Yesterday afternoon, President Donna Hodge sat down for an interview with Joel Rodriguez during his show on our Fitchburg State University radio station WXPL 91.3 FM.

Students in Professor Robert Harris' Film Styles Genres & Movements class work on various projects in the Conlon building. This course blends theoretical and historical concepts associated with a selected genre, style or movement within a production course setting. Students study a selected genre, style or movement, and then, in groups, will write and produce a short film or digital video, based within the historical and/or theoretical framework that the class has studied.

Students in Communications Media's Professor Charles Roberts' Intermediate Digital Cinema Production get their hands on some camera equipment. 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. 

 Dr. Robert Carr meets with the student groups in his Client Project Production course as they work on their aspects of the promotion of an exhibit with this semester's client, the Fitchburg Art Museum. 

 Communications Media & Digital Media Innovation (DMI) Professor J.J. Sylvia IV recently brought his Introduction to Digital Humanities course to the Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library Archives as part of class project. 

Students in Theater Professor Mary Vreeland's  Acting for the Camera course, an intensive scene study course for the advanced student actor, spent their class time getting comfortable in front of the camera and find their "good side."

Students in Communications Media Professor Kyle Moody's Introduction to Social Media course discussed the timely topic of the Super Bowl and its ramifications on various social media platforms.

Students in Communications Media's Assistant Professor, Film and Video, Rachelle A. Dermer's, Directing Video and Film course discuss director preparation in the Conlon Building. Topics covered in the class include script analysis and breakdowns, casting, blocking the camera and the actors, acting and directing actors. The class focuses on the relationships between the director and producer, actor, writer and editor, as well as between the director and the cinematographer.

Students in Professor Robert Harris' Film Styles Genres & Movements class work on various projects in the Conlon building. This course blends theoretical and historical concepts associated with a selected genre, style or movement within a production course setting. Students study a selected genre, style or movement, and then, in groups, will write and produce a short film or digital video, based within the historical and/or theoretical framework that the class has studied.

Students in Communications Media's Professor Charles Roberts' Intermediate Digital Cinema Production 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.