How Art Made the World - Once Upon a Time

Lights Out - Who's There Film Challenge (2013)

Lights Out, a short horror film created by David Sandberg in the 2013 Who's There Film Challenge

Sandberg explains the final scene on Vimeo. Visit David's website for more information about this project and others. His website is a pretty good example of how your blogs can and should be used in the future.

MDIA 1020 ICON Music Video Contest

CONGRATULATIONS

Michael France & Nick Corrigan!

Bill Clinton

Mission Maker & Super Hero Creator

If you are still having trouble finding the FREE download for Mission Maker, click here.

For anyone completing "Everyone Needs a Sidekick" for 25 points, here are 2 sites that may be helpful:

Hero Machine

New Grounds 

Also try to using Google as a resource to find other helpful tools for this assignment. 

CONGRATULATIONS COLIN TRUBEE & QUENTIN SHOEMAKER!

Local Coffee in Athens is the winner of the first MDIA 1020 Documentary Competition.

Stay tuned for the Music Video Competition in February... 

- Plan Learn Create -

CALENDAR

Section 1: Tues. January 14 – Sun. February 2
Section 2: Mon. February 3 – Sun. March 2    
   Section 3: Mon. March 10 – Sun. March 30       
Section 4: Mon. March 31 – Sun. April 27      
You can only earn points for the section during or prior to the assigned times. 
Points will not be awarded for assignments completed after the section deadline.

LIVE LECTURE  

Adobe Connect
Hosted by Dr. Eric Williams
Thursdays 4:35 PM (Approx. 1-Hour)
Lectures will be recorded for later viewing
Topic #1 Sound and Story

DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

Submissions Due: January 26 at 6PM

Hoping to see more links posted on Blackboard for this!
Take advantage of a great opportunity to share your screen writing and video production skills. 
After uploading the video to your blog, send a copy of the link to me for review.

This in-class assignment is also a great way to prepare for the upcoming 48-Hour Shootout. 
Click HERE to read more about the competition in 2013. 

- Welcome to MDIA 1020 -

Hello Everyone! 

Welcome to the first day of Media and the Creative Process. I am a graduate of the School of Media Arts & Studies and had the privilege of teaching a lab for this class as a graduate student. I consider Dayton, Ohio home, but have lived in Cleveland for the past few years and frequently travel to the east coast to visit family. 

Fun Fact: I was a DJ/On-Air Announcer for WOUB during my graduate assistantship and had the time of my life doing it - even the days that I was clearly sleep deprived with mountains of papers to type and exams to take. 

                    Guidance & Freedom                 

Please read the syllabus carefully and set deadlines to ensure quizzes and exams are completed on time. But also remember to have fun, be creative, and by all means share your creativity with those outside of our virtual classroom on Blackboard.  

                                                       Twitter users - #MDIACreates 

As explained in the syllabus, "It is important for media makers to be able to communicate with each other." 

Let's not limit the conversation about class or ongoing projects to a discussion board. To ensure the best experience possible, I encourage you to utilize every available space to learn, discuss, critique, and share. 

Your Blogger accounts, Blackboard, Twitter, and even Facebook will be great resources to explore different ways of both sharing a creating media that best represents you. 

The completion of this class is one of many very important steps for anyone planning to declare Media Arts and Studies as their major. Therefore, please let me know if there is anything else I can do to help you be successful in doing so.  

Always feel free to email me with any questions over the next few months. Unless I am on the road - again - you can always expect a response within 24 hours or less. If your question or concern is urgent, I am also available via phone during the specified times you will see in my weekly emails. 

Looking forward to a great semester!