Hello! My name is Laura Hale and I’m a student here at LCC. I’m studying to get my associates in Multimedia. My interests include writing, audio production, film and voice acting. I actually began this degree about four years ago but decided that I did not want to start pulling out loans when the economy in Oregon crashed especially for young people straight out of high school. So I decided to obtain a scholarship and life experience through the United States Air Force. While in the Air Force, I learned to work as a team with other people striving for a goal. I was even given opportunity to lead my peers as my skills increased and my confidence became more apparent. I am happy to put these new experiences to good use in the field of media once I graduate in a couple of years.

My main goal is to become apart of a movie or TV production team, or a sound engineer for cartoons. I believe in learning the what makes a machine tick or in this case, the production of images and video. My absolute dream is to be a voice actor for a children’s cartoon some day, I recall my childhood heroes that pulled me through troubled times and I decided somewhere along the way, I wanted to be one of those heroes. I look forward to expanding my skills with the teachers and other students, also learning more about the media world. Story telling has been my joy since I was able to hold a pen.

My name is Shane Boss.  My passion has always been art and creativity.  I get a sense of satisfaction out of expressing my thoughts, feelings and mind through art of all kinds.  My journey started when I first picked up a pencil and tried to replicate different characters I saw on television or in the movies.  Over the years I would journey into other fields like painting and sculpting.  Once I discovered the ability to draw on a computer I had begun a whole new interest in digital media.  As a kid, we never owned a computer at my house, but I had a friend who owned one and I remember always bugging him to get on and just start drawing pictures.  In high school, I was always found in the media center drawing on the computer, usually it was old classic cars of all different colors.

When I got older, I finally built my first computer and started exploring different programs like Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw, 3D Studio Max and Sketch Up.  After quite a bit of learning the use of these tools I was indulging myself in, I realized that I could use these tools and skills to mod for various video games I had been playing.  I had the ability to create my own levels and game content, 3D models/maps etc.  I would post them for download for the community to enjoy, which was a sense of satisfaction in it’s own.  Other people playing and enjoying levels that I had created.  I even entered a level creation contest for a particular game and got a lot of really good feedback.

This whole, complete journey led me to the drive to get into school and earn a degree and open the doors to finding a career that enables me to live my passion and be a part of something I enjoy.  I want to be able to get up in the morning and look forward to going to work, actually be excited for it.  I want to go home and think about projects I am working on and be eager to go back in the following work day and continue it.  Creating art for other people to enjoy is a payday in itself.  So here I am, this is my story.  Achieving my goals and chasing what I love.