{"id":18733,"date":"2016-06-13T08:57:27","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T12:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/edc\/?p=18733"},"modified":"2022-01-07T12:32:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T17:32:04","slug":"making-magic-in-the-media-commons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/2016\/making-magic-in-the-media-commons\/","title":{"rendered":"Making magic in the Media Commons"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Cassandra Hendry, TLS staff writer <\/em><\/p>\n

Paul Jasen, an instructor in Carleton\u2019s communications and music departments, often hears that students in arts-based courses want to graduate with hands-on, tangible skills. Employers are searching for potential hires that are able to code a website, use Photoshop, or create professional-quality videos.<\/p>\n

Luckily, Jasen says, Carleton has a hub on campus that can provide students those types of skills.<\/p>\n

The Media Commons on the sixth floor of Southam Hall is one of the university\u2019s best kept secrets, giving students, staff and instructors the opportunity to create professional multimedia projects. But it\u2019s far more than just an area to rent video equipment or record audio; it\u2019s a hub of learning.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat the Media Commons does is that it teaches students. A typical history student has never used a camera professionally and doesn\u2019t know much about the technique of editing,\u201d says Michael Ostroff, an instructor in film and history.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough workshops and having the staff there when there are problems, students have become very proficient in using the equipment and learning the techniques of telling a story.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both Jasen and Ostroff\u2019s students make use of the Media Commons for two distinct reasons.<\/p>\n

\"Inside<\/a>Jasen\u2019s course on podcasting has regularly scheduled classes in the radio editing suites of the River Building. He found that students wanted more than a few hours per week to work on their podcasts, so he reached out to the staff at the Media Commons. His students were able to use the hub\u2019s high-quality microphones, specialized software, and acoustically treated rooms while receiving professional audio recorders on loan to record audio around Ottawa.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was key because it got them out of the studio and out into the world, where they then could bring the world back into their podcasts,\u201d Jasen says.<\/p>\n

In Ostroff\u2019s two courses on documentary making\u2014one in the history department and the other in film\u2014he found his students benefited the most from the support they received from the Media Commons staff.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s crucial what this facility offers [these courses] . . . What\u2019s most important is the people who work there. You can have all the equipment in the world, but you need to have people who are capable of working with and teaching students. I teach the students the aesthetics but I don\u2019t teach them what buttons to push,\u201d Ostroff says.<\/p>\n

He finds that his students get so excited about the documentaries they\u2019re making and the high quality of work they\u2019re producing that sometimes they work 60 to 80 hours editing these projects in the Media Commons. In fact, one student group in his history course may have their documentary on the effort to bring 4,000 Vietnamese refugees to Ottawa purchased by the CBC.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s magic in movies. And [students] can make magic when they\u2019re not fighting the equipment. It makes a huge difference,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Olivia Dendy, a student in Ostroff\u2019s film studies course, says though she was familiar with basic editing software such as Windows MovieMaker and iMovie, she had limited experience with more professional software.<\/p>\n

During the course, Media Commons staff taught Dendy to use high-quality cameras and editing software. She was also able to make use of the on-hand staff throughout the shooting and editing processes to brainstorm helpful solutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI learned so much using the Media Commons . . . We learned how to work as a group in an entirely non-academic way, which I think will be hugely beneficial in a career setting,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the Media Commons and how it can be used for your multimedia teaching and learning needs, visit the Media Production Centre\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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