At the end of the Spring 2012 semester, students from the Media Arts Theory and Practice class displayed their exhibits in Annenberg’s Studio 2. Here, Paul Hinson displays “How to Build a Bee Box to Attract Solitary Bees.” The interactive exhibit asked viewers to remove screens from a box and place them on a framework to reveal hidden videos.
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The 2012 Diamond Screen Film Festival results were announced May 7 at the closing night ceremony at the International House in Philadelphia.
For more information please visit: http://diamondscreen.org/
Diamond Screen Film Festival Awards
Best Long Form Screenplay (Juried by Scott Currie)
Magic Ghetto by Matthew Flocco
Best Short Form Screenplay (Juried by Ian Markiewicz)
Praise and Blame by Shane Book
Web Interactive Design (Jury Award) (Juried by Andrew Nicholas)
Between Leaving & Arriving by Joseph Kraemer
Web Interactive Design (viewer’s favorite) (Online poll winner)
Jake Rasmussen’s Site by Jake Rasmussen
Best Cinematography Film (Juried by Dave Lamm)
Mehul the Music Man by Cameron S. Mitchell
The School of Communications and Theater held its graduation ceremony May 10 in Pearson-McGonigle Hall. Approximately 650 undergraduate students and 24 graduate students graduate this spring.
The ceremony featured Carl Cherkin, RTF ’72, as the alumni speaker and Vanessa Destime, COMM ’12, as the student speaker. … Read more »
photos by Ryan S. Brandenberg/Temple University
Medals gleaming from their necks, the proud champions celebrated their victories as John Williams’ “Olympic Fanfare” filled Annenberg Hall’s Studio 2.
The events didn’t involve javelins, running shoes or volleyballs. Instead, each competitor was strapped into a Steadicam Pilot. Their goal was to beat their fellow Film and Media Arts students in a series of competitions designed to show off their cinematographic skills.
The “Moving Camera Olympics” were part of the week-long Diamond Screen Film Festival. Over the past semester, the students have honed their skills with this piece of equipment that allows the … Read more »
The School of Communications and Theater honored four faculty members at its May 1 faculty assembly.
Associate Professor Gregg Feistman, Strategic Communication, Service Award
Associate Professor Christopher Harper, Journalism, Creative Award
Associate Professor Donnalyn Pompper, Strategic Communication, Research Award
Associate Professor Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon, Theater, Service Award … Read more »
The premiere issue of the MeSsenger newsletter, produced for students and faculty in the M.S. in Communication Management program, has been produced to further connect the graduate program’s growing community.
“Our M.S. family is thriving and we want to share timely, relevant information among them. So, a traditional newsletter format – with contemporary online delivery – enables us to enrich the M.S. experience for new and returning students and faculty every semester,” said Professor Donnalyn Pompper, STRC, director of the M.S. program.
MeSsenger features by-lined articles and photos by M.S. graduate students and faculty; news about research projects, internship … Read more »
By Tiarra Fisher
Advertising student
Student-run advertising agencies are few and far between, but those involved with Diamond Edge Communications say the School of Communications and Theater plays host to one of the best. Reconstructed 10 years ago by Professor James Marra, ADV, DEC prepares its students for the challenges they will face in the real world.
Diamond Edge Communications caters to two of the advertising student’s needs: an internship and credits. A course that is open to all Temple advertising students, it’s more like an internship in the sense that the classroom is turned into a functioning advertising … Read more »
Photos by Paul C. Imburgia
As part of a weekend in which thousands of Owls returned to campus, three SCT alumni gathered to discuss how the media plays to America’s obsession with celebrities.
They should know – they’ve all made careers out of it.
Journalism Professor Andrew Mendelson led a conversation with Barry Levine, JOUR ’81, managing editor of the National Enquirer; Lisa Marsh, JOUR ’89, celebrity and fashion journalist and author; and Dyana Williams, RTF ’97, CEO and founder of Influence Entertainment.
“People You Can’t Get Enough Of: Celebrity in the 21st Century” was presented as part of … Read more »
When Lew Klein started working in broadcasting, television was not yet a household word. After a career that has run the gamut, Klein has donated his papers to Temple Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center. Margery Sly, director of the SCRC, said many of the 10,000 items would be digitized and posted online. Klein and his wife worked closely with Temple archivists for about two years to gather the material.
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Twitter. Viral videos. Google Hangouts.
Political campaigns and the way elected officials speak to their constituents certainly has changed from the days of FDR’s fireside chats.
Political strategists and social media experts came together at the National Constitution Center April 19 for “Social Media: The New Political Background,” sponsored in part by Temple University’s Kal and Lucille Rudman Media Production Center. The panel discussion covered the vast number of communication tools available to politicians and voters alike and how technology impacts their relationship with one another.
Democratic strategist Maria Cardona said campaigns are being overwhelmed by the number of options, … Read more »
