Source: The Business Report-Daily Report/10-26-2007
LSU will play host to a Digital Media Education Forum on Nov. 1-2 to help other universities develop academic programs for careers in digital industries such as animation and video game design. The forum will feature lectures as well as roundtables for industry reps, university faculty and administrators to brainstorm and collaborate. Speakers include Barbara Slade with Walt Disney Development, U.K.; Barry Weiss, senior vice president for Sony Imageworks; and Chris Williams, founder and director of the Animex International Festival of Animation and Computer Games in England. Slade, writer of award-winning screenplays for Nickelodeon, Disney, ABC and Fox, will also hold a workshop on Nov. 3-4 for aspiring writers on how to pitch TV series ideas to a network. For forum information and registration, go to cct.lsu.edu/dme. For workshop information and registration, call 389-7182 or email ssimmons@cct.lsu.edu. --Steve Clark
Publish Date:
10-26-2007
