WIP Horror Festival Tonight!

Join Works in Progress for their annual Horror Festival! Come out to the Black Box Theater in the PAC at 7pm for some frightening entertainment. There will be an after party at the Interlude Cafe. Celebrate Halloween a little early tonight.

Create an iPad Intro!

Get your work seen by your fellow students! There is a call for short animations or videos to be displayed on the new iPad kiosks going up around the Adelphi campus!

New iPad kiosks will be installed throughout campus starting in the lower cafe of the UC.

The IT department is looking for eye-catching intros to play on the iPad kiosks. The kiosks will serve the University in a multitude of areas including: easy access to the most popular links around campus, the AU2Go app, and other social media apps.

We are looking to you for some fun, creative intros!

The intros should be no shorter than 15 seconds. Any other questions?  Email Tom or Jessi for more information.

Keep a look out for the new kiosks and take a peek at am still from an animation by alumnus Abby Lee, that will debut on the new iPads!

Calling All Adelphi Student Artists!

Join us for our 7th Annual Audition Mixer! Monday, October 6th from 5:00pm - 7:00pm, in Blodgett Hall room 108.  We look forward to seeing you there!

The Tech Cafe has Reopened

The Tech Cafe has reopened for the Fall 2014 semester and we are dishing out a huge heaping of technical support! Join Tom and Jessi on Wednesdays from 1:00pm to 2:00pm in Studio 108 to receive some extra hands on experience with the department's cameras, mics, or lighting equipment. If post production is more your thing, join them on Thursdays from 12:15pm to 1:15pm in the Media Lab (119) where all your software questions will be answered. Feel free to email Tom or Jessi with any questions or concerns prior to the start of the tech cafe so equipment can be ready for you. Otherwise just swing on by and they will be happy to help! *sorry coffee is not included*

Join the Communication's Department Facebook group!

In an effort to share job-postings and relevant resources to our department and the communications field at large, we have just launched a Facebook group for students and alum.

Please visit  https://www.facebook.com/groups/aucommdept/ and request to join. Once your request has been processed, you are welcome to post links, film festival leads, news, critical commentary and anything else you think our community may enjoy.

Job-postings will be posted on a rolling basis but certainly there will be at least one new job listing posted each week. Follow the group to keep up with these listings and much more.

You can also follow the department on Twitter @AUCommDept

And on Flickr: aucommdept

If you have any questions, please email jdrew@adelphi.edu, otherwise hope to see many new members and faces online!

A Little Piece of History

This is your chance to take home a piece of Adelphi University Communications Department history!

The Comm Department is reorganizing several spaces and is reducing the inventory of film flatbeds. If you have room for and would like to own your very own Steenbeck let us know. You could also take home an edit table with rewinds; editing accessories such as a splicer, synchronizers and 16mm cans.

Not only do we have film equipment up for grabs, we also have a few tripods available! We have a Wooden Junior Tripod. 2 Universal tripods with fluid heads. And last but not least, NCE tripod legs.

Please email commdept@adelphi.edu if you are interested or for more information. Thanks for looking!

44th Annual Adelphi Film and Video Festival a Big Success!

The 44th annual Adelphi Student Film and Video Festival took place on tuesday evening, May 13 at the PAC Concert Hall. Everyone was a winner! Below is a list of the awards that were given out at the post screening party in the studio at Blodgett Hall.

First Place:  Vicarious by Rebecca Farina

Second Place: Heads or Tails by Mara Bush

Third Place: The Day Sound Came by Antonio Escuro

Best Actor: Greg Buckheit (Heads or Tails)

Best Actress: Julie Praetzel (Vicarious)

Best Cinematography: Le Compositeur (Ana Karely Maldonado and Harley Yeager)

Best Sound Design: Vicarious (Rebecca Farina)

Best Editing: Change the Sick Society (Samantha Hollinde)

Best Screenplay: Forgotten (Leore Riven) 

Audience Choice Award: Heads or Tails by Mara Bush

A link to festival photos