Department of Visual & Media Arts News

MSNBC Interviews Jim Finn

In light of North Korea’s recent attacks on South Korea, Emerson Visual and Media Arts faculty member Jim Finn was featured on MSNBC November 27 to offer his expertise on North Korean propaganda.

The Health Benefits of a Media Diet

Twenty years ago, Cooper began experimenting with media fasts and media diets as a way to counter society’s media obsessions and addictions.

Filmmaker Valerius Goes to White House

Valerius, MA ’06, was among the group of 25 influential black women invited by First Lady Michelle Obama to the White House for a special screening of Tyler Perry’s For Colored Women.

Tobin's New Book of Poetry Lauded

Daniel Tobin's book, Belated Heavens, features poetry on topics spanning from prehistory to modern Manhattan, and delves into themes of violence, destruction, endurance, and what it means to survive.

A Chat with Megamind Screenwriters

Peeking out of one office window on the the DreamWorks studio lot is a cardboard cutout of the villain everyone’s talking about—the distinct blue head of Megamind.

A Chat with the Creators of BFA Film Gem of The West

Rechtman and Gamache were eating lunch in Emerson’s Little Building dining hall their freshman year when they began to hatch the idea for a western that became their BFA film project.

Animation Showcase Stops at Emerson

Students were recently treated to a presentation by Ron Diamond, an experienced producer in the animation film industry. Diamond presented a curated selection of his favorite 11 animated shorts of the past year in his 12th annual “Animation Show of Shows.”

Mega-hit Megamind, written by Emerson grads

Congratulations to Alan Schoolcraft ‘95 and Brent Simons ‘97, who wrote the screenplay for the #1 movie in North America. Last weekend, DreamWorks’ Megamind scored $43.7 million at the box office.