News by Topic: Games, Film, And Digital Media

The new listing of the nation’s prestigious research universities is the highest to date for RIT, a jump of seven spots from last year.

WHEC-TV reports that RIT will host the eighth annual ROC Game Fest Sept. 28 to celebrate all things video games.

RIT’s School of Film and Animation (SOFA) has earned a spot on The Hollywood Reporter’s top film schools list. Ranking at number 25, this is the first time RIT has been included in The Hollywood Reporter’s rankings.

WHAM-TV talks to students at RIT's video game design summer camp about the gift of Chromebooks.

The two-week trip was the culmination of the Japanese Game Industry course, where students learned about the world’s third largest video game market. RIT students immersed themselves in the culture, participated in a game jam with Japanese students, and visited a major Japanese game studio.

RIT experts in artificial intelligence, screenwriting, and digital design made their mark on Hollywood this week at one of the world’s foremost conferences on entertainment, media, and technology.

After attending Digital Hollywood: The AI Summer Summit, Associate Professor Frank Deese shares his key takeaways from discussions about how artificial intelligence impacts screenwriters in Hollywood.

Professor Shaun Foster shares his key takeaways from attending Digital Hollywood: The AI Summer Summit. He says it was a remarkable experience, filled with insightful discussions and innovative ideas about the future of Al in the creative industry.

Exploding Kittens, the animated series based on the game, premiered on Netflix July 12. The nine-episode first season brings characters from the game to life and introduces new ones. It also coincides with updates to the Netflix Exploding Kittens mobile game and new show-adapted merchandise.

Student filmmakers at RIT will have a new opportunity to strive for, thanks to a collaboration between RIT and WXXI. RIT Shorts, a new, biannual series that will showcase student-made films, is set to premiere this month on WXXI-TV, a PBS-member station.

The Democrat and Chronicle talks to Jess Kszos '24 (photojournalism) about how her documentary "Ballin' for Stunna" explores the impact of gun violence on the Rochester community and the lasting effects it causes.

The award-winning Morpheyes Studio was developed by seven students in 2019 to expand the authentic representation of Deaf people in film by empowering them to lead production processes from conception to completion.