Digital Media
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VMCAD Animation Camp
Sign up now! The animation camp consists of 4 sessions, each only $25. The instructor, Dave Fleischer, has created puppeteering software for Nickelodeon, been lead animator on theme park rides for Disney, and has taught animation at The Cleveland Institute of Art. He now teaches at VMCAD and happily spends the rest of his time developing animation for TV. Click the image to the left to see the flier or you can click here to download the PDF.
DM Student Phil Hoyt at Fathom Interactive
Fourth quarter DM Student, Phil Hoyt, is now working at Fathom Interactive as a web designer.
Students Edit NIKE Spots
Mr. Kerecman’s Editing II students finished editing pitch spots for NIKE in collaboration with Red40 Productions
Red40 directed the spots while DM students and grads did the production work of running cameras, location scouting, and casting, etc.
Pre-Production Workshop at VMCAD
On March 18 and 19, students and grads will work with film professionals in a Pre-Production workshop.
Instructed by Deb Girard (Sister Act, Mrs. Doubtfire) and Debbie Stratis (Titanic), students get experience on how to take a script and break it down so that tasks are delegated to the various departments. A studio tour at Gemini Productions will also be a part of this workshop. Students will break down an actual feature film script (American Splendor, 2003) and assign duties to the various film departments, including location, art camera and costume.
DM student Ryan Atkins gets job at City Mission
Ryan will help the City Mission for their upcoming anniversary.
He will help produce, manage and distribute videos for City Mission’s upcoming 100th anniversary gala, "Celebration of Hope".
Push Against Poverty Website Project
Final project for Web Design class joins the fight against poverty.
Mr. Pelaia’s web site design class took on a client this quarter for their final web design project. Push Against Poverty is a grassroots youth coalition to bring young
people together to collaborate with community leaders, nonprofits, and public officials to fight poverty.
Open Doors Documentary, March 20th
Graduate Angela Bowen produced a video documentary for Open Doors Academy.
The academy’s annual fundraising event on March 20th will premiere Angela’s documentary on the Open Doors Academy. DM students Ryan Atkins and David Wester assisted with videography. Chris Davey, Rebecca Richmond, and Ray Diluzio edited the piece.
Cleveland Indians Spots
Digital Media's Editing I class took on a project presented by the Cleveland Indians.
This quarter, the students were tasked with editing 10 thirty-second spots, which will be featured during home games at Progressive Field, highlighting Tribe fans' favorite ball park memories. Students got to edit footage from the actual games that fans described and enjoyed looking at archival Indians’ footage.
Lecture & Internship Opportunity for GD and DM students on February 11, 9:00am – 11:00am in the VMCAD Auditorium
Author and entrepreneur, Gary Schoeniger, will share his story and present VMCAD students with an opportunity to participate in creating print and multimedia promotions that will be included in their global outreach program. Mr. Schoeniger is the Founder and CEO of The Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative (ELI), an organization dedicated to providing interactive, multimedia online entrepreneurship education programs for individuals and organizations worldwide. ELI’s online learning programs are currently being distributed throughout Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia with students enrolled in 23 countries throughout the world.
Digital Media Students Intern at Cleveland Museum of Art!
Congratulations to DM students Chris Davey, David Wester and Phil Hoyt who are interning at the Cleveland Museum of Art with its Distance Learning Program. They have been helping with Audio/Visual responsibilities and in the coming weeks will be editing footage of a mummy reconstruction!
The CMA's Distance Learning Program helps students K-12 connect with other students from all over the country to learn about history, languages, science, math and the visual arts through videoconferencing. Congrats to Chris, David and Phil!
Student Art Show
Attention students! This year’s student art show is fast approaching!
The show will take place on Friday, May 14th, 2010 from 6:30-8:30 at VMCAD. All students are welcome to submit work that showcases their technical and creative skills. Guest judges from the community will be in to review all the student work.
First place finishers will receive $200, Second and Third place finishers will receive $100 and $50 respectively, and the Best in Show winner will receive $500!
Students can submit work in the following categories:
- Fashion Design/Fashion Illustration
- Fashion Merchandising/Visual Display
- Graphic Design
- Interior Design
- Drawing/Graphic Illustration
- Digital Media and Photography
Guidelines for submissions are available at the front desk. Deadline for all student work is May 2, 2010.
Student Spotlight: Brad Burke
Landing an internship at an impressive marketing firm is no easy feat, but DM student Brad Burke did just that. This fall Brad interned at Fathom SEO, a search engine marketing company in Independence, Ohio. Fathom boosts search engine performance for websites, making them easier to find and stand out among the competition. As the web and video intern at Fathom, Brad has worked on the home page of corporatescreening.com and has done a redesign for a golf website.
Brad says he owes the internship and his experience to VMCAD and to DM Department Head Geof Pelaia. “I was unsure of what I wanted to do for a living for a very long time until I found a home here at VMCAD. If you have a dream for doing something don’t give into hardships. The teachers and faculty here care about your dreams, and bring you one step closer to making them a reality.”
