Design for the Screen class coming Spring 2023
I am excited to announce that I will be teaching a new course about Motion Design in Spring 2023. The title of the course is Design for the Screen: Theory and […]
2022 Blue Spark Winners Announced!
Congratulations to all of the winners in the 10th Annual Blue Spark Awards competition for excellence in Tennessee High School Media Arts. It was great to see a record number […]
Virtual Production coming to MTSU Fall 2022
MTSU is proud to announce that an XR (Extended Reality) stage for Virtual Production is under construction in the Media Arts Department and will be available for classes in the […]
Magical Media Tour: On-demand tour of MTSU’s Media Arts department facilities
Don’t let social distancing stop you from touring facilities in MTSU’s Media Arts Department. Click on the link below to watch a live Zoom tour of the department’s facilities recorded […]
Motion Design degree program coming to MTSU Fall 2022
If motion graphics, visual effects, and virtual production sound like things you would like to do, check out MTSU’s new Motion Design degree program. Motion Design students will create compelling […]
It was a MAD MAD MAD weekend!
We sometimes call ourselves MAD (Media Arts Department), and the weekend of February 25-27 was filled with our special kind of MADness. Starting Friday afternoon (which is of course when […]
MTSU students and faculty collaborate on superhero web series
Six years ago Media Arts Associate Professor Allie Sultan and MFA student Sarah Michele Bailey started a massive collaboration with over 30 students from programs across MTSU’s College of Media […]
All MTSU students have free access to LinkedIn Learning
All MTSU students have free access to a full personal, premium subscription to LinkedIn Learning. With more than 16,000 expert-led courses and personalized recommendations, you can discover, complete, and track courses related to your […]
MTSU’s Blue Spark Awards 2021 Winners Announced
Since 2013 MTSU’s Blue Spark Awards have celebrated excellence in Tennessee high school media arts. This competition is presented by the Department of Media Arts at Middle Tennessee State University. […]
The Art of Sound: Teaching filmmaking in the age of coronavirus
By: Skip Anderson Lecturer of Media Arts, Rick Hinson waited six weeks before he relocated from Los Angeles to Middle Tennessee to tell his employer he had done so. “We […]
MTSU Media Arts leads in LED technology instruction, real-world practice
By Stephanie Barrette MTSU alumnus Billy Pittard, chair of the Media Arts Department, and Mike Forbes, assistant director of technical systems, use their years of media and entertainment experience to […]
Professor Gordon keeps the cameras rolling – even in a pandemic
MTSU’s Media Arts professor Robert “Bob” Gordon Jr. has always encouraged his multi-camera TV production students to be ready to change course when the unexpected happens, because it always seems […]
Media Arts launches Filmmaking and Live Production concentrations
After fifty years of teaching Video and Film Production in a combined curriculum, the Media Arts Department announces the debut of two new concentrations: one in Filmmaking and the other […]
MTSU TV production classes’ flexibility finds new ways to learn when productions stall
How can you learn a task when the task you’re supposed to observe isn’t being done? Students in MTSU’s multi-camera TV production courses this spring were as baffled as anyone […]
23 Summer 2020 classes in Media Arts – all online
This summer Media Arts is offering a record number of online or remote classes. These are some of our highest demand classes that can be hard to get into during […]
Media Arts leaps forward with curriculum changes for 2020-21
Students in Media Arts programs will benefit from a range of advancements in curriculum for 2020-21 and beyond. These changes are collectively called Media Arts 2020, a vision for student […]