Video & Media Design
Create Your Path
The MFA Video & Media Design program at Carnegie Mellon School of Drama gives students the flexibility to explore their intersectional creativity. With its focus on media and projection for live events, students participate fully in the school’s ambitious season of productions, which are student designed and produced with close faculty and staff support. With ever-expanding professional applications for graduates across multiple professional fields, CMU’s Video & Media Design program allows students to create their own artistic path.
Video & Media Design Curriculum
The MFA curriculum offers a streamlined set of core courses, providing flexibility for students to explore top-quality offerings across the university, integrating diverse fields such as animation, robotics, 3D image capture, and creative coding. With guidance from faculty advisers, students craft a personalized curriculum that equips them with a broad skill set. Graduates emerge ready to excel in a variety of performance and entertainment sectors, including theater, film, television, dance, opera, game design, immersive experiences, and live events.
Student Work
Large Scale Productions
Kolton Cotton (Class of 2024) was media designer for the School of Drama’s production of “i think i’m starting to want to be a mother” in the Philip Chosky Theater.
Intimate Productions
Julian Kelley (Class of 2023) was the media and projection designer for the School of Drama’s production of “Constellations” in the John Wells Video Studio.
Creative Process
Joseph Amodei (Class of 2020) was projection/media designer for the School of Drama’s production of “Atlas of Depression.”
This photo shows Joseph’s video mapping process. Learn more about the show here.
alumni stories
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