Communications Media's Assistant Professor, Photography Concentration, J Flynn and our our photography students recently offered professional headshots at our Career Services and Advising Center Internship Fair. This cooperative service offers students the opportunity to have a professional headshot to assist in their job search.

Students in Communications Media Professor Mary Baker's  Intro to Film and Video Production class were out and about using  16mm film cameras. Intro to Film & Video is the introductory course in the Film & Video sequence where students are exposed to the basics of production and post-production for both digital and photochemical media. Topics include understanding and using visual language, camera operation, understanding the film and video production process, basic editing, production crew structure and interpersonal communication. Students shoot and edit both 16mm film and digital video. Learn about our Film & Video Program here. 

Communications Media Professor J.J. Sylvia IV  brought students in his Critical Making course, part of our Digital Media Innovation program out to the quad to familiarize themselves with drone operation.

Students in Communications Media Graphic Design  Professor Donald Tarallo's Font Design course took a break from their screens and went full throwback—stepping into the digital offline world to bring letters to life using 15th-century printing techniques.

Double-alumnus Jason Polonsky ’02, ’04 returned to campus yesterday to share his role in the fascinating story behind Fitchburg State's beloved mascot. Driven to boost campus pride, Polonsky turned his master’s thesis into reality by pitching, funding, and designing the university's original mascot costume, debuting "Falcor the Falcon" in 2004 before its evolution into today's “Freddy”. That graduate project launched a remarkable professional career, leading Polonsky to entertain millions as Wally the Green Monster for the Boston Red Sox for eight years and as Blaze for the WNBA's Connecticut Sun for 11 years.

Communications Media Professors Rachelle A. Dermer (Writing the Series) and Charles Roberts (Introduction to Video Editing) are utilizing the newly renovated Film & Video teaching wing in the Conlon Building. You can visit us this fall for a Communications Media Department tour of the new spaces this Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 3:30 p.m. or Oct. 26 and Nov. 30 at 1 p.m. 

Students in Communications Media Professor Kevin McCarthy's Multi-Camera Television Production course were at Fitchburg Access Television (FATV) to learn all the intricacies and roles involved in a  multi-camera production. FATV. Executive Director of FATV, Nathan Glenny assisted students with equipment, their role in the production and more.

Theater Technical Director Jo Nazro, Fitchburg State University Industrial Technology/Technical Theater alum, discusses stage blocking with students in her Stage Management class. This course is a lecture/laboratory study of the professional union approach to stage management and personnel mediation in stage production. Students will apply knowledge and technique related to contract and union policy in various repertory scenarios. The aspects of prompt books, blocking documentation, call-sheets, rehearsal set-up and running and calling the show will be implemented.  Learn more about our Theater Concentration here.  

Students in Communications Media's Professor Charles Roberts' Intermediate Digital Cinema Production course  work on an editing project. This course covers professional production techniques used in modern narrative production environments. In addition to achieving competency in lighting, exposure, composition and framing with video cameras, students master the basics of audio production both on location and in studio environments and the editing of the dramatic narrative.  

The Center for Faculty Scholarship recently held a Faculty Book Launch in the The Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library Archives. English Studies Professor DeMisty D. Bellinger-Delfeld welcomed those  gathered and introduced Communications Media Professor Dr. Rachelle Dermer and Humanities Professor Dr. David Svolba. Dr. Svolba presented his two new publications, Consciousness: An Interdisciplinary Guide and the OER published Arguments in Medical Ethics. Dr. Dermer presented her OER book Short Film Screenwriting and Pre-Production Planning.