{"id":104,"date":"2022-06-04T03:04:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T03:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waynecc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2022-volume-4-issue-1\/new-entertainment-technologies-program-is-timely\/"},"modified":"2022-06-24T17:39:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T17:39:43","slug":"new-entertainment-technologies-program-is-timely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waynecc.mycareerfocus.org\/fall-2022-volume-4-issue-1\/new-entertainment-technologies-program-is-timely\/","title":{"rendered":"New Entertainment Technologies Program Is Timely"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is projected to be one of the fastest growing fields through the end of the decade? That would be Entertainment Technologies, which includes broadcast, sound, and video technicians.<\/span><\/p>\n

The trend toward virtual work, online entertainment, and higher production values for in-person occasions means there is greater need for the folks who produce these materials and events, explained David Vinciguerra. Wayne Community College is ready with the necessary training, and he will be the lead instructor.<\/span><\/p>\n

Starting in Fall 2022, Wayne Community College will introduce the Entertainment Technologies program that provides formal production training focusing on sound recording, concert lighting, electronic music production, and marketing\/promotion.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cMore people are turning to the internet and YouTube and away from traditional media. Content creators will be needed, not just artists and talent but also the production side,\u201d Vinciguerra said. \u201cFor example, with COVID, so much went online \u2013 schools were teaching online and a lot of work environments have gone virtual. Suddenly they need video and audio production. We\u2019ll be meeting needs that are already here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Employment opportunities can include entry-level crew and production assistants in concert or event setups; with recording, sound, or lighting companies; and artist career management.<\/span><\/p>\n

Concert venues, houses of worship, recording studios, event companies, schools, businesses, even social media influencers, are just some of the potential employers of graduates of the new program, Vinciguerra said, and there are plenty of these in every community.<\/span><\/p>\n

WCC will offer an associate in applied science degree in Entertainment Technologies and five certificates: Audio Engineer; Entertainment Management; Entertainment Technology; Entertainment Technology Promotion and Marketing; and Social Media and Entertainment. Students can earn individual certificates or all to accomplish the degree.<\/span><\/p>\n

It contains face-to-face and hybrid (traditional classroom with an online component) classes to provide students access to industry standard hardware, software, and training.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vinciguerra said that bringing students together on the campus instead of offering this program online is important, not only so they can use the college\u2019s equipment, but also so they can have the advantage of each other\u2019s creativity and can do group work.<\/span><\/p>\n

Courses cover music, web graphics and design, sound production, concert lighting, marketing and promotion, entertainment law, recording engineering, electronic music, and artist management.<\/span><\/p>\n

One requirement for graduation is a capstone project. \u201cThis will be a semester-long project where the student is producing something with very little instructor input,\u201d said Vinciguerra. \u201cThey are on their own like they will be in the field and maybe they record a band or produce a video.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Potential students are already contacting him, Vinciguerra said. \u201cI\u2019m very excited about the group that we have signing up. I can see the excitement in their eyes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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One of those students who has already committed to the program is Hayley Rabon, who just earned a degree in Simulation and Game Development from WCC in May 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rabon wants a career in the film industry but she wasn\u2019t ready to go off to a four-year college right after high school. \u201cI started looking at programs at Wayne Community and found a program that I thought would benefit me in the long run – Simulation and Game Development. I knew that program would teach me a lot of good skills that I would need one day,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI decided to sign up for this program because, for one, I will still be close to home, and secondly, because it sounds exactly like some of the stuff that I\u2019m looking for. I will be able to work with sound, concert lighting, and more,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m glad Mr. Vinciquerra is teaching it because I loved having him as a teacher for Simulation and Game Development and I know he will be a fantastic fit for this,\u201d Rabon said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI can really identify with the students,\u201d Vinciguerra said. He was once where Rabon is now.<\/span><\/p>\n

Vinciguerra came to WCC straight out of high school, seeking a program like the one he is starting now because he \u201cwanted to learn how to record bands.\u201d He ended up earning an associate in arts degree at WCC, then transferring to East Carolina University where he earned both a bachelor\u2019s and a master\u2019s degree in Communications. He then taught there for eight years before taking a position at WCC in 2011 to teach in the college\u2019s Simulation and Game Development program.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now Vinciguerra is implementing the program that he sought decades ago. It will be the only associate degree-level Entertainment Technologies program in eastern North Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn more at waynecc.edu\/etech<\/a> or contact Vinciguerra at dcvinciguerra@waynecc.edu or (919) 739-6884.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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