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Graduate Film Students Document Social and Health Issues in Guatemala

By Alysha Kahn, Journalism senior First year graduate student Shareen Dookie said it was the “most interesting” Spring Break she had ever had. She and 14 of her classmates spent eight days in Guatemala shooting short documentaries about local health and social issues. “Learning about another culture, meeting new people, and seeing a different way of life in only one week can be overwhelming, but this experience was more fun and interesting than anything I've ever done on Spring Break,” said Dookie. The study abroad program is part of the [...]

April 7, 2014|Motion Pictures|
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SoC to Host International Seminar on Innovation for Media Content Creation

For the first time, the Center for Innovation and Creativity Media (CIC Media) and The Media Office (TMO) bring together the First International Seminar on Innovation for Content Creation hosted by the University of Miami. This event will be held at The Bill Cosford Cinema in the School of Communication on April 3rd from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. “We at the University of Miami, are delighted to host this event given that Innovation is at the forefront of Communications in today's globally interdependent and competitive world,” said Joseph Ganitsky, [...]

April 7, 2014|Interactive Media, Motion Pictures|
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NBC Makeup Artist Works With Broadcast Students

NBC makeup artist Ana Limonchi visited students from CEM 517, 317 and 233 Monday afternoon, March 31 to give a talk and demonstration on "Studio and Field makeup in the Age of HD." "The look today is natural," she told the students assembled in Studio B. "Soft, neutral tones are in. Nothing harsh. Nothing distracting. This goes to your clothing too. Avoid patterns. Wear solid colors  and the solid colors must be muted. Nothing neon." Limonchi, who volunteered to share tips and tools of the trade with students, has extensive experience [...]

April 7, 2014|Broadcast Journalism, Electronic Media|
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Support PRSSA at ‘Miami Vice’ Fashion Show on April 11

PRSSA will host a fashion show from 7- 9 p.m. on Friday, April 11. Donations will go toward sending students to the PRSSA national conference which will be in Washington D.C. this year.  The show's theme is "Miami Vice" and includes sponsors like ASOS, Victoria's Secret PINK, and local Miami boutiques like ALX Couture, Simply Sisters, Fashion Mafia, and SoleFly. We'll also be having makeovers by Mary Kay, give aways from all sponsors, and free food.  The fashion show is entirely planned and executed by our students and is the [...]

April 7, 2014|Public Relations|
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Interactive Media MFA Hosts First Show in Wynwood

Graduate students in the new Interactive Media Master of Fine Arts program at the University of Miami School of Communication presented their first end-of-semester public show December 18 at The LAB Miami in Wynwood. Friends, family, guests from Miami's tech community and journalists attended the show, which featured a set of interactive prototypes built in Physical Computing and Programming for Designers courses.   The projects experiment with interactions between physical and digital worlds including games, musical instruments, interactive art and visualization. The prototypes were built using Processing, a programming language particularly good for vizualising [...]

March 14, 2014|Interactive Media|
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Interactive Media MFA Among Princeton Review’s Top Graduate Game Design Programs

The School of Communications Interactive Media Master of Fine Arts program has earned a No. 24 ranking on The Princeton Review's 2014 list of the best graduate schools to study video game design. The Princeton Review chose the schools based on a survey it conducted in Fall 2013 of 150 programs at institutions offering video game design coursework or degrees in the United States, Canada, and some countries abroad.  “It’s an honor to be included on the Princeton Review’s list in our first year of offering the Interactive Media MFA," [...]

March 14, 2014|Interactive Media|
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Catch Up on SoC News in the Latest Communique

Read about the School of Communication's cutting-edge collaborative projects, top awards and honors, inspiring visits from industry leaders, outstanding alumni achievements and more in the Winter/Spring edition of the Communique. http://digital.olivesoftware.com/olive/ode/Communique/

February 21, 2014|Advertising, Broadcast Journalism, Communication Studies, Doctoral, Electronic Media, Interactive Media, Journalism, Media Management, Motion Pictures, Public Relations|
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Alumni create sequel to acclaimed Cheerios ad for Super Bowl XLVII

Behind one of the buzziest Super Bowl ads leading up to this Sunday’s ultimate football contest, Super Bowl XLVIII, are recent UM graduates Taylor Lucas, B.S.C. ’11, and Nick Marchese, B.S.C. ’11, billed, respectively, as the art director and copywriter for the 30-second Cheerios spot featuring a multiracial family.  University of Miami School of Communication (SoC) graduates Lucas and Marchese helped create the follow-up ad to a May 2013 Cheerios commercial featuring the same family—a black dad, a white mom, and their young daughter. The original ad, titled "Just Checking," [...]

February 19, 2014|Advertising|
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Student Journalists Interview South Miami Mayoral Candidates

Mayor Phillip K. Stoddard and Commissioner Valerie Newman of the City of South Miami gave press conferences at the School of Communication to student journalists in Professor Joseph B. Treaster’s public affairs reporting class. The students are reporting and writing articles on the municipal election in South Miami on Feb. 11. Stoddard, a biology professor at Florida International University, is running for re-election to a third two-year term. Newman, a corporate accounts manager at Relax the Back, Back Pain Relief and Comfort, has served as a South Miami city commissioner [...]

February 19, 2014|Journalism|
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Oscar-winning Director David Frankel to Work With Students on HIV Outreach Film

David Frankel, a producer, director and screenwriter of hit movies and television shows including The Devil Wears Prada, Band of Brothers, Marley & Me, Hope Springs and Sex and the City, will work with School of Communication students on an upcoming HIV outreach project. Alex Moreno, director of P2P HIV/AIDS Adolescent Outreach & Education at Miller School of Medicine, announced Thursday that Frankel will direct a student-written and produced short narrative film about women at-risk for HIV. Frankel, who won an Oscar for his short film Dear Diary, also discussed his [...]

February 19, 2014|Motion Pictures|
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