MIT Graduate Program in Comparative Media Studies
Studying Media and Making Media
A visual lecture and intensive hands-on workshop with Scott McCloud in the art of making comics. Strong emphasis will be given to developing clarity, storytelling skills and personal expression.
Jim Ross, the longtime voice of World Wrestling Entertainment, joins CMS graduate student Sam Ford to discuss the unique blend of reality and fiction in the world of American professional wrestling.
What are the benefits and dangers of a confusion between the private creativity and the public career elements of a writer's life?
Clara Fernández-Vara compares and contrasts videogames with theatre to understand how they can incorporate narratives as part of the performance.
A workshop exploring the role of space in storytelling and how artists can use the tools of game design to construct complex narratives.
Middlebury's Jason Mittell on how television narratives have expanded and been complicated through transmedia extensions, including video games, novelizations, websites, online video, and alternate reality games.
Raney Aronson of FRONTLINE, documentary director Katerina Cizek, Jason Spingarn-Koff of the New York Times' Op-Docs, and the Guardian's multimedia editor Francesca Panetta.
A panel with some of the leading creators in virtual reality -- Raney Aronson-Rath, Jessica Brillhart, Nonny de la Peña, and Caspar Sonnen -- to better understand VR’s potentials and implications for documentary and journalism.
Emily Rueb, a reporter for The New York Times, will share insights gained in bursting boundaries of traditional storytelling for The New York Times's Metro desk -- weaving video, audio, illustrations and text across multiple platforms.
Erik Loyer's award-winning work explores new blends of game dynamics, poetic expression and interactive visual storytelling.
