{"id":99155,"date":"2020-12-09T10:26:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T15:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=99155"},"modified":"2022-09-29T11:30:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T15:30:46","slug":"motion-picture-students-get-opportunity-to-learn-from-film-and-television-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2020\/12\/09\/motion-picture-students-get-opportunity-to-learn-from-film-and-television-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"Motion picture students get opportunity to learn from film and television professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by Nia-Nicole Pugh<\/p><\/div>\n

Wright State University motion picture students learned from a number of high-level film and television professionals who gave remote lectures during Fall Semester.<\/p>\n

Because the pandemic forced film and television production to largely shut down, the Motion Pictures Program<\/a> was able to organize lectures by a record number of seven working professionals who shared their expertise with Wright State’s emerging filmmakers and film scholars.<\/p>\n

The lectures were one way the program sustained student engagement while fulfilling its mission of high-quality professional development, said Nichol Simmons, adjunct motion pictures faculty member.<\/p>\n

“Despite the challenges presented by the pandemic, the Motion Picture Production Area (MoPix) has been a hive of activity this semester. MoPix faculty have found innovative and creative ways to engage our B.A. and B.F.A. students within majors that typically demand a significant amount of hands-on training and in-class screenings,” said Simmons, who graduated from Wright State in 1999 with a bachelor’s degree in motion pictures production.<\/p>\n

Guest speakers included:<\/p>\n