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Digital Media Production

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Introduction

The Bachelor of Arts in Digital Media Production emphasizes the production & distribution of creative digital content in multiple media formats. This highly interdisciplinary program integrates video production, photography, computer graphics, graphic design, audio production, animation, writing for the media, and media theory & analysis. It prepares students for successful careers in digital art & animation, graphics & design, audio production, video production & media writing.

Our students have recently interned or have been hired by ABC News, ABC News Radio, CNN America, CNBC, Rolling Stone Magazine, Nickelodeon, The Colbert Report, Sirius XM Radio, The Creative Group, The Creators Project, Seventeen Magazine, Music Choice, and Viacom.

Degree

Bachelor of Arts

Optional Minors

Students can also choose to minor in Digital Media Production

Career Ideas

Director, Producer, Video Editor, Camera Operator, Motion Graphics Artist, Sound Designer, Script Supervisor, Audio Engineer, Title Designer, Lighting Designer, Storyboard Artist, Photographer, Art/Photo Director, Animator, Production Manager

Program Administrators

Brian Snee, Program Chair, (914) 323-7134, Brian.Snee@mville.edu

Faculty and Staff

PROGRAM CHAIR

Brian Snee - Media history, theory, and analysis; rhetoric; documentary film studies

FULL-TIME FACULTY

Jim Frank - Digital photography, studio photography, graphic design, computer graphics

Christine Dehne - Video production, computer graphics, animation, and alternative media

AFFILIATED FACULTY

Van Hartmann - Film studies, film and literature

Jeff Bens - Screenwriting and narrative writing

Geoffrey Kidde - Music technology and audio recording

David Lugowski - Film history, theory and analysis

Tony Ely - Video production

Overview

The Bachelor of Arts in Digital Media Production prepares students for successful careers in digital art and animation, graphics and design, audio production, video production, and media writing. In addition to class work, students will hone their skills by contributing to Manhattanville College’s student-run media, and compete for top internships and jobs in nearby New York City and Stamford, Conn.

Major Requirements

Digital Media Production Major Requirements

Ten (10) courses plus a required credit-bearing internship. NOTE: Some of the courses listed above have prerequisites or require instructor permission.

Core

Introduction & Theory  (2 courses)

COMM 1001/CAM 1001*: Introduction to Communication & Media

And one of the following:

COMM 2090/CAM 2090*: Theories of Communication or ENF 3075: Film Theory

Media Writing

Media Writing  (1 course)

COMM 3046/CAM 3046*: Convergent Media /Divergent Voices

ENW 2040: Writing for Media

ENW 4003: Screenwriting Workshop I

ENW 4004: Screenwriting Workshop II

ENW 4011: Journalism I

ENW 4012: Journalism II

Digital Media Production

Introductory  (2 courses)

COMM 2050/CAM 2050*: Intro to Digital Media Production

ART 3064/CAM 3064*: Computer Graphics

MUAT 1007: MIDI and Audio Production

MUAT 2011: Audio Recording Techniques I

MUAT 2021: Electronic Music Composition I

Advanced (2 courses)

ART 3062/CAM 3062*: 2D Animation

ART 4004/CAM 4004*: Graphic Design

COMM 4025/CAM 4025*: Advanced Topics in TV and Video

ART 4076/CAM 4076*: Artists Video

ART 4067/CAM 4067*: Digital Photography & Computer Imaging

ART 4086/CAM 4086*: Constructed Images/Studio

Media Analysis

Media Analysis (2 courses)

COMM 2021/CAM 2021*: Public Relations and American Culture

COMM 2022/CAM 2022*: Advertising and Popular Culture

COMM 3030/CAM 3030*: History of TV and Radio

COMM 3044/CAM 3044*: Feminist Media Theory

COMM 3070/CAM 3070*: Media Ethics

COMM 3071/CAM 3071*: Minorities and the Media

COMM 3072/CAM 3072*: Social Media

ENF 1001: Introduction to Film Criticism

ENF 2079: Women’s Film

ENF 2080: American Film

ENF 2088: History of Cinema 1

ENF 2089: History of Cinema 2

ENF 3173: Queer Film & Media Studies

ENF 4010: Major Film Directors

ENF 4020: Film Genres

ENF 4030: National & Regional Cinemas

ENG 3026: Shakespeare on Film

ENG 3071: Laughter: Def. of Comedy in Literature & Film

Digital Portfolio

CAM XXXX: Digital Portfolio. This course should be taken in the spring semester of the student’s senior year.

Internship

COMM 4497: Internship

Minor Requirements

Digital Media Production Minor Requirements

Six (6) courses are required. NOTE: Some of the courses listed below have prerequisites or require instructor permission.

Core

COMM 1001: Intro to Communication & Media

And one of the following:

COMM 2090: Theories of Communication or ENF 3075: Film Theory

Audio & Video

Choose one:

COMM 2050: Intro Digital Media Production

COMM 4025: Advanced Topic in TV and Video

MUAT 1007: MIDI and Audio Production

MUAT 2011: Audio Recording Techniques I

MUAT 2021: Electronic Music Composition I

Media Writing

Choose one:

COMM 3046: Convergent Media /Divergent Voices

ENW 2040: Writing for Media

ENW 4003: Screenwriting Workshop I

ENW 4011: Journalism I

Graphics and Design

Choose one:

ART 3064: Computer Graphics I

ART 3004: Multimedia

ART 3062: 2D Animation

ART 4004: Graphic Design

ART 4076: Artists Video

ART 4067: Digital Photography & Computer Imaging

ART 4086: Constructed Images/Studio

Media Studies

Choose one:

ENF 1001: Introduction to Film Criticism

ENF 2079: Women’s Film

ENF 2080: American Film

ENF 2088: History of Cinema 1

ENF 2089: History of Cinema 2

ENF 3173: Queer Film & Media Studies

ENF 4010: Major Film Directors

ENF 4020: Film Genres

ENF 4030: National & Regional Cinemas

ENG 3026: Shakespeare on Film

ENG 3071: Laughter: Def. of Comedy in Literature & Film

COMM 2021: Public Relations and American Culture

COMM 2022: Advertising and Popular Culture

COMM 3030: History of TV and Radio

COMM 3044: Feminist Media Theory

COMM 3070: Media Ethics

COMM 3071: Minorities and the Media

COMM 3072: Media Industries and Information Technology

COMM 4497: Internship

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