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 History of Motion Design. To register for the class, look for EMC 4800 – Seminar in Media Issues. Many students know me for teaching Student Success courses, but Motion Design
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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 and moving visual imagery that can entertain, educate, inform, influence, or inspire. You see this kind of work anywhere that production design really matters. The major sits at the center
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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 field and interests. You can also choose to add these courses and related skills to your LinkedIn profile once you’ve completed them. Students can access courses on-demand on both desktop & mobile. That’s 24/7
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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 had been wanting to get out of L.A.,” says the four-time Emmy-winning sound designer. “At some point, I realized I was already working from home, so it shouldn’t really matter
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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 equip students with relevant and in-demand industry skills. The Media Technology course taught by Forbes trains students on LED video display technology, a developing and booming area of the industry,
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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 to in TV. He didn’t quite expect “changing course” to become so literal. Gordon and his students, who produce live and scripted shows in several multi-camera courses, watched the pandemic
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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 in Live Production. And for students who like the blend, the classic Video and Film Production program remains available. The new concentrations are ready for enrollment now! It’s no secret
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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 else when they saw their scheduled live video projects with Nashville Fashion Week, the Nashville Symphony, the six TSSAA high school basketball tournaments, a university year-end rock concert, the Raider’s
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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 the fall and spring semesters, so this is a great opportunity to catch up or get ahead on your graduation requirements. Some sections are traditional online classes without a meeting
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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 success. Students enrolling under MTSU’s 2020-21 Catalog will be under these advancements. Students on older catalogs may enroll in the new classes as electives, or talk with their advisors if
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MTSU’s Department of Media Arts is one of the few university programs in the world to teach design and technology for large-scale video installations. MTSU’s proximity to the concert touring industry based in Nashville has given the school a unique geographic advantage to develop relationships with the industry and its employers. As a result, MTSU has become a leader in
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We are excited to announce that the Tennessee Higher Education Commission has approved the proposal to elevate MTSU’s New Media Communication concentration to a freestanding Bachelor of Science degree with the new name, Interactive Media. The new name and the new degree go into effect with the Fall 2017 semester and the 2017-18 catalog. Students who are currently majoring in
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For the third summer in a row, students from MTSU’s College of Media and Entertainment came together for a hot June hands-on educational experience at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in nearby Manchester, Tennessee. Over the four days of the festival, these students could say “Bonnaroo is my classroom!” Video and Film Production students teamed with Recording Industry students
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MTSU has partnered with VER to give students the opportunity to work with professional grade video entertainment equipment. VER is known for the largest inventory of rental professional grade audio, video, and recording equipment in the world. Three years ago MTSU was approached by VER who had the idea to lend the school an LED video wall in order to train students to use the technology that is
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The EMC Deptartment is offering a new 4940 Advanced Production Seminar course this May in Puerto Rico! Students will travel May 9-21 to experience a unique educational opportunity, exploring the culture, cuisine and commerce of the island, while creating a new kind of travel TV show. Different abilities, skills and backgrounds are welcome. The class will work together to film
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Thanks to a change of accreditation, EMC majors are no longer limited to a maximum of 48 credit hours within the College of Media and Entertainment. EMC majors are no longer required to have at least 72 credit hours outside the College of Media and Entertainment. This applies to all EMC majors regardless of which catalog you are using. See
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