OSU Commercial wins Grand Gold
The team at URM that created the latest broadcast commercial is thrilled by the recognition from our professional organization, CASE, for the top commercial spot.
Behind the Scenes in Uganda or: How production continues after all the gear is stolen
The true story of making do with what you have on a video shoot off of the beaten path.
Digital lab rats wanted
So you’ve got yourself a Drupal site, and it’s feeling a little neglected. Maybe it doesn’t have any friends and nobody plays with it anymore. Why not bring it to one the Drupal Open Labs? Or maybe you don’t have a website yet but you’ve always been thinking about getting one. Why not stop by […]
Anatomy of a higher ed broadcast commercial
The process we followed in developing and producing an award-winning commercial for OSU.
Digital Marketing Series: Hearts not minds
The digital marketing series is a behind the scenes look at projects, campaigns, tools, tricks and other marketing machinations happening at Oregon State University.
Behind the scenes of an OSU home page story
The idea came from an off-hand comment in another interview I was having with Ron Mize, the director of CL@SE at OSU. We’d talked about the subject of the story: The Tenured Faculty Diversity Initiative for almost half an hour. At the end of our chat, I asked him what he does for fun. Of […]
SCUBA Diving Clear Lake, Oregon
Clear Lake is located at the headwaters of the McKenzie River. It sits right around 3000 feet above sea level and the temperature fluctuates from around 35 to 43°F year-round. The bottom composition and water sources for this lake all contribute to unbelievably clear water. Rowing on the surface is more akin to flying across an […]
Which camera for higher education? Three options
Interactive Communications has the important task of being a multimedia production team on the Oregon State University campus, which includes the production of video content ranging from short documentary to the university’s institutional commercial. We often get questions from our university partners from all corners of campus. Can you make a video for us? Is […]
My Internship Experience at Interactive Communications
Getting Started My internship at Interactive Communications has been one of the best experiences I’ve ever had. The journey here was quite random, after being rejected for a graphic design internship I was encouraged to apply for an internship with Web Communications (the department’s previous name). I kindly thanked the referrer, wallowed in self-pity and […]