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UCF Metro #34 - Film & Digital Media

4/17/05

Terry Frederick, School of Film & Digital Media; Dr. Michael Moshell, Digital Media Division Head; Stephen Schlow, Film Division Head

Arts and technology unite at our hometown university to form the School of Film and Digital Media. Learn about the school's new academy, the creative and high-tech workers it will produce, and how our regional partners are counting on those workers to fuel an exploding industry. Plus, see how UCF is helping student filmmakers and artists bring to life their own independent productions. Learn about the union between those artists and filmmakers, and the new digital world.

"The Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy" Student reporter James Flaskamp goes inside Orlando's Expo Center, which, thanks to a community partnership, will soon become the home of the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy.

"It's in the Game" Student reporter Marci Gonzalez explores the world of the digital artists who create interactive games at Tiburon Studios in Maitland, a division of the world's largest video game maker, Electronic Arts.

"Independent Film" Student reporter Janine Cooper is on-location with a UCF studio crew as it shoots an independent film.

"DMAC" Learn about the Downtown Media Arts Center, the venue that showcases independent and student films in Orlando. Also, get a look at "OLA Fest," the first ever Orlando Latin American Film and Heritage Festival.