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Parking garage as host for micro housing model
There was a time during my freelance television production days when I would have gone anywhere for work. In fact, being able to uproot from Atlanta and moonlight in a new city for six to ten weeks of...
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SCAD alumni fan the flames of Super Bowl ad fever
An Ostrich. Doritos. The chance to be seen by one of the largest television audiences in history. Not seeing the connection yet? Keep reading."Breakroom Ostrich," by a team from Atlanta-based FUGO...
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The future of fashion
What does it take to be considered a rising star in the fashion industry? Each year the YMA gives us a glimpse into what the future of fashion holds when it crowns a new group of Fashion Scholarship...
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Why you can't afford to miss the One Spark crowdfunding festival
The Bowerbags 2011 Kickstarter campaign was my first foray into crowdfunding. You know the feeling you get when you empty your pockets on laundry day only to find a five or ten dollar bill that you had...
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SCAD announces Atlanta and Savannah closures in response to winter weather...
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Metro Atlanta, with snow, freezing rain and ice expected to effect the area until Wednesday, January 29. In Savannah, an Ice Storm...
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I'm going to Disneyland!
You may hear the famililar refrain of champions, "I'm going to Disneyland," ring out from your television on Sunday night after the big game. But four students from Savannah College of Art and Design...
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How my class designed the Super Bowl open
How did a bunch of art students land one of the biggest jobs on television? As with most things, this dream job happened because of relationships. Many of our motion media design alumni work for FOX...
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Video: SCAD-FOX Sports Super Bowl collaboration
We’re happy to bring you the final result of SCAD’s partnership with FOX Sports to design the opening animation for the Super Bowl. Originally scheduled to air at 6 p.m. on Super Bowl Sunday, FOX...
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A letter to future television writers
I teach a class at Savannah College of Art and Design where students write original television pilots. Lucky me, I get to read exciting material from writers who are just finding their voices and have...
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Executive Producer Tim Gibbons's Truths for Surviving TV
Hosted by TV Week's Hillary Atkin, aTVfest's Q-and-A with Tim Gibbons, the executive producer of HBO’s monumental comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm and BET’s runaway hit Real Husbands of Hollywood, two shows...
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Demystifying TV development: how to hone your pitch and sizzle
One of the hardest things about selling a show idea is trying to figure out what your target, be it a network or production company, is thinking. The perfect formula of what they want and how they want...
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Update: Savannah Port Fire
Updated Saturday, Feb. 8 at 8:25 p.m.: Based on guidance from the City of Savannah, Savannah College of Art and Design is lifting the previous advisory that students living in Turner, Turner Annex,...
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CeeLo Green, Angie Harmon headline aTVfest Day 2
Here's day two of aTVfest in pictures. Actress Angie Harmon, who plays "Jane Rizzoli" on "Rizzoli and Isles," receives the Spotlight Award. The Inside Acting: Acting for TV panel with actors Orlando...
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Promotions: strategies for attracting a television audience
Whether scripted or unscripted, television content doesn’t have an audience without promotion. The Promoting the Product panelists at aTVfest shared their approaches for attracting and building an...
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Is that real? Uses for virtual and augmented reality in nonfiction TV
The Virtual and Augmented Reality panel at aTVfest, with Janet Arlotta and John Howell from North Carolina-based (n+1) designstudio, opened my eyes to how 3D and motion media are giving producers on...
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Closure Alert: SCAD Atlanta to close Feb. 11 due to weather
Updated at 5:45 p.m.: Due to anticipated inclement weather, SCAD Atlanta will close for students, faculty and staff on Tuesday, Feb. 11. All classes scheduled on Feb. 11 will be rescheduled for Friday,...
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Olympic urbanism: the Games’ legacy to our cities
With the Winter Olympics in full swing, you’ll forgive me if I have more on my mind than figure skating, ski slopes, and curling. After months of studying the impact Olympic Games have on our cities...
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5 minutes with American Idol contender George Lovett
Savannah College of Art and Design alumnus and former member of SCAD’s performance ensemble the Honeybees, George Lovett (B.F.A., performing arts, 2011) recently sang his way to the Top 30 of “American...
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Jason Middlebrook defies gravity at SCAD deFine Art
*/The recyled materials artist Jason Middlebrook employed to bring his site-specific installation Submerged to SCAD Museum of Art - lumber salvaged by Southern Pine Company - remind him of his...
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Inside the mind of Theaster Gates
Award-winning artist Theaster Gates began his lecture “An Analog but Very Important Conversation” with a slow, soulful prayer, which he sang, his rich voice filling the crevices of the packed theater...
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