Media and Communication Arts include multiple forms of communicating through the mediums of Film, Photography, and Writing...or a combination of all three!
A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.
Kevin Bacon
Film: Lights, Camera, Action! Calling all beginner and intermediate producers and directors to discover the process of independent film making.
Instructor Dirk Eichhorst is a screenwriter-director with over 16 years experience on over 120 movie, DVD, and commercial projects in many genres.
- He has served as staff producer for several non-profit organizations. Recent productions include THE SCRIPTORIUM, a two-hour documentary on ancient Bibles and rare manuscripts
- HEROES ADRIFT, a Star Wars Fan Movie Short Feature
- BODY BALANCING BY TIM MICHAELS, a six-part fitness DVD series, for which Dirk received a 2006 Accolade Award.
- Dirk served as writer-director for two low-budget independent features, DREAM STORY (1990) and THE WELLSPRING (1996).
Dirk's current projects include the writing of several feature screenplays and seeking development deals. Dirk lives in West Michigan where he works as an independent
contractor through his company, Motions Film & Video, LLC.
Photography: Master your camera, take better photo compositions, manipulate your digital images or embark on a new career in photographic arts.
Screenwriting: For beginners and those with Screenwriting experience -see your story come to life!
Writing: Did you know many of our writing instructors are published authors?
Whether writing for children, romancing the reader or creating the latest whodunit, our classes bring to you the knowledge of experienced, published writers as well as grammar refreshers, research methods, magazine and travel writing and the how-to’s of starting your own publishing company.
You can find additional writing, film and photography courses online at: www.ed2go.com/macomb
Partners in the Arts: College for Creative Studies http://www.collegeforcreativestudies.edu/ce
The Anton Art Center http://www.theartcenter.org
