About Media Acting - Graduate Intensive Program in George Brown College
The Media Foundation program offers students the chance to explore a variety of media career options while developing the skills necessary to succeed in diploma and advanced diploma media programs. It includes courses in game design and development, photography and image manipulation, storytelling, audio production, interactive media and visual storytelling techniques.
The Portfolio class offered in semester two will help students create a portfolio, which can be used to submit for further studies in Graphic Design, Interaction Design, Game - Art and Video Design & Production and other college and university programs requiring a portfolio for admission.
PROGRAM STANDARDS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES
The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:
- Develop creative concepts and ideas through a variety of techniques and in a range of formats.
- Choose appropriate tools, techniques and applications to create media assets and presentations.
- Incorporate researched opinions expressed in mainstream and social media technologies into presentations and reports.
- Utilize current and relevant search strategies and techniques for information fact-finding.
- Apply industry practices to written proposals and print documents, visual storyboards, and interactive presentations.
- Choose visual strategies, historical concepts and precedents in the analysis of past and present trends.
- Create original photographs and videos through a variety of techniques and processes.
- Choose appropriate narrative structures and vocabularies to analyze media and evaluate meaning, coherence, connections and effectiveness.
- Utilize a variety of industry standard audio/video software applications and techniques in the creation of media for a wide range of platforms.
- Use a variety of current industry-standard media tools and techniques to develop self-promotional materials.
Academic qualification equivalents
- Two- or three-year Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field.
English language requirements (one of the below):
- IELTS : 6.0, minimum 5.5 in each skill band
- TOEFL : 80 (online) minimum 20 in each skill band
- PTE : 54, overall minimum 50 in each skill band
George Brown College Highlights
| Type of College |
Public |
| Campus Setting |
Urban |
| Location |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Number of Campuses |
3 + 3 (location/centers) |
| Type of programs |
Certifications, Diploma, Degree, and Continuing Education |
| Number of full-time students |
32,000 + |
| Number of part-time students |
3,000 + |
| %age of International Students |
17% |
| Official Website |
www.georgebrown.ca |
George Brown College The Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses
| Student Type |
Tuition Fee |
| Canadian students |
2780 - 15310 USD(two semesters) |
| International Students |
11,320 - 23,900 USD(two semesters) |
Tuition fees for some of the popular programs offered by George Brown College are mentioned below
| Course Name |
Tuition Fee(USD) |
| B.Com |
6,052 |
| B.Tech |
7,272 |
| BSN |
5,430 |
| Wireless Network(Postgraduate) |
4,365 |
| Construction Management(Postgraduate) |
6,183 |
| Marketing Management(Postgraduate) |
4,176 |
Residence Fees
Although rents may vary depending on quality and location, most rents listed by the Housing Service are within the following ranges:
| Accommodation Type |
Rent |
| Shared Accommodation |
500 - 700 USD per month |
| One - Bedroom Apartment |
900 - 1,200 USD per month |
| Two - Bedroom Apartment |
1,100 - 1,500 USD per month |
| Three - Bedroom Apartment |
1,300 - 1,800 USD per month |
Meal Plans
The college provide three types of meal plan options its students, the details of which are mentioned below:
| Plan Name |
Cost |
| Annual Swipe & Save Plan |
1700 USD |
| Semester Swipe & Save Plan |
850 USD |
| Swipe & Save Reloadable Card |
400 USD |
