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Editing Music for Entertainment Media

Strong editing skills are the best entry into sound and music work in entertainment media. Learn to edit music for long and short form media with music stems, synchronize music to picture, master cross-fades and tempo mapping, and learn how to interpret the feeling of a scene and enhance its… Read More

Dice, Rulesets, and Theory

Effective game design is about creativity, communication, and determining fun through the creation and balance of systematic rules. In this class, you will learn fundamental, practical principles of game design through the creation of tabletop games and role-playing.

Securing Rights and Agreements for Film

Learn the business side of show business. You’ll write option/purchase, submission, producer, employment, non-disclosure, and negotiating agreements. Plus, you’ll explore right-to-work laws, insurance requirements, financing, intellectual property protection, negotiating fees, profit participation, compensation, and more. (This course is cross-listed with MPT 367.)

Texture and Light

Create and manage textures using hand-painted and procedural methods in 2D and 3D applications. You will identify textures that define the different properties of 3D surfaces and use UV mapping techniques to correctly apply 2D textures to a 3D object. (This course will be cross-listed with GAM 332.)

On-Camera Performance for Multiplatform Media

Go beyond broadcast performance. You’ll use live streaming, social networks, and mobile communications to acquire new techniques for engaging an audience. Industry insiders will coach you in voice and movement to draw out your personality and instill professional performance and directing skills.

Creative Futures: Portfolio and Professional Identity

Artist-entrepreneurs wanted. To increase your hire-ability, you’ll develop a personal brand strategy that includes a resume, demo reel, website, social media plan, a unique logo, and a professional business name. You will also be interviewed by professional hiring managers.

2D Digital Cutout

Gain various ink, paint, and compositing skills to work in digital commercial animation production. You’ll learn storyboarding, animatics, painting, compositing, and post-production. (This course is cross-listed with ANM 648 and ANM 848.)

You Media: Short Form Production 1

Short, snackable video content is on the rise. You’ll use your audio/video storytelling skills in a collaborative setting to produce, direct, shoot, and edit short form videos for a variety of media platforms.

Fashion Styling

Styling is visual storytelling. You will develop concept drawings from cultural references and assemble compelling outfits to create fashion imagery. You will put the foundations of personal, product, and editorial styling into practice.

Fashion Business: Trend Analysis

Learn tips for anticipating trends. You will study the evolutionary nature and cultural context affecting products and learn to collect, analyze, and synthesize data to predict and understand fashion trends.