Media, journalism and film and electronic arts students were awarded significant honors in the 2017 Festival of Media Arts, sponsored by the Broadcast Education Association. About the Festival of Media Arts From the Festival’s website: The Broadcast Education Association’s Festival of Media Arts is a competitive festival open to BEA individual faculty and student … [Read more...]
Springfield native Cailee Spaeny has been cast in a lead role in the upcoming box office hit Pacific Rim 2, starring alongside John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens). You might recognize her from her debut film role in a Missouri State electronic arts senior project, Counting to 1000. We sat down with director and writer Josh Pfaff to talk about the filmmaking … [Read more...]
Filmmakers and screen actors often rely on each other to make a production work. This symbiotic relationship is driving a growing collaboration between Missouri State’s department of media, journalism and film, and department of theatre and dance. Overlap in theatre and film Kurt Heinlein, professor of theatre and dance and acting program coordinator, said despite the … [Read more...]
The electronic arts program will be showcased at the Nov. 18 Bears in the Know luncheon. This luncheon will go in-depth about the creativeness and diligence of this award-winning department, with presentations from the following speakers: Mark Biggs, associate professor and associate dean of the College of Arts and Letters Vonda Yarberry, interim department head of … [Read more...]
Missouri State students won numerous awards at the 2016 Missouri Broadcast Education Association Student Competition. Here is the complete list of MSU winners. 1st place PSA “Paradox,” Josh Pfaff, Samantha Rohde, Andrew Westmaas, Logan Sparlin and Kong Thao Dramatic Script “Ice Cream Truck,” Walker Smith Intermediate Film “What Makes Us Human,” Brian Schwabauer, … [Read more...]