this section should demonstrate the sustained investigation of a single idea and/or problem and may include detailed views, process and/or research documentation, sequential storyboards, film stills, prototypes, data sets, and/or consumer profiles.

Section 4: Range of Approaches
  • 12 unique works (images and/or links) with comments

Submissions to this section should reflect the individual’s breadth of work and demonstrate the ability to create work in a variety of styles. 

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Questions? Email mediaprograms@novacvideo.org