Media, Journalism and Film - Undergraduate Study 2020/21

Undergraduate study

Media, Journalism and Film 2020/21

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Your choice of university will shape your future; and it is the future that our degree programmes in the Department of Media, Journalism and Film at the University of Huddersfield focus on: our courses are designed to help you find and create career opportunities in a rapidly changing digital media environment.

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From studying video and audio streaming services to social media, from learning digital research tools to producing content across different platforms, our courses allow you to build skills as Thinker, Maker and Creator of media content of the future.

We are a TEF gold-rated institution delivering consistently outstanding teaching and learning of the highest quality found in the UK.*

All our students gain first hand work experience through industry placements.

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You are taught by internationally leading experts in digital media, journalism and film.

Purpose-built facilities including HD TV studio, industry-standard news centre, latest professional software, state-of-the-art video cameras, video editing suites, digital radio suites, plus a range of industry-standard kit.

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What’s inside Our courses 04 Creative Media Production BA(Hons) 05 Media Studies BA(Hons) 06 Media, Promotional Culture and Advertising BA(Hons) 07 Media and Popular Culture BA(Hons) 08 Broadcast Journalism BA(Hons) 09 Journalism BA(Hons) 10 Music Journalism BA(Hons) 11 Sports Journalism BA(Hons) 12 Film Studies BA(Hons) 13 Film Studies and Drama BA(Hons) 14 Film Studies and English Literature BA(Hons) 15 Film Studies and History BA(Hons) 19 Apply to us

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Creative Media Production ­BA(Hons)

Course length: 3yrs full-time 4yrs inc. placement yr Entry requirements: BBC/DMM/112

Creative Media Production BA(Hons) Your course Creativity, vision and technical expertise sit at the heart of the media industries, and this programme will help you fulfil your artistic ambitions and imagination. With the support of industry professionals and world-leading professors, you will learn about various aspects of creative media, from pitching your ideas through to post-production.

You will work across a wide range of media formats and platforms, with an emphasis on contemporary digital production and distribution, developing the technical skills needed to match your creativity. The course utilises a mix of assessments to suit a variety of learning styles, including a strong emphasis on practice and creative portfolios.

In addition to providing you with the creative and technical skills needed to create and make your own media content, you will also think about the context of media production across the entertainment industries, including a focus on technologies and audiences. We will also help you progress your entrepreneurial skills, examining new digital platforms to help you network, pitch and fund your projects.

Example modules • Video and Audio Production • Media Technology • Making Film and Television • Screenwriting

Your future Media, creative and cultural sectors are one of the biggest and fastest growing in the UK. This degree will provide you with a combination of creative, technical and analytical skills for a variety of careers and roles in a rapidly developing digital economy.

For detailed module, course and employability information, including full entry requirements, please visit courses.hud.ac.uk

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Media Studies

Media Studies ­BA(Hons)

Course length: 3yrs full-time 4yrs inc. placement yr Entry requirements: BBC/DMM/112

BA(Hons) Your course This course reflects the rapid developments in the media, creative and cultural sectors, placing digital, social and participatory cultures at its heart. Taught by professional and academic staff who are at the cutting edge of their fields, it is concerned with what the media looks like today, but also its potential and futures.

At the core of our course is a simple philosophy: working in the media requires us to be thinkers, makers and creators. Our course offers a mix of creative, technical and analytical modules, with a wide range of optionality allowing you to tailor the course to match your passions and ambitions. In so doing, we offer a range of assessments to suit a variety of learning styles and skills. There are opportunities to examine a range of contemporary phenomena, from YouTube fans to gaming cultures, thinking about their social, economic and political contexts. You will also make and create your own news broadcasts, podcasts and radio shows, magazine and newspaper reports, in our industry standard facilities.

Example modules • Media Work • Making Film and Television • Digital Media, Data and Analysis • Writing Techniques Across Media

Your future Media Studies graduates are among the most employable graduates today. You will not just learn about industry practices in operation today, but rather be given the foundation and skills for successful careers for decades to come. The course will equip you with a variety of skills suited to your own ambitions, ranging from audience analytics to editing.

You will also be encouraged to test these skills via work experience and work placements, including optional placement years and third year placement options.

For detailed module, course and employability information, including full entry requirements, please visit courses.hud.ac.uk

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Media, Promotional Culture and Advertising ­BA(Hons)

Course length: 3yrs full-time 4yrs inc. placement yr Entry requirements: BBC/DMM/112

Media, Promotional Culture and Advertising BA(Hons) Your course Media, promotional culture and advertising shape our world in seen and unseen ways.

The course blends industry expertise from public relations practitioners with worldleading academics forging new ways of understanding media branding, merchandise and advertising cultures.

To become effective operators in the world of branding, advertising and promotion our programmes seeks to build your skills as thinkers, makers and creators. You will learn how to write promotional copy, have the chance to create your own brand proposals and multi-platform advertising campaigns, while learning the political, economic, social and cultural contexts of those forms. As a new programme, our course has a strong focus on digital cultures. You will learn about researching and engaging communities of consumers, participants and fans on established and emerging social networks and digital platforms. You will be encouraged to build a strong portfolio while applying your new skills in work experience and work placements, including optional placement years and third year placement options.

Example modules • Promotional Culture and PR • Branding and Advertising • Media Users • Digital Media, Data and Analysis

Your future Our future focused curriculum has digital culture and convergence media at their heart, meaning that our graduates are given the foundation and skills to draw on in successful careers for decades to come. Blending technical, creative and analytical skills, you will build a portfolio of work suited to your passions and ambitions. Our graduates have gone onto work at a range of national and international media organisations, advertising and PR companies.

For detailed module, course and employability information, including full entry requirements, please visit courses.hud.ac.uk

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Media and Popular Culture

Media and Popular Culture ­BA(Hons)

Course length: 3yrs full-time 4yrs inc. placement yr Entry requirements: BBC/DMM/112

BA(Hons) Your course Media and Popular Culture will allow you to develop your critical understanding of texts, franchises and brands that you already love while expanding your horizons to a world of new favourites. At the core of our course is a simple philosophy: understanding the media requires us to be thinkers, makers and creators. You’ll be given the tools you need to analyse media and pop culture examples and think critically about the culture industries that produce them.

You will also have the chance to develop your own films, podcasts and radio shows, websites and other media texts, both in the classroom and on industry placement.

One of our course’s specialisms is the relationship between media, popular cultures and fandom. You will develop tools, techniques and methods for understanding users and audiences, a desirable skillset for the creative and cultural industries. You will have the opportunity to attend field trips and excursions, from comic-cons, exhibitions and international visits to China or the United States.

Example modules • Participatory Media and Fans • Stars and Celebrity • Video Games and Culture • Sport, Media and Culture

Your future Sweeping changes to the media have meant the creation of a broad range of jobs, ranging from entrepreneurial convention organisation, new media researchers or community managers. This degree is committed to giving you the creative, technical and analytical skills needed to thrive in this environment, as a thinker, maker and creator. Our degree has been designed with your short- and long-term goals in mind, equipping you with habits and approaches you will need to adapt to the exciting opportunities ahead.

For detailed module, course and employability information, including full entry requirements, please visit courses.hud.ac.uk

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Broadcast Journalism ­BA(Hons)

Broadcast Journalism

Course length: 3yrs full-time 4yrs inc. placement yr Entry requirements: BBC/DMM/112

BA(Hons) Your course This course covers everything from the hands-on, technical and creative skills in video and audio production to a detailed understanding of the broadcast industry and how to distribute content across different digital platforms. You will work with a wide range of industry-standard equipment and facilities and will be introduced to cutting-edge digital tools, resources and methods to conduct your own research and lead investigations.

Our course covers the skills needed to succeed across TV, radio, web and social media journalism, from writing scripts to directing video features, presenting your own radio shows and making podcasts. We will develop your understanding of the opportunities and challenges of broadcast journalism in a digital age so you can embrace the employment and entrepreneurship opportunities in a quickly changing digital media environment.

Your programme includes full digital journalism training days during which you produce news content to real-world deadlines in a modern newsroom. Beyond the classroom, all our students gain first-hand industry experience during professional work placements.

Example modules • Television Journalism • Digital Radio and Audio Production • Journalism Innovation • Multiplatform Newsroom

Your future Our recent graduates have embarked on careers with a range of broadcasters including BBC, BBC Sport, ITV Yorkshire, Daily Mirror, Team FA, Radio Yorkshire and Northern Media*. Others are working in social media or different segments of the creative industries including publishing, advertising and PR. With its mix of analytical, creative and technical skills, our degrees also equip you for careers across other industry sectors including commerce and the public sector. *

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For detailed module, course and employability information, including full entry requirements, please visit courses.hud.ac.uk

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Journalism

Journalism ­BA(Hons)

Course length: 3yrs full-time 4yrs inc. placement yr Entry requirements: BBC/DMM/112

BA(Hons) Your course Our Journalism degree focuses on the skills and knowledge to succeed in the exciting future of digital media. You will train and gain rich experience in different aspects of reporting: from researching stories and carrying out interviews to writing articles and producing social media content. You will learn how to turn the platforms you use every day ‑ from Facebook and Twitter to YouTube and Snapchat ‑ into a key part of your professional career.

You will also have opportunities to build expertise in Public Relations and promotional culture. We focus on learning digital research methods as the key tool for journalists in decades to come. You will apply everything you learn across your course in hands-on work experience through work placements with, for instance, newspapers, magazines, social media agencies or PR firms, all the while gaining experience and contacts to set you up for your career. But don’t just take our word for it: 95% of past students are satisfied with the course, and 100% say that our staff are good at explaining things.*

Example modules • Reporting and Writing • Magazine Design and Production • Investigative Journalism • Promotional Culture and PR

Your future Our Journalism graduates are now working for national media companies such as Metro and the Press Association, as well as a wide range of local and regional newspapers and magazines.** Others have moved into public relations and social media with agencies.

With its mix of analytical, creative and technical skills, our degrees also equip you for careers and entrepreneurship across other industry sectors. *

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For detailed module, course and employability information, including full entry requirements, please visit courses.hud.ac.uk

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Music Journalism ­BA(Hons)

Course length: 3yrs full-time 4yrs inc. placement yr Entry requirements: BBC/DMM/112

Music Journalism BA(Hons) Your course The music industry is undergoing rapid change and this course provides the skills you need to succeed in this digital environment: from writing reviews to making compelling videos, radio shows and podcasts as well as learning how to produce and disseminate content across social media platforms. Our lecturers and guest speakers include writers and broadcasters currently working in the national media.

Our academic staff produce world-leading research into music and fan cultures, and they will help you understand the passions that drive the music industry, and why Music, and thinking and writing about music, is so central to our cultures and our lives.

In the age of Spotify, file sharing, ever larger music festivals and YouTube-based music careers, our programme has also strong emphasis on understanding the changing business models of the music industry and of music journalism, teaching digital skills you need to carry out research of your own.

Example modules • Popular Music Studies • Participatory Media and Fans • Digital Radio and Audio Production • Video Shorts: Music, Advertising and Short Film

Your future Our Music Journalism degree has been the pathway to careers at radio stations, magazines and at marketing and social media agencies. Other graduates have used their skills to begin careers in music promotion, podcasting and events management.

With its mix of analytical, creative and technical skills, our degrees also equip you for careers and entrepreneurship across other industry sectors.

For detailed module, course and employability information, including full entry requirements, please visit courses.hud.ac.uk

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Sports Journalism

Sports Journalism ­BA(Hons)

Course length: 3yrs full-time 4yrs inc. placement yr Entry requirements: BBC/DMM/112

BA(Hons) Your course If you are passionate about sports and serious about pursuing a career reporting on them, this is the course for you. We will help you develop a range of creative and technical skills across different print, broadcast digital platforms alongside building the critical abilities you need for employment and entrepreneurship in the sports and media industries.

You will be taught by well-known sports journalists and internationally leading academics in the study of media sport. You will cover real sports events, interview athletes, profile sports stars and undertake your own journalistic investigations alongside developing your skills in digital production, multimedia and social networking. You also have the exciting opportunity to explore different regions and sporting cultures of the UK and internationally, creating a truly global educational experience. You will apply the wide range of skills on our programme in real world work placements, allowing you to tailor your degree to your career aspirations.

Example modules • Sports Broadcasting, Commentary and Writing • Sport, Media, and Culture • Sports Newsroom • Media Technologies

Your future A selection of companies that have employed Huddersfield graduates include BBC Sport, ITV, BT Sport and talkSPORT, leading football and rugby league clubs. Graduates have also gone on to work at a range of sports magazines, on the football desk of the Daily Mirror and in exciting roles in the media offices of governing bodies including the Professional Darts Corporation, British Cycling and the PSA World Squash Tour.* *

Source: LinkedIn

For detailed module, course and employability information, including full entry requirements, please visit courses.hud.ac.uk

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Film Studies ­BA(Hons)

Course length: 3yrs full-time 4yrs inc. placement yr Entry requirements: BBC/DMM/112

Film Studies BA(Hons) Your course As an art form, film has the power to entertain, upset, inspire, shock, and educate.

As an industry, it employs millions of people around the world, generating billions of dollars for producers, distributors, exhibitors and corporate partners. And for audiences, movies are vital components of our everyday lives. Join us at Huddersfield where you will learn from internationally renowned professors and practitioners, and get to work in industry-standard production facilities.

Encompassing all aspects of contemporary film, from cinemas to smartphones, and from studios to fans, ultimately our goal is to turn you into a thinker, maker and creator combined. This future-facing programme places a particular emphasis on film as it is emerging today – a truly global form of art and business, in which filmmakers must constantly adapt to rapid technological and cultural change, and where Hollywood increasingly finds itself overlapping (and competing) with Silicon Valley.

Example modules • Planet/Hollywood: Contemporary Global Cinema • Making Film and Television • Fantasy, Horror and Cult Film • Media Texts

Your future Our BA Film Studies has a high level of optionality, allowing you to tailor your love of film to suit your specific career ambitions. Whether you fancy yourself as a budding filmmaker, marketer, festival programmer, critic, or something else entirely, you will graduate with a set of entrepreneurial skills that will open doors to a huge range of careers in the creative sector and beyond.

For detailed module, course and employability information, including full entry requirements, please visit courses.hud.ac.uk

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Film Studies and Drama BA(Hons) Your course

Film Studies and Drama ­BA(Hons)

Course length: 3yrs full-time 4yrs inc. placement yr Entry requirements: BBC inc. B in Drama, Theatre Studies or Performing Arts/ DMM/112 inc. B at A Level in Drama, Theatre Studies or Performing Arts

Do you enjoy the theatre as much as the cinema? Do you like the idea of performing or producing as much as being in audiences yourself? Do you want to learn how cinematic and theatrical content is made, sold and interpreted? If so, you’ll find the best combination of your interests in our joint honours programme in Film Studies and Drama. This course equips you with the creative, technical and analytical skills you will need to succeed in these two exciting and rapidly changing industries.

We’ll teach you how to make sense of a hugely varied range of artistic and entertainment forms, from the popular to the avant-garde, the classical to the contemporary, and with a particular emphasis on innovative and emerging forms of cinematic and dramatic production and consumption. By the time you graduate, you will have built a strong portfolio of essential skills for developing intelligent, engaging and entertaining work of your own.

Example modules • Text into Performance • Video and Audio Production • Critical Context: Perspectives on Contemporary Drama, Theatre and Performance • Fantasy, Horror and Cult Films

Your future Our future-facing curriculum places a particular emphasis on contemporary developments in film and drama, including new forms of employment, emerging business models, and the ever-narrowing gap between producers and consumers.

We don’t simply mimic industry practice as it exists today. Instead, we prepare you for a dynamic, constantly shifting job market, laying the foundations for your long-term future. Our Drama graduates have gone on to work in the performing arts, award-winning films, television, touring theatre, teaching and even run their own performance company.

For detailed module, course and employability information, including full entry requirements, please visit courses.hud.ac.uk

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Film Studies and English Literature ­BA(Hons)

Course length: 3yrs full-time 4yrs inc. placement yr Entry requirements: BBC inc. B in English Literature/DMM/112 inc. B at A Level in English Literature

Film Studies and English Literature BA(Hons) Your course Our Film Studies and English Literature degree offers you the opportunity to study an exciting mix of different disciplines, as well as introducing you to some of the most significant works of film and literature ever made. More than that, however, you will learn how to research, analyse, debate and create.

You will encounter a rich and varied range of artistic forms, from popular blockbusters and bestsellers through to challenging avant-garde works and shorter texts in newer, digital formats. Adaptation, participatory media, fandom and global cinema are all part of the curriculum, and you will be given plenty of opportunities to try your hand at different kinds of filmmaking. We place particular emphasis on work experience, enabling you to choose between an optional placement year and third-year placement options, so that you graduate with a valuable arsenal of creative, analytical and technical skills that will set you up for the next step in your career.

Example modules • Writing for the Media and Storytelling • Screen Writing • Literary Genres • Literature and Making

Your future Our internationally renowned lecturers will sharpen your thinking and fine-tune your communication skills across a variety of media, teaching you to produce written and audiovisual content of your own, and setting you up for a whole range of exciting careers in the creative industries and beyond.

For detailed module, course and employability information, including full entry requirements, please visit courses.hud.ac.uk

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Film Studies and History

Film Studies and History ­BA(Hons)

Course length: 3yrs full-time 4yrs inc. placement yr Entry requirements: BBC inc. B in History/ DMM/112 inc. B at A Level in History

BA(Hons) Your course Whether the emphasis is on silent, classical or more contemporary cinema, studying film always involves trying to make sense of continuity and change – complex processes that take place at the level of society, art, culture, technology and economics. The same is true of history, which teaches us about the connections, people, institutions and events that led to the society we now live in.

Our combined Film Studies and History degree gives you the opportunity to study two different but highly complementary subjects. We will encourage you to think critically about the ways in which our past and present have been narrated, represented and (re) constructed over the centuries. On our course you will also try your hand at researching and producing these stories yourself. You will apply your understanding of how our past shapes the present, of the role of film in creating the past, and the way our past shapes film today.

Example modules • Video and Audio Production • Digital Victorians • Methods in Media, Communication and Journalism Research • History and Myth: Writing and Re-Writing the Middle Ages

Your future Not only do you get to study two subjects you love instead of one, but you will receive a thorough grounding in research methods, and digital research methods in particular.

We also emphasise the importance of transferable skills, such as communication, analysis, argumentation, and problem solving – all vital skills that employers in a wide range of industries are looking for. A selection of organisations that have employed Huddersfield graduates in recent years include the Civil Service, The Royal Armouries Museum, House of Commons, British Red Cross and the British Library.* *

Source: LinkedIn

For detailed module, course and employability information, including full entry requirements, please visit courses.hud.ac.uk

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Inspiring Global Professionals Media form our knowledge of the world. Our Students in the Department of Media, Journalism and Film not only learn how media shape cities and global connections, they also have opportunities to explore these links first hand: we offer a range of excursion and field trips, which recently have included visits to London, Shanghai or Beijing and various events such as studio visits, screenings, museums, career fairs and international partner universities.

Inspiring Future Professionals Issy McGlashen, Journalism BA(Hons) “It was clear from the beginning that my time at the University of Huddersfield would be about so much more than getting good grades, they were embedding confidence, determination, work ethic and skills into every student. So after my three years, I could hold my own in a room full of industry professionals and be set up for success.�

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7.3% of our undergraduate students go on to work and/or further study within six months of graduating 9 (HESA Table E1 – Employment of Leavers, UK domiciled, Full Time, First Degree, 2016/17).

The legal bit This brochure was prepared in the Spring of 2019 for courses starting in September 2020 and is up to date as at the date of publication. Any subsequent changes to information will be published in the course information listings on our website www.courses.hud.ac.uk and you should check our website for the latest information before you apply.

Changes to a course you have applied for If we propose to make a major change to a course that you are holding an offer for, then we will tell you as soon as possible so that you can decide whether to withdraw your application prior to enrolment.

Where your course allows you to choose modules from a range of options, we will review these each year and change them to reflect the expertise of our staff, current trends in research and as a result of student feedback or demand for certain modules. We will always ensure that you have a range of options to choose from and we will let you know in good time the options available for you to choose for the following year.

Major changes would usually be made with effect from the next academic year, but this may not always be the case. We will notify you as soon as possible should we need to make a major change and will carry out suitable consultation with affected students. If you reasonably believe that the proposed change will cause you detriment or hardship we will, if appropriate, work with you to try to reduce the adverse effect on you or find an appropriate solution. Where an appropriate solution cannot be found and you contact us in writing before the change takes effect you can cancel your registration and withdraw from the University without liability to the University for future tuition fees. We will provide reasonable support to assist you with transferring to another university if you wish to do so.

Major changes

Termination of course

We will only make major changes to the core curriculum of a course or to our services if it is necessary for us to do so and provided such changes are reasonable. A major change in this context is a change that materially changes the services available to you; or the outcomes, or a significant part, of your course, such as the nature of the award or a substantial change to module content, teaching days (part time provision), classes, type of delivery or assessment of the core curriculum.

In exceptional circumstances, we may, for reasons outside of our control, be forced to discontinue or suspend your course. Where this is the case, a formal exit strategy will be followed and we will notify you as soon as possible about what your options are, which may include transferring to a suitable replacement course for which you are qualified, being provided with individual teaching to complete the award for which you were registered, or claiming an interim award and exiting the University.

If you do not wish to take up any of the options that are made available to you, then you can cancel your registration and withdraw from the course without liability to the University for future tuition fees and you will be entitled to a refund of all course fees paid to date.

We will provide reasonable support to assist you with transferring to another university if you wish to do so.

Changes to your course after you enrol as a student We will always try to deliver your course and other services as described. However, sometimes we may have to make changes as set out below: Changes to option modules

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For example, it may be necessary to make a major change to reflect changes in the law or the requirements of the University’s regulators; to meet the latest requirements of a commissioning or accrediting body; to improve the quality of educational provision; in response to student, examiners’ or other course evaluators’ feedback; and/or to reflect academic or professional changes within subject areas. Major changes may also be necessary because of circumstances outside our reasonable control, such as a key member of staff leaving the University or being unable to teach, where they have a particular specialism that can’t be adequately covered by other members of staff; or due to damage or interruption to buildings, facilities or equipment.

We hope you’ve found all the information you need to inspire you to become a student here at Huddersfield. Now all you need to do is apply.

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If this is your first (undergraduate) degree and you want to study a full-time course, then you’ll apply via UCAS at ucas.com

If you want to start your course in September 2020, you can apply to UCAS any time from 1 September 2019 onwards. Please make sure UCAS receives your application by 15 January 2020.

If you’re at a college or school right now, it’s probably already registered with UCAS. The best thing to do is ask your teacher or careers adviser to help with your application. Once you’ve applied we’ll keep in touch with you throughout the application process, so you’re up to speed with what’s going on.

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