MTSU is proud to announce that an XR (Extended Reality) stage for Virtual Production is under construction in the Media Arts Department and will be available for classes in the Fall 2022 semester. This major new production technique is behind the visual magic of the movie Dune, the Mandalorian series, and many others. MTSU students will have the opportunity to
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Don’t let social distancing stop you from touring facilities in MTSU’s Media Arts Department. Click on the link below to watch a live Zoom tour of the department’s facilities recorded with a live audience on March 15, 2022. https://vimeo.com/540881139 Included in the tour: Studio 1 and LED facilities Studio 1 Control room for live television production Mobile Production Lab –
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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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We sometimes call ourselves MAD (Media Arts Department), and the weekend of February 25-27 was filled with our special kind of MADness. Starting Friday afternoon (which is of course when the weekend starts) Media Arts had a lot going on! Media Arts’ Live Production students were announced as finalists for Best Student-Produced Sports Live Game Production in BEA’s Media Arts
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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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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 photography Professor Emeritus Harold L. Baldwin, whose dedication to his craft — and art — helped him guide and encourage the vision of thousands of students and assemble a million-dollar-plus photographic collection during a 32-year college teaching career, has died at age 93. The Murfreesboro resident, who joined the MTSU faculty in 1959 from the Colorado public school system to teach
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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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The Media Arts Department is excited to announce the launch of Aerial Videography and Aerial Cinematography courses starting with Aerial Videography in Spring 2019. Currently there is nothing similar to these offerings at any other university in the Southeast. The courses will be taught in collaboration with MTSU’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) program and are open to a limited number of Video and Film Production
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Students from Middle Tennessee State University’s College of Media and Entertainment went behind-the-scenes at the 52nd Country Music Association Awards earlier this month to learn from the media professionals staging one of the industry’s biggest award telecasts. Robert Gordon, an assistant professor of television production in the Department of Media Arts, said 11 students served as talent production assistants during
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This past May, Animation Professor Kevin McNulty took his EMC 4900 class to Guiyang, China for the 2018 Wonderful World exhibition. At this annual event, students from around the world come together to share short films related to global causes. Leading up to this experience, the animation students spent their spring semester coming up with the idea for their film and
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ACM SIGGRAPH had its annual convention this summer, and MTSU Animation students were able to attend for a sixth year. ACM is the the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society. Within the organization are SIGS (Special Interest Groups), such as SIGGRAPH, which specializes in computer graphics and interactive techniques. MTSU is very well known in the ACM SIGGRAPH community. The school has
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From a distance, they look like paintings – but taking a closer look at the current exhibit in the Baldwin Photographic Gallery reveals that these images are much more. The exhibit is by Richard Tuschman, an artist and photographer from New York currently living in Poland. His work has been showcased in galleries all over the world and featured in
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MTSU’s Media Arts and Theater departments have joined forces to present a video-embellished production of the Broadway musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The two departments have been planning this production since December 2016 and will showcase their efforts Thursday, April 5 through 8 with live performances of the play. This interdisciplinary collaboration taps the talents and efforts of
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For the past six years, MTSU’s Animation teams have participated in the 24-Hours Animation Contest, placing multiple times and earning honorable mentions along the way. This year seven teams from MTSU competed against other top animation schools in the 15th annual 24-Hours Animation Contest. Team ‘We Were Framed’, comprised of Alexandria “Zan” Dainwood, Josh Leedham, Josie Dowd, Andrew Demel, and Rachel
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This summer brought massive changes to the Media Arts Department’s facilities. Not only did the Animation Lab get a complete revamp, MTSU soft-launched a Media Arts Lab that is specifically designed to encourage students and faculty to create media together. Interactive Media Professor, Stephanie Dean, has been at the forefront of what she calls her “passion project”, burning both ends
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