When a tree falls in a movie, and the audience needs to hear it, a dedicated team of experts is there to ensure that it makes a sound. Read more...
Photo: Erik Aadahl co-founded E Squared, an award-winning sound design company that has worked on films including “Argo,” “A Quiet Place” and “Kung Fu Panda.” Aadahl will be the main speaker at a campus event Tuesday, where he will discuss the multistep process of sound design with students. (Niveda Tennety/Daily Bruin)
Lauren McCarthy wanted to bring coding and activism together in a way that is interactive and accessible. To do so, she worked with Xin Xin, the director and lead organizer of Processing Community Day, and Casey Reas, a design media arts professor and the co-creator of Processing, a software that allows coding within the visual arts. Read more...
Photo: Processing Community Day aims to teach individuals the basics of computer programming and coding in art. Lauren McCarthy, an assistant professor at UCLA, worked with the lead organizer of the event. (Courtesy of Processing Foundation)
This post was updated Jan. 23 at 3:38 p.m. Lars Müller’s publishing company has released over 600 books. Most of the books center around the artistic disciplines he enjoys the most: visual art, architecture, design and photography. Read more...
Photo: Design media arts regents professor Lars Mueller will give a lecture Tuesday at the Broad Art Center. Through his publishing company, Mueller said he aims to spread art with social messages, utilizing photographs to illuminate text. (Emily Ng/Daily Bruin)
Nick Marechal occasionally melds his mathematics Ph.D. into the blues-influenced music he plays. The UCLA alumnus has played blues-rock music since adolescence, but only in the past few years did he decide to make music his full-time career. Read more...
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A flyer encrypted with a Snapchat code can unlock dancing bears on your phone’s screen. Using augmented reality, the project is one of the works that will be on display at the design media arts exhibition opening Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Second-year Amy Fang and fourth-year Chris Kim, both design media arts students, co-lead curated the “Breaking the Rules” exhibition, which will show in the New Wight Gallery in the Broad Art Center beginning Thursday. (Niveda Tennety/Daily Bruin)
In a recent, student-made commercial, a single sip of Coca-Cola allows a high schooler a glimpse into his future. The 17-year old is shocked to see his 30-year old self on a movie date with a sophisticated woman. Read more...
Photo: Nathan Nguyen-Le, a graduate cinematography student, and Elon Zlotnik, a fourth-year film student, teamed up with Coca-Cola and Regal Cinemas to make a 30-second advertisement that encapsulates the movie-going experience. The commercial shows a young couple on a movie date, and is competing for the opportunity to be to be screened in Regal theaters. (Metztli Garcia/Daily Bruin)
The Renewable Energy Association’s SWAP Meet will unite thrifty bargain-seekers. In celebration of Waste Awareness Week, the Renewable Energy Association will be collaborating with a variety of other organizations to create informative events for the environmentally minded, including DIY workshops. Read more...
Photo: Ryan Condensa, a third-year chemical engineering student, is president of the Renewable Energy Association, which is celebrating Waste Awareness Week through informative events and DIY workshops. (Metztli Garcia/Daily Bruin)
