by stevenderosa | Oct 17, 2025 | Featured Essays
Mercy University Media Studies Program Announces New Digital Cinema Production Course for Fall 2026 We are excited to share that Mercy University’s Media Studies Program is planning to launch an innovative Digital Cinema Production course in Fall 2026, led by...
by stevenderosa | May 1, 2025 | Featured Essays
by Nicholas Chad Roth This video essay was created for Professor DeRosa’s Hollywood Western course (MEDA...
by stevenderosa | May 14, 2024 | Featured Essays
Winners of the 4th Annual Mercy CATA Student Screenwriting Competition have been selected! Winning Screenplay Andrew Bisson – Bats Runners-Up Maleek Munroe – 1696 Nicholas Roth – RU-DUM The recent success of the 4th Annual Student Screenwriting Competition at Mercy...
by stevenderosa | Dec 15, 2023 | Featured Essays
by Andrew Bisson Billy Wilder was a man of many talents, with a career spanning almost sixty years he has clearly earned his place as a master film maker. With many skills in writing, directing, and producing, every film he has created shines with his touch. He was a...
by mercycollegefilmandculture | Nov 16, 2021 | Featured Essays
by Isaiah Speller Henry King’s The Gunfighter (1950) encapsulates one’s deviation from being good and facing fatal consequences. Cowboys in earlier Westerns were portrayed as heroes who followed an honorable code, while this Cold War Western challenges the...
by mercycollegefilmandculture | Sep 21, 2021 | Featured Essays
Research shows that mass media has a significant impact on the career aspirations of college students, and in particular, the aspirations of minority students. (Cooper, 2013) While television, newspapers and social media outlets are frequently used to seek or obtain...
