Mass Com at Rock Valley College

11/08/2024

A great week of classes for our Illinois Film Office / Mass Com at Rock Valley College film and TV workforce training! We spent the week at City Stage Studios working with Josiah Sjöström on lessons in lighting, grip items, and how to work on a film set.

Applications for our next IFO/RVC training class will open on Dec. 9th! The program website link is: https://rockvalleycollege.edu/community/workforce-development/film-training

11/06/2024

Courses for our Media Production (MPS) certificate are open for Spring enrollment!

Certificate information can be found here: https://rockvalleycollege.smartcatalogiq.com/en/2024-2025/2024-2025-college-catalog/career-and-technical-education-programs/mass-communication-career-programs/media-production-specialist-certificate-mps-3950-32-credits/

For more info please contact our program chair Jerry LaBuy at: [email protected]

11/06/2024

Courses for our Multimedia Journalism (MMJ) certificate are open for Spring enrollment!

Certificate information can be found here: https://rockvalleycollege.smartcatalogiq.com/en/2024-2025/2024-2025-college-catalog/career-and-technical-education-programs/mass-communication-career-programs/multimedia-journalist-certificate-mmj-3975-32-credits/

For more info please contact our program chair Jerry LaBuy at: [email protected]

11/06/2024

"As we saw with the SAG-AFTRA union strike last year, Hollywood studios and unions continue to hotly debate AI's role in filmmaking. While the Screen Actors Guild and Writers Guild secured some AI limitations in recent contracts, many industry veterans see the technology as inevitable."

Time-hopping film Here used AI trained on every Tom Hanks movie to make him appear young again.

10/24/2024

the mascot is watching over the intro production class TV labs this week!

10/18/2024

The Season Two order for Apple TV+'s new sci-fi thriller franchise Dark Matter has arrived, but when will the new season begin filming? Earlier this year,

10/17/2024

The Western Electric Heater Horn 16A (1929, New York) was considered a "compact" speaker system for cinemas at the dawn of the sound film era.

It weighed 400lbs (182kg).

The speaker was hung behind the projection screen, the only sound source in the days of mono film sound.

10/15/2024

Priority Registration for Spring 2025 is now open for students with 16+ credit hours.

Priority Registration will continue this week with Winterim & Spring 2025 Registration opening for all on Thursday, October 17 at 9 a.m. For more information, visit RockValleyCollege.edu/Apply

10/14/2024

Applications close today at 5pm!

The Film and TV Workforce Training Program is designed to provide participants with the training and knowledge needed to land entry-level positions.

10/10/2024

Through lecture, demonstration, and screening, Brian Ferguson will share the art, philosophy, and craft of animal locomotion.

10/09/2024

alum Emilio Salinas is on Good Day Stateline tonight!

10/09/2024

Applications close this Monday at 5pm for the first session of the 2024-2025 Illinois Film Office/Rock Valley College Film and TV industry workforce training! The course will begin on Tuesday, Oct. 22nd.

Info and program application are at this link: https://rockvalleycollege.edu/community/workforce-development/film-training

Good luck!

The Film and TV Workforce Training Program is designed to provide participants with the training and knowledge needed to land entry-level positions.

10/08/2024

Deadline is October 9 for 's Industry Days, a unique hub for filmmakers & industry professionals to connect, learn, hear from acclaimed creatives & execs including director David Lowery & editor Joi McMillon, and get inspired.

Apply today: https://www.chicagofilmfestival.com/festival/industry-days/

10/08/2024

Team Deakins comes to Chicago!

Roger Deakins along with his longtime collaborator and wife James Deakins (aka Team Deakins) will be in Chicago from October 17–20 to celebrate the Athenaeum Center's public opening of the Roger Deakins Photography Exhibition in their Paradiso gallery space.

WEEK SCHEDULE

Thursday, October 17, 2024
4:30pm – 6:30pm Byways Book Signing (includes ticket to film screening)
7:00pm Film Screening: The Man Who Wasn’t There + Q&A with Team Deakins

Friday, October 18, 2024
7:00pm - 9:00pm Public Opening for Roger Deakins Photography Exhibition with Team Deakins
Tickets are free, but required for this event (almost sold out).

Sunday, October 20, 2024
11:30am – 1:30pm Byways Book Signing (includes ticket to film screening)
2:00pm Film Screening: The Shawshank Redemption + Q&A with Team Deakins

Use promo code DEAKINS at for 20% off the film screenings.

Join award-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins and collaborator/wife James Deakins (aka Team Deakins) for a week of events leading up to our public opening of the Roger Deakins Photography Exhibition. Acclaimed cinematographer Roger Deakins is one of the foremost artists of our day. He is the reci...

10/05/2024

Things are busy!

You will begin to see the welcomed sight of film crews and Honey Wagons as filming in Chicago picks up for a busy Fall.

10/04/2024

We have a late-start film history class beginning on 10/14 with just a few spots left. Enroll today!!

There's still time to get started at RVC! With late-start classes, you don't have to miss out on starting or completing your degree. New classes begin Oct. 14. Learn more at RockValleyCollege.edu/late-start

10/01/2024

**GRANT OPPORTUNITY**

The purpose of this program to enable artistic expression by providing funds to artists and nonprofit art organizations often excluded from mainstream opportunities due to race, gender, and social philosophy.

The Foundation aims to ensure that the arts not only survive but flourish at all levels of society. The Foundation funds projects that educate the public on topical issues, such as climate change, health care, social justice, civil rights, and other contemporary issues. Applicants must be organizations with annual budgets of less than $250,000, and projects must have total costs of less than $250,000.

In 2025 we will be funding proposals in the genres of:

• video/film
• theater

Applications in other disciplines will not be considered. Please note that the primary focus of your proposal must be one of these genres.

The Application Form for the 2021 Grant Cycle How can I receive an application packet? Application packets may only be requested starting September 1, 2020. The only way to receive an application is by sending a #10 SASE to: The Puffin Foundation, Ltd.Application Request20 Puffin WayTeaneck, NJ 0766...