EMC class in Florence, Italy

Florence fashion district 150x150 EMC class in Florence, ItalyWe hear the EMC documentary class in Florence Italy is going very well. The students are shooting three documentary films about artists in Florence. Click on the photos for a better look. For more information about the class click here. Continue reading

2013 First Look is now ONLINE!

FIRST LOOK slide 300x168 2013 First Look is now ONLINE!If you couldn’t make it to this year’s First Look premiere at the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville, you can now view all the entries online! Click the Link below to be taken to the Vimeo Channel for first look, then sit back, relax, and be entertained!

Click Here to be Taken to the Vimeo Channel for First Look!


Local church seeks producer for new TV show

EMC Jobs 1 Local church seeks producer for new TV showNorth Boulevard Church of Christ of Murfreesboro is looking for a top notch prospect with a degree in TV Production to help us produce a television show for broadcasting over the CW58 (comcast channel 18). The first show will air the first Sunday in October. The church is anticipating that this will be a part time position originally with the opportunity to grow into a full-time position. The church wants to hire someone by the end of June to begin prepping and filming commercials for this show. Continue reading

EMC Productions picks up 2 Honorable Mentions in the College Sports Media Awards

CSMA2013 wufoo EMC Productions picks up 2 Honorable Mentions in the College Sports Media AwardsThe College Sports Media Awards recognize the best in class in the college sports production arena. Conducted by the Sports Video Group (SVG) and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), these awards recognize outstanding work in college sports video productions from campuses across the country. Continue reading

Two Hour Film Challenge

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It starts with a one page script.  Interior or exterior, somewhere, day or night. Two nondescript characters.  Generic dialogue.

The challenge to students of EMC 4940 Advanced Digital Production?  Devise a concept, a setting, a look, and shoot the entire film within one two hour class session.  During Spring 2013, four teams took the challenge and produced four drastically different short films.

After the break, the four films and the script that spawned them.

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Official selections announced for EMC’s FIRST LOOK media festival

First Look logo 188x300 Official selections announced for EMCs FIRST LOOK media festivalOver 40 student projects have been selected for EMC’s premiere FIRST LOOK media festival. The official selections include a wide range of media forms and reflects the variety of programs in the Electronic Media Communication department. The event will take place this Thursday evening, May 9 at the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville. The show begins at 6:00 PM.

Media professionals from around the mid-state area have been invited to come and see the work of the next generation of talent coming from MTSU.

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EMC students clean up at TAPB College Broadcasters Awards (update)

MT10 VOTE 2012 team EMC students clean up at TAPB College Broadcasters Awards (update)

MT10 VOTE 2012 team members

The College of Mass Communication hosted this year’s Tennessee Associated Press Broadcasters College Career Day and 2012 Tennessee AP College Broadcasters Award ceremony on Saturday, April 27. This was the first year the TAPB held a college career day in conjunction with the award ceremony. Dozens of students from all across the state came to attend panel discussions, the award ceremony and 1-on-1 sessions. When all was said and done EMC students walked away with 7 awards, including the two most coveted “Best of Show” for television and radio. Please take time to congratulate Seniors Shawn Anfinson, Russ Johnson and Michelle Potts, Junior Kelsey Lebechuck and Sophomore Katie Myers for their big wins. Continue reading

EMC featured in MTSU newspaper ad in today’s Tennessean

MTSU newspaper ad 5 3 13 142x300 EMC featured in MTSU newspaper ad in todays TennesseanLast week EMC students produced a live TV show of the second annual Academies of Nashville Video Awards Show. The show was produced by EMC’s Live Events Production class including numerous student volunteers. Congrats go to the award winners, the student crew, and Bob Gordon as class instructor. We are honored to see the university recognize their efforts in this ad.

To make things even more interesting, the same Live Events Production class produced a live broadcast of our own Blue Spark Awards five days later.

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Robert Jasso honored with the John T. Bragg, Sr. Distinguished Service award

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Mr. Robert Jasso

On Monday, April 29, 2013, Mr. Robert Jasso was honored by the 75th Congress of the Student Government Association with the John T. Bragg, Sr. Distinguished Service award. The purpose of this award is to recognize a Middle Tennessee State University faculty or staff member who has made a significant contribution in service to MTSU. The recipient of this award has $1,000 in books donated in their name to the James E. Walker library.

Those who nominated Mr. Jasso spoke very highly of his hands on classroom approach, his vast knowledge and background in the business, and both his advising and mentoring relationships with all of his students. On the first day of class, Jasso says that “his office has a couch if you’re tired, a Zen garden if you’re stressed, and a tissue if you need to cry about something,” and that open-door policy is one of the many reasons Jasso is so loved by all his students.