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The York College Communications Technology website on the CUNY Academic Commons featuring:
- advice for current and prospective majors,
- showcases of student work and accomplishments,
- announcements of Comm Tech workshops and events, and
- examination of trends in the Comm Tech industry.
YorkCommTech Flickr Group
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Media Archive
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Student’s Complete Music Video
Posted on October 21, 2011 | No CommentsThe Born of Scars “The Rain” Music Video created by York College CT students has finally been completed. A group of students including Dhruv Kumar, the producer, set out to create a music video for their Cinematography class in Spring 2011, taught by Liz Ruben. […] -
Unique Summer Internship
Posted on June 15, 2011 | 2 CommentsWhen Joonmarie Roca Brush, one of our most outstanding Communications Technology students, approached me about pursuing an internship with the MTA, I was initially hesitant. I had never seen anything from their media department. With a little research, I found that she would be working […] -
An Ode to the “Professional” Editor #FCPX
Posted on April 13, 2011 | 3 CommentsOn April 12, 2011, Final Cut Pro saw its first major redesign and update since 2001… Even earlier if you remember the program as Key Grip (the name of the program at Apple purchased as the foundation for FCP in 1999). As I tuned into […] -
Social Networking as a Lifeline in Japan Disaster
Posted on March 14, 2011 | 1 CommentSocial media/networking sites have become a vital tool in the disaster that recently occured in Japan. Phone services came to a halt, preventing victims from contacting their loved ones. Services such as Facebook, Twitter, Mixi (The largest social networking in Japan) proved more reliable than […] -
Careers in Cinematography
Posted on January 26, 2011 | 5 CommentsThe New York City Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, in association with the Brooklyn Workforce Innovations and International Cinematographers Guild is sponsoring a free panel discussion featuring directors of photography, camera operators, and assistants who work in film and television. Through the Lens: Careers […] -
House of Controversy, 60 Minutes Bootcamp
Posted on July 14, 2010 | 1 CommentWhen plans were announced to build a new mosque and Islamic cultural center in New York some people were outraged, and this was more than bigotry and anti-Islamic sentiment. The controversy came over the proposed site…just two blocks from ground zero. Opponents said it was […] -
Basic Studio Production @ York College
Posted on July 14, 2010 | No CommentsYork College’s Basic Television Studio class (CT 240) ended their semester with a bang. Producing four live-to-tape episodes of “The Reel”, the show chronicles local documentary filmmakers in their pursuit of amazing non-fiction stories. As a part of the final project in CT 240, these […] -
Fair Use in the Media Production Classroom
Posted on April 15, 2010 | 6 CommentsTo most students citation is a familiar term. When students writing a paper want to include a passage from another source, they copy, paste, and attribute the passage. Also students are expected to quote just the necessary amount to support their case. But do […] -
Life | Exposed – Episode 2
Posted on November 20, 2009 | No CommentsIn the Spring of 2009, the York College Communications Technology produced a television program showcasing its own student work. Life | Exposed is a collaboration between our own Television Studio Production course and the Introduction to Video course. The hosted program takes a look at […] -
Life | Exposed – Episode 1
Posted on November 20, 2009 | No CommentsIn the Spring of 2009, the York College Communications Technology produced a television program showcasing its own student work. Life | Exposed is a collaboration between our own Television Studio Production course and the Introduction to Video course. The hosted program takes a look at the short […]
