Presenter/Facilitator: Lance Croy, Assistant Professor Communication+Media+Arts at Providence Christian College Pasadena, CA.
Date/Time: Monday, June 16, 2025 11:30 am – 3 pm PST
Description: The digital humanities acknowledge the importance of visuals in knowledge creation. For many students, transmitting ideas from their heads into a physical medium is challenging. When it comes to storytelling, some students feel “stuck” or encumbered by some other mental block when crafting a work based on a written prompt. This workshop will explore ways of producing visual prompts to invigorate student writing assignments that in turn serve to inspire more visualizations. After attending, participants will be equipped with assignment ideas for their classroom that aid students in developing a strong point-of-view through polysemic meaning-making. For example, instead of starting with a screenplay and turning it into a storyboard, start with recreating a master shot, set the mise en scene, underscore the emotional throughline through blocking, and then write the script, storyboard, and shoot it. One verbal assignment turns into five visual forms, which are all multimodal. Please join us for an interactive conversation sharing some best practices and happy accidents that evoke students’ imagination and creative expression.
Lance Croy (PhD, Southeastern University) is Assistant Professor of Communications+Media+Arts at Providence Christian College. As a SAG/AFTRA member, he performed in and produced theatrical, commercial, and industrial film projects. He also presented at the University of Michigan’s Arts, Sciences, and Letters Conference, the Association for Theatre in Higher Education Symposium, and Regent University’s Leadership Roundtable. His peer-reviewed publication on Charles Spurgeon and Followership is in the Theology of Leadership Journal. Finally, Lance has edited three plays published by Integratio Press written by Paul D. Patton, whom he considers a mentor. Lance, his wife Tara, and their son Zayvier reside in Pasadena, CA. Connect with Lance here.
Registration Fee: $45.00