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Electronic Media Communications administers the Electronic Media Technology Associate of Applied Science degree and Professional Certificate as well as one-year certificates in Animation, Broadcast Media, Interactive Web Multimedia and Media Criticism & Journalism. The department offers courses in video, web design, audio, photography, multimedia production, and film studies. eMedia Communications also sponsors an extensive workshop series for RWC students, such as live satellite seminars with industry professionals.


eMedia Communications Student Wins Regional Emmy

Elizabeth Klein, an Electronic Media Communications student attending University of Cincinnati Raymond Walters College, was honored with a Student Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), Ohio Valley Chapter. She received her award at the 44th annual Ohio Valley Regional Emmy Awards banquet at The Westin in Cincinnati on August 8, 2008. Click here to read more...


Winter Quarter Class Spotlight

Technical Foundations

Digital Graphics

Introduction to vector graphics for electronic media production. Explores transparency, gradients and fills, typography, composition and layout using a variety of computer graphics software applications.

  • 28 EMDT 253-001 | Call#: 905893 | Instructor: Hartz | Thursdays 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • 28 EMDT 253-002 | Call#: 905894 | Instructor: Hartz | Mondays 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • 28 EMDT 253-901 | Call#: 905895 | Instructor: Hartz | Mondays 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Animation

Animation I

Exploration of 2-D animation techniques and principles. Subjects include timelines, sound, conceptualization, perspective, character development, transitions, and cinematic techniques.

  • 28 EMDT 256-901 | Call#: 905896 | Instructor: Hartz | Thursdays 6:00 - 9:00 pm

Broadcast Media

Video Studio Production

Practical application of production skills toward the creation of an original television series that will be broadcast over the campus television station (UCTV). Primary emphasis will be on live multi-camera studio production. Prereq,: 28-EMDT-241 (Video Production I), or perm. of instr.

  • 28 EMDT 264-001 | Call#: 905898 | Instructor: Anderson | Fridays 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Interactive Web Multimedia

Flash: Rich Media Design

Introduction to development of rich media applications using Adobe Flash CS3 to produce animation, sound, and video for web and multimedia projects. Explores the creation of graphics, text, and animation for web and stand-alone media production, and the fundamentals of creating applications allowing users to interact with Flash movies.

  • 28-EMDT-275-901 | Call#: 905900 | Instructor: Hubble | Tuesdays 6:00 - 9:00 pm

Media Criticism & Journalism

American Film Noir

Examination of key works in the film noir cycle from 1940 to 1958. Includes discussion of major thematic and stylistic influences such as German expressionism, American crime films, Italian neorealist films, and hard-boiled American crime fiction. Also covers the depiction of women in film noir, the cultural and political forces contributing to this dark and pessimistic film genre and the basic underlying theme of doomed fate.

  • 28-EMDT-165-901 | Call#: 905885 | Instructor: Sanders | Thursdays 6:00 - 9:00 pm