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Student Film Critiques with Brent McCorkle
Brent McCorkle is an award-winning screenwriter, filmmaker and musician, best known for his work on the films Unconditional, Woodlawn and the just-released I Can Only Imagine. Earlier this month, Brent touched down in Abilene and set up shop in the Learning Studio for two days of film editing critiques with ACU students participating in this year’s FilmFest competition.
During the sessions, Brent looked at late-stage edits of each film, giving each team notes on pacing and construction. The face-to-face meetings helped student filmmakers plan a roadmap for success and get a taste of the kind of critical review they’ll face when Brent returns as a FilmFest judge for the April 6 black-tie gala at the Historic Paramount Theatre.
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Night Shooting in West, West Texas
Thanks to all of you who joined us this weekend in Marfa for a phenomenal workshop with Scott Martin. Scott is a professional photographer out of San Antonio who for the past several years has focused on night photography in workshops in Big Bend, Yosemite, and points...
Counting the Days kick-off
Those of you who have been with us in Cornerstone this fall got a glimpse of one of our summer projects. This was our second kick-off film to welcome freshmen to campus and the ACU Core--Kyle Trafton produced "You Are ACU" for us in 2010. "Counting the Days" was...
New Mac Cables for Media:scape
As more and more students have had a chance to use the Media:scape tables in our collaboration rooms, we've heard from Mac users wanting an easier way to connect than checking out an adapter. This last week we added Mac cables to each table–technically Mini Display...
Cornerstone Marshmallow Challenge
Using 20 pieces of spaghetti, a yard of masking tape and a yard of string, 750 freshmen in ACU's Cornerstone course were given 18 minutes to build the tallest freestanding structure capable of holding a marshmallow on top. http://vimeo.com/50850884 . We worked with...
iBooks Author for Advanced Projects
Last week we had a chance to share our experience working with iBooks Author on the Year One Report with members of the New Media Consortium. Nathan Driskell and Matt Bardwell joined me online for a one-hour webinar hosted by Holly Ludgate from the NMC. Here is the...
Digital Storytelling on the iPad
This semester the Learning Studio will be adding support for media production on the iPad. Several classes with iPad access will be looking for ways to produce upcoming digital storytelling projects, so the following resources introduce some of the tools you may use....
Year One Report now in the iBookstore
This has been a busy year in the Learning Studio. Since opening in 2011, we've offered workshops to 287 teachers from ACU and other schools and universities. Our records show that 17,278 total reservations were made to the 10 collaboration rooms in the new facility....
Hazel & Jack submitted to national festivals
Stay tuned for the Learning Studio: Year One Report. Here's one of the profiles from the iBook. Last fall, Lawson Soward and Caitlin Bradford submitted their first film to the Sundance Film Festival. It started with a conversation in January 2011 about a story idea...
New Virtual Tour of the Learning Studio
This summer we're putting the finishing touches on our Year One Report, providing an inside look at our work with students, faculty and educators from around the country in our first year. One interactive feature in the report will be a virtual tour that allows those...