NNU Mass Comm: Fusing Art & Literature
- Writing
- Producing
- Directing
- Crewing
- Film & Television
Artists tell their stories with light, color, and shapes. Musicians use tones, timing, and tempo. Writers employ word choice, subtext, and metaphor in their storytelling.
In the Mass Communications major at NNU, we fuse all of these into one art form which has far greater impact than the sum of its parts. We combine image, sound, and text and put them in motion -- juxtaposing each against the other, and against itself, to tell stories which challenge the intellect, excite the imagination, and heal the spirit.
We do that through the mediums of film and television.
Welcome to Mass Comm. We're here to tell stories, and to tell them well, by combining the tools of the artist, musician, and writer. We're here to enrich lives by learning to communicate, entertain, and impact. We're here to help students create new worlds, or comment on those that already exist.
We're here, to touch lives, and to teach our students how to do the same.
Explore the links on the left and those below to discover who we are, what we teach, and how we approach the business of education. Then come and visit us -- work with us on a film shoot, sit in on a few classes, talk to us about your dreams. See for yourself what Fusing Art & Literature is all about.
Just Wrapped: Recent Mass Comm News
- Professor Ytreeide has been asked to direct the pilot of a new TV series for one of the major cable networks. As part of his compesation package he negotiated to have several Mass Comm students hired as Production Assistants for the show. During the week they're all at the other end of the country, Professor Ytreeide will teach his classes live from the set of the series.
- Four Mass Comm students were recently hired to crew a national Satellite Media Tour with Olympic Gold Medalist Kristin Armstrong. Besides enduring a 3:00a.m. Crew Call, the students were well paid as camera ops, director, and audio tech and, more importantly, came away with a wealth of real-world experience and industry contacts. Mass Comm students are often sent on such jobs through Professor Ytreeide's contacts in the industry, and are often given more than just PA jobs due to the level of training they receive at Mass Comm.
- Two Mass Comm sophomores made a successful pitch to a major corporation this week to secure funding for the annual Christmas show. After being prepped and rehearsed by faculty, the two students met with the officers of the company in their board room and convinced them to be the Title Sponsors of the show.
- Students and faculty of Mass Comm just completed a very wet film shoot for a documentary on Mark Twain - "wet" because both the crew and the 12-year-old actor playing Huck Finn spent 4 hours standing in a stand-in for the Mississippi River.
- Junior Troy Watters has been named the Senior Producer for this year's Christmas show. Troy and his staff of producers are busy breaking down the script to see what needs to be done to pull off this one-hour special which will air on NBC affiliates. The show will be taped by Mass Comm in November.
- Freshmen and new transfers completed Mass Comm Boot Camp this week, making them full-fledged members of the department with codes and passes to prove it.
- Graduate Lynelle Thompson was recently offered -- and accepted -- a full-time job at DreamWorks Studios.
- Graduate Jeremy Wiese recently prevailed after a long and rigorous application process to land a job as head videographer for a college.
- Over the summer a satellite uplink truck was donated to Mass Comm, also from NetWest.
- A 48 foot production truck was recently donated to the department. This fully functional mobile broadcast studio was given to the department by NetWest Communications Group. The truck's last job before being dropped off at NNU was for ESPN.
