VISUAL COMMUNICATION
ANIMATION
CSUN is an exciting place to study Animation. Our location – within 20 minutes of the heart of the industry – facilitates participation in the industry events and internships with Disney, DreamWorks, Warner Bros., Nickelodeon and Film Roman. Beginning courses provide a solid grounding in the principles of Animation with exercises in timing, story concept, character design, and storyboarding. The Intermediate level brings these skills to 2-D and 3-D Computer Animation applications, and at the advanced level, you’ll have the opportunity to showcase your talents in an animation project.
FACULTY:
Mary Ann Trujillo, John Clisset, Mark Farquhar
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VIDEO/DIGITAL ART
In this area if concentration, you’ll have an opportunity to explore the traditions and possibilities of new media from web art, to experimental digital video to visual effects. The Video/Digital Art program at CSUN takes important foundation skills in basic design and drawing and applies them to the world of art technology. Our program is distinguished by its emphasis on technology instruction, integration of theory and practice and multidisciplinary curriculum combined with knowing how to think critically, creatively and collaboratively.
FACULTY:
Ron Saito, Craig Ashby, Mona Kasra
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Graphic design is everywhere: from your cell phone’s packaging to the movie poster advertising the next blockbuster.
CSUN offers a wide variety of both undergraduate and graduate courses that prepare individuals for professional careers in graphic design and related visual communication fields. Understanding that graphic design is a visual language that communicates ideas, students learn the historical and foundational characteristics of the subject’s essential ingredients: type and imagery.
Lower division courses explore the various relationships of purpose, structure and appearance, while upper division courses emphasize the design process, from concept through execution, focusing on each portfolio-oriented project’s objective and intended audience. Classes are conducted in state-of-the-art computer labs using industry-standard software by professors with years of professional experience.
FACULTY:
James Kelley, Paula DiMarco, Magdy Rizk, Dave Moon, Joe Bautista, Jung Hong, Barbara Odza, Silva Matossian
ILLUSTRATION
This form of commercial art can be seen everywhere: in books, magazines and films, on billboards, posters, house wares and packaging, on computers and televisions. At CSUN, you’ll study illustration as both an art form and as a profession, learning about the history of illustration and its evolving styles and technologies. Emphasis is on problem solving and the development of personal expression and style.
FACULTY:
Laurel Long
PHOTOGRAPHY
The Photography department at CSUN offers a beginning class that provides strong visual and technical skills and upper division courses that allow students to pursue a fine art or commercial emphasis. To accommodate the greatest breadth in training, students are encouraged to enroll in classes form both areas. The program also features a digital photography lab with a course design to facilitate proficiency in creating and manipulation digital images.
FACULTY:
Edward Alfano, Tokuroh Arimitsu, Lesley Krane, Robert von Sternberg
Robin McCauley, Michael Miller, Richard Ollis, Chuck Przelomiec