Earlier this week, Communications Media's Assistant Professor, Photography Concentration, J Flynn and our our photography students offered professional headshots at this week's Internship Fair in the Hammond Main Hall. This service is the result of a cooperative effort with our Career Services and Advising Center.

The Fitchburg State University Photography Club (@fsuphotoclub) held a Summer Photo Gallery Exhibition in Conlon Photo Studio Room 222 yesterday afternoon. The exhibit gave students the opportunity to show the work they completed over the summer. The exhibit will be up until October 9th.

On Friday, Vice President for Institutional Advancement Jeffrey Wolfman introduced Communications Mediaalum Richard G. Kerris '83, Vice President of Developer Relations, Head of Media and Entertainment, NVIDIA at his first ever gallery exhibit opening in the Fiorentino Foyer adjacent to the Sanders Administration Building gallery space, an event made possible by The Clementi Family Lecture Fund. 

Students in Theater Professor Mary Vreeland's Stage Movement course hone their powers of observation as the observe a classmates movements. This workshop-oriented course utilizes the basis techniques of movement with emphasis on developing each student's potential for effective physicalization of a character on stage.

Students in Communication Media Professor Kevin McCarthy's Audio Production for Film and Video elective familiarized themselves with the equipment they will be using this semester. Audio Production for Film & Video is a specialized elective that covers audio acquisition for field and studio production. The course places emphasis on developing best practices for production audio recording in both scripted and unscripted production environments. Students will strengthen techniques in recording dialogue, Sound Effects, Foley, and Voiceover – and apply these skillsets creatively in course projects. By the end of the course, the student will be able to capture the highest quality audio for integration into film or video productions.

Students in  Communications Media Professor  M. Zachary Lee's Cinematography course work to properly light a sample scene in the TV Studio. Cinematography is a specialized elective that provides an immersive study of the technical and aesthetic elements of motion picture photography. Topics include film stocks, imaging sensors, focus theory, laboratories, lenses, RAW workflows, lighting, cameras, composition, continuity, color and special processes. 

Yesterday, the university wrapped up its week long observance of Constitution Day in the Miller Oval where Communications Media Professor J.J. Sylvia IV discussed ""Due Process Ethics: From Sullivan to Social Media." The week's events were organized by the General Education Program co-sponsored with the Office of Student Engagement and the Student Government Association.

Communications Media Assistant Professor, Photography Concentration, J Flynn took his Large Format Photography students out to the Highland Plaza and went through the workings of the view camera wit them. 

Fitchburg State University Communications Media faculty held a Meet & Greet with students in the Highland Plaza in front of the Conlon Building. This gave students in and out of the major the opportunity to engage, and have any questions answered.

Students in Communications Media's Professor Charles Roberts' Intermediate Digital Cinema Production course work on an editing project. Intermediate Digitals Cinema Production 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.