By Josette Martel, June 2, 2005
Even the most seasoned creative professional is not immune to mounting deadlines, endless to-do lists, and routine tasks. These things are enough to take the "creative" out of the creative pro. But summer after summer, creative professionals are finding an escape from the day-to-day by taking weeklong immersion courses with the Digital Media Academy (DMA).
The Digital Media Academy draws a diverse crowd of attendees, including musicians, filmmakers, media producers, media journalists, photographers, Web and graphic designers, and computer animators. Coming from different backgrounds, all come to take a break from their routine, to refine their skills, and to be inspired by others. As one participant explained, the experience is "always the highlight of my year being exposed to the ideas and talent of instructors and participants."
DMA programs are held on college campuses, including Stanford University and The University of Texas at Austin along with other locations in San Diego, Hartsville South Carolina and Burlington Vermont. Whether participants commute or stay on campus in university housing, all experience learning in a summer "retreat" environment and weeklong immersion experience. Participants come taking a variety of weeklong immersion courses, such as Digital Story Telling, a pre-production film and production workshop, or any number of video editing courses, using either Final Cut Pro, Vegas 5 software, Abode Premiere, Adobe After Effects, or Motion
. Others come to immerse themselves in 3D modeling and animation, game design, graphic design, or Web design.
DMA courses are taught by some of the finest instructors available who are also award-winning filmmakers, photographers, artists, Web designers, and 3D animators. DMA instructors include: Ben Waggoner, expert in video compression; Dean Mermell, winner of the best editor award at the California Independent Film Festival; Steve Adler, from the New York School of Visual Arts; Betsy Kopmar, an Adobe Master Teacher from the Academy of Art College in San Francisco; Tom Tuttle, a nationally-recognized author, photographer and digital imaging specialist; and Tom Wolsky, veteran ABC producer and best-selling Final Cut Pro author. These are just a few of the many instructors who are not only technical experts but also creative professionals. As one summer 2004 participant Joseph Horne experienced,"[DMA courses are] taught by [people] who not only understand the application, but who also have the artistic abilities to bring out the best in the software, and in the students."
New courses for 2005 include, among others: Digital Audio Editing, focused on recording techniques for music recording, film and video post-production, and broadcasting; a course in Motion, Apple's new motion graphic design and production application; and Hollywood Special Effects with Shake, Apple's high-end compositing software for motion picture special effects. For more details on these new courses, in addition to a complete listing of all courses, visit the DMA website at http://www.digitalmediaacademy.org or call toll-free (866) 656-3342.
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