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Media Arts
Media Arts
The Media Arts Department at NOCCA provides a foundational framework for film, animation, audio arts, and immersive media to prepare students for this dynamic and transformative field. From story development to visual storytelling to sound design, students are immersed in the fundamentals of media arts while being challenged to work critically and creatively as artists.
NOCCA Media Arts students have the opportunity to explore filmmaking from script to screen, animation, stop motion, motion graphics, 3-D modeling, and audio arts from sound design to audio engineering.
Media Arts houses a professional recording studio with a green screen, professional lighting, and two Apple-based computer labs. Industry-standard software including the Final Draft, Studio Binder, Adobe Suite, Ableton Live, Avid Pro Tools Studio, Toonboom, and Dragon Frame. Students are able to utilize (both on-and-off campus) professional-grade DSLR’s, cinema cameras, lighting rigs, portable audio recording equipment, and studio-grade audio interfaces. Media Arts annually updates equipment to reflect current industry standards of the creative fields.
Media Arts
Students currently in 8th-11th grades may apply for the Half-Day Arts Conservatory (9-12 Grade)
Upload with your completed application:
- An Artist Statement answering the following questions
- Why do you like to make media art?
- What subjects/themes do you explore?
- What processes and techniques do you use?
- What are your goals and aspirations as an artist?
- Who or what inspires you?
- Creative self-portrait video (1-2 minutes in length) describing yourself as an artist and collaborator.
- A portfolio that includes any 3 of the following (can have more than 1 of each type): short film, photo story, storyboard, comic, illustration that tells a story, two to five page screenplay, electronic or recorded music, music video, short animation, animatic or a video game.
Your portfolio should ONLY include your 3 strongest works, finished or unfinished.
The strength of your work will be largely analyzed based on Media Arts’ roots as a time based medium. Therefore, demonstrating one’s understanding of how story, character, space and/or tone develop over time is an essential element of the portfolio. We are looking for originality, creativity, curiosity, and a passion for storytelling.
All applicants are ranked based on a score from their audition. Class sizes are limited, and admittance to NOCCA goes to the top-ranked students. Placement into levels is determined at the discretion of the Media Arts faculty.
In addition to department requirements, each applicant will:
- Upload to the application a 1-2 minute video of the applicant answering the question, “Why do I want to train at NOCCA?”
- Upload to the application a copy of the most recent report card. Applicants must have at least a 2.0 GPA.
- Be prepared with the email of an adult who is not related to you to complete your recommendation. Your recommender will receive an email from Acceptd with a link to fill out a recommendation form online.
At the Audition:
Admission to the Media Arts program is based on the application and audition. Students who complete the application on time will be scheduled for an audition. The audition consists of a portfolio review and interview.