Posts tagged: alumni

Community Outreach

Grassroot Project in South Africa

August 24, 2010 DC alum Stephen Nelson continued work for Grassroot Project a Practicum client based in Washington, DC. The Grassroot Project serves to educate at-risk youth from Washington D.C. about HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention by utilizing Division I "student-athlete" role models. Stephen created a secondary site, TeamUp, for the program. This fundraising effort sent middle school students to South Africa on a cultural exchange and HIV aw Read On...

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CDIA Alum Become Certified Photographers for Bella Pictures

August 18, 2010 CDIA alumni Janelle DePiano, Chelle Amaral, and Marie Pasquel just became certified photographers for Bella Pictures after completing Bella Pictures’ Professional Development Program, under the direction of Rob Paine. These photographers shot six weddings in seven weeks under an experienced lead photographer, after which their work was critiqued, frame by frame. “CDIA is an ideal place to recruit from,” Paine said. “Its p Read On...

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CDIA Alum Erin Gallagher at Boston SuperMeet

August 5, 2010 On Friday, June 25, CDIA students, faculty and alumni participated in the First Annual Boston SuperMeet – a gathering of Final Cut Studio, Adobe, Avid editors, gurus and digital filmmakers from within the US, Europe and the world. Hosted by the Boston Final Cut Pro User Group (BOSFCPUG), the event featured a wide array of impressive new technology. According to Daniel Berube, SuperMeet Co-Producer and head of BOSFCPUG, “SuperMee Read On...

Digital Filmmaking

On the Road with CDIA Film Alumni

February 18, 2010 During the last week of October 2009, CDIA Digital Film Program Director Federico Muchnik (FM) took three film alum on the road for a project devoted to teaching English as a second language to adults. Working with Dave Bouley, Andre Phillips, and Josh Weinhaus, FM was able to prep, shoot and deliver two 30 minute pilots for a series of videos designed to help ESL teachers improve their skills. The shoots took place in St. Paul, MN and Alexandria Read On...

Digital Filmmaking

A Road Trip

December 17, 2009 My next documentary film, A Road Trip, is now beginning to feel like a reality for me, although I still have a lot of planning to do and many decisions yet to make in the preproduction phase.   At this time I know that on September 1, 2010 I will leave from Boston on my month-long road trip driving a big truck packed with all my possessions as I head to Los Angeles. I have nearly a year’s worth of work for my documentary and this doe Read On...