Courses Taught in Virtual Reality

Learn the fundamentals of the New Media ecosystem; how it works, who are the major players, and how content creators stand out in crowded markets and get rich.

The art and business of creating and producing web video content. You will develop basic expertise in content ideation, creation, and production by creating and producing a video or web series pilot with viral potential.

Learn the craft of a professional New Media actor and gain the on-camera training and audition techniques necessary to succeed on the web and mobile

The theory and practice of professional videography, lighting, and sound for 21st-century formats, using your mobile phone as the camera and recording device.

Learn the history and techniques of New Media writing. You'll write an advertising video, a comedy video, and a video of your choice. This course covers conceptualizing and writing an original web series pilot.

How to create and write a series pitch & bible, an art & business plan, and the episodes of a digital series based on a new concept, or based on the pilot episode concept produced in the prerequisite course (New Media Writing I)

Learn directing fundamentals: script analysis, how to create a shot list and storyboards, and how to work with producers, casting directors, actors, production designers, and cinematographers, while gaining confidence and leadership skills.

Master the process of planning the elements involved in creating a full-scale production: scheduling and budgeting, casting, props, location scouting, green screen and set construction, call sheets, clearances, permissions, etc.

Learn the secrets of success of the most powerful role on a video set. Students will learn why producing is like “herding cats” while they produce their webisode series from script-lock to financing, casting, shooting, re-shooting, and all the other aspects of production.

Learn the technical side of the editing process as well as how storytelling plays an integral role in the editing process.

Learn the technology, creative application, and requirements for producing audio soundtracks for web videos. You will create a sound design plan for your video project, create and edit sound effects, and use Adobe software to create a completed audio mix.

Discover how to align your personal brand with your business objectives, communicate your brand to a target market, develop a brand story, create positioning, promise and personality. Plus, a look at brand loyalty, equity and ethics, rebranding, and brand ambassadors.

Create and execute a digital marketing strategy for your personal brand, just like the big brands do. Learn how to define and understand your audience and find fresh new ways to connect with customers in crowded markets and conquer the field!

How to get paid as a content creator without always having to make new content

The theory, processes, and strategies that go into shaping a New Media startup in the digital age. Create and validate a high potential business concept, write a business plan and pitch deck, learn how to crowdfund it through equity crowdfunding, and launch.

Learn website and app development fundamentals and why you need an app, website, or ecommerce site in the digital economy