Media Arts Educational Videos for Students

The business and creative aspects of the music industry are fully examined in this detailed instructional video.

A fast paced, comprehensive look at how network sitcoms and dramatic series are made. Shot on the set and behind-the-scenes, this video features many of televisions top producers

A must-have for film students! This innovative series goes behind the scenes of different movies & talks with each director about their careers behind the camera. It provides masterful insights on the craft of directing & is a fabulous source of insight, anecdotes & industry secrets for students of film.

An in-depth docudrama exploring the Westmores Legendary Legacy. In the history of the modern American cinema, there are but few legacies of makeup artists.

CHESTER HIMES born 1909 in Jefferson, Missouri into a middle class academic black family was an internationally acclaimed African American writer who created a violent and cynical picture of the black experience in America by writing about his encounters with racism.

How to Make It In Film consists of a series of behind the scenes interviews with regional, national and international filmmakers, editors, directors, writers, cinematographers, producers and many others who work in the film industry.

Learn why every organization should have job descriptions, how to create one for each employee and how to create job descriptions for HR directors.

Excellent for use in broadcast courses. This program shows you why and how cable television was started, reviewing the Head Ed, Distributing system and House Drop while exploring some of the major operations.

This program will show students the future of photography. Trends in photography show that computers are not only replacing the darkroom but film itself. Dr. Sam Winch walks you through the process of photo image to print.

Discover what those television ratings really mean. Television programming including news, sports and entertainment is driven by RATINGS.

Political Communication & Mass Communication with Steven H. Chaffee: Steven H. Chaffee, communication scholar, theorist, historian, methodologist, and teacher, discusses his work in political communication and mass communication effects research.

Respected television journalist Mike Minehan highlights the ingredients of a dynamic and successful television interview, using well chosen excerpts that include examples of great technique, as well as, of the pitfalls that await the unwary interviewer. This program is full of role models and cautionary tales. One classic excerpt, in which Margaret Thatcher turns the tables on an ill-prepared journalist, is worth the price of admission all by itself!

This video series is designed for those who want to be in the field of TV reporting and features interviews from first time reporters, discussing what the job entails and what to expect at your first station.

Valuable For Students Ready to Enter TV Broadcasting. This series takes you beyond the text book, beyond the classroom and directly Behind the Scenes of TV news, revealing not just the triumphs of news reporting but the failures and problems too.

Valuable For Students Ready to Enter TV Broadcasting. This series takes you beyond the text book, beyond the classroom and directly Behind the Scenes of TV news, revealing not just the triumphs of news reporting but the failures and problems too.

Kevin Reece Reporter KHOU CBS Houston Texas is interviewed on location at the site of Hurricane Ike. It could be an earthquake, a tornado, a plane crash or possibly a hurricane at some point in your career the big story is going to break and you better be prepared to tell it..and tell it well. Reporter Kevin explains his approach to the Big Story and how he prepares and delivers.

Editing TV News - Joshua Sheehan Chief Editor, XETV San Diego, Austin Hill 2nd year news editor, XETV, and Andy Neil, former Chief Editor XETV, now Hollywood Editor.

With Frank Buckley KTLA Los Angeles Anchor and Cambi Brown first year reporter KWST, Yuma AZ. Move away from home to a small market station being paid little to nothing, move up from that first tiny station to become a CNN correspondent or become a reporter and anchor in the number 2 market in the country.

Sports broadcasting revealed with KUSIs Sports Director Paul Rudy. The TV newscast can be nothing but crime, fires and robberies until we get to the fun and opinionated portion of the news - Sports.

Meet the Bosses - Bill Lord, WJLA Washington DC, Steve Cohen, News Director KUSI San Diego, Christine Miceli Exec Producer-KTLA Los Angeles, John Coleman Weatherman KUSI San Diego (55 years in business- created the Weather Channel) Andrew Wyatt GM, KWST Yuma, AZ. Shannon Maze ND KWST Yuma, AZ and David Plummer VanderPloeg News Operations Manager, KUSI San Diego. These are the veterans, the bosses, the suits.

The all important contract with famed broadcast attorney Bob Teaf and Small Market News Director Shannon Maze KWST Yuma, AZ. After years of education, internships and sending out hundreds of demo tapes, you get your first job offer.

Stan Chambers - KTLA - 61 year news reporter veteran. Believe it or not there was a time when TV News had no established formats, no set rules on how to cover a story, no tried and true formulas.

Follow two stories from assignment to air showing the contrast between the rookie and the veteran - First year reporter Robert Hughes - KWST, Yuma, AZ - and KGTV San Diegos Sal Rivera, a 20 year veteran.

Take students into the Broadcast Booth, production Trailer & on the field, for a realistic, close-up look at the work done by reporters, play-by-play announcers, sports anchors & sports broadcast producers.

In this program, host Melody Young visits the network studios with reporter Jeanne Ohm out in the field and in the studio.