By Charlie Wein Have you ever wondered why movies don’t release around the world at the same time? Or why you can’t say certain words on TV? Or how games that are free to play generate revenue? MSLCE students explored the answers to these questions through the fall term in Professor Jacob Smith’s “Understanding Creative
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By Minda Cerva MSCLE students in Ágnes Horvát‘s Culture and Arts Analytics class spent this fall quarter with numbers and science. “Big data” has become a ubiquitous buzz phrase, but the course proved that it has the potential to predict market trends for creative products. Horvat is an assistant professor who works at the Northwestern Institute
By Jacob Nelson Deana Haggag joined United States Artists (USA), a Chicago-based nonprofit that funds American artists across a variety of disciplines, so she could learn more about “how artists come to exist in this country.” Before becoming the organization’s president and CEO, Haggag worked as the executive director for Baltimore’s The Contemporary, a nomadic
By Jacob Nelson There are two creative industries that fascinate Tate Glover: dance and film. Once Glover finishes the MSLCE program, they plan to pursue a career that fuses both of these industries together. “Something that interests me is dance film — combining those two mediums to create new works of art,” Glover explained during
By Jacob Nelson Haley Baker’s passion for television began when she was in high school and she discovered the show “Friday Night Lights.” It was the first show she watched not just from the perspective of the audience, but from the perspective of the show’s creators. “That was the first show I thought strategically about,”
By Nick Roman Disney, Lululemon, Yahoo, and Michelin star restaurants all offer products familiar to most of today’s consumers, but MSLCE students got an even closer look into these well-known brands this fall through Pablo Boczkowski’s Organizational Processes course. Students examined the structure and function of various companies through three lenses: the strategic design, political,
By Jacob Nelson Charlie Wein has been interested in theatre since he was three, when his mother introduced him to it. As a board member of the community theatre in his hometown of Pittsburgh, an actor, and a director, she not only showed him the world of theatre, but encouraged him to take part in
By Jacob Nelson What makes an arts organization successful? According to Joffrey Ballet Executive Director Greg Cameron, an organization’s success depends on three points: leaning towards the mission, developing an aligned team, and creating collaborations with external partners. “The minute the mission of the organization becomes compromised in anyway is when trouble creeps in,” Cameron
By Charlie Wein As I entered the 2nd floor of The Onion/A.V. Club studios today, laughter erupted from the room directly to my right. It was Friday afternoon, and the creative writing staff was hard at work planning the outline for next week’s episode of “A.V. Club Live.” The weekly late-night style program (presented as a part
By Minda Cerva “Superman” sued “The Greatest American Hero.” “Jaws” sued “Great White.” “Star Wars” sued “Battlestar Gallactica.” Hallmark sued Maya Angelou. Each of these complicated lawsuits were brought to court, some with merit while others were found to be without. But the topics, though nuanced, were consistent. The issues typically involved either a charge