CURRICULUM
Communication Arts & Entertainment Technologies
2016
PARTNERSHIP
Developed 2 + 2 ETV and ETS Partnership with Rowan University Radio, TV, Film Department, and Music Industry Department. Completed transfer program and reorganization of the RCBC program for RCBC's Pathways program.
2016-2019
CARL D. PERKINS GRANT
Acquiring and Allocating funds for upgrading Studio and Field Equipment for the ETV & ETS Programs
Perkins 17 - $593.76
2017
IAC UPDATES
Implementation of new program and elective courses, credit hours, program descriptions, pre-requisites, updated terminology, and technology were implemented for ensuring effective transfer to numerous 4-year institutions. Now requiring students to obtain real-world experience pre-graduation.
November 2017
COMMUNICATION ARTS, PROGRAM REVIEW
The academic program review process serves as a mechanism to ascertain the strengths and challenges of the college's academic programs.
External Consultant Hired
Amy R. Franzini, PhD
Associate Professor, Widener University
Media Expertise: Communications & Marketing
December 2018
ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM REVIEW
The academic program review process serves as a mechanism to ascertain the strengths and challenges of the college's academic programs.
External Consultant Hired
Thomas R. Rondinella, M.F.A Associate Dean of Undergraduate Students and Academic Affairs Professor of Media Production College of Communication and the Arts Seton Hall University
STRENGTHENING RCBC ACADEMICS
• 2 + 2 Rowan University Pathway for ETV/ETS Majors
• Adjunct Hiring Committee
• Adjunct Observations
• Lab migration from Pemberton Campus to Mt. Laurel Transitional Team
• Program Coordinator Coffee Meetings
• Lifelong Learning Institute Instructor
• McGraw-Hill Connect Bb Course Developer
• RCBC Distance Instructor Training
• ArtsAlive Showcase Committee/Participant
• RCBC Volunteer Services Partnership
• Middle States Standard VI: Planning Resources and Institutional Improvement Committee
• Faculty Senate
• Aviso Training
• Instructional Affairs Council Member
• Virtual Open House Presenter and F2F Open House Presenter
• Academic Advising Training
Developing and Designing Entertainment Technologies Marketing Materials
Check out Marketing Materials HERE
ASSIGNMENT SHOWCASE
Creativity meets Coursework
ETV105 EDITING FOR MEDIA
Recreation of your Favorite Editing Scene
What is your favorite movie that has the best editing style in your Opinion? Maybe it's something you are watching right now? Maybe something when you were a kid? Recreate any scene from your Favorite Movie that showcases stylistic film Editing.
ETV102 FIELD PRODUCTION
Campus Reboot, a crowd-sourced, interactive, and collaborative web-based documentary research project. This will be a living document of the historical times of college during the Covid19 pandemic and its aftermath. RCBC joins 20 colleges and universities from around the world participating in this film project.
COM 120 RADIO PRODUCTION
After Reading A Beginner’s Guide to Old Time Radio and Listening to your Own Selections from Old Time Radio Broadcasts, write your own story! Write and Create a 2 minute and 30-second story!
1. Write a Script - View Examples of “Old Time Radio Scripts” Here Write out your Script Here using a Script Template Here (you may use friends or family members to play different characters)
2. You must use a minimum of 3 homemade Sound Effects in your recording.
LOVE IN THE TIME OF COVID PADLET ASSIGNMENT
Please add a post to the ETV 102 Padlet. The post will be
1. 5 Ideas for the Doc Topic: Love in the Time of COVID
2. A short film synopsis (200 words minimum for each)
3. You need to critique 2 student ideas.
4. Please post your initial post before Sunday midnight to allow students to respond.
MOVIE TRAILER MASH-UP
A trailer recut is a movie trailer that has been re-edited, often with a different musical accompaniment, to redefine the genre of the movie.
Your objective is to take a movie trailer, and edit a entirely different movie to that trailer, A mash-up is a parody trailer for a movie created by editing footage from that movie or from its original trailers, and thus are a form of mash‐up. They generally derive humor from misrepresenting the original film: for instance, a film with a murderous plot is made to look like a comedy or vice versa. The complete genre of the film needs to be changed. You are to think of your edits creatively and showcase our new edit skills. This project will test and challenge your technical editing skills and challenge you!
Grading
Theme/originality/creativity
• Did you create something new?
• Did you combine them creatively?
Technical competence
Audio Quality/FX & Graphics/Editing
• Does your piece show mastery of FCP?
PODCASTING LOGO
Your show can lose potential new listeners before they've even hit play. One of the main reasons for this is your cover art, also known as your podcast logo. Design your own Podcast Logo utilizing a free simple online graphics editor Canva!