Bachelor of Arts - Film and Animation - Film Directing

The Film Major gives students a full overview of all the aspects of creating a moving image story as a movie, video, internet content, and TV episode. Students begin shooting with HD cameras their first year while taking both film history and film appreciation courses. This course of study continues with screenwriting, advance production, and post-production courses but then allows students to further explore their particular interests with a wide range of major electives. Internships and independent studies are also available. Students in the film directing concentration focus on all the various aspects that a director must consider and incorporate into their storytelling process. Besides learning how to break down and visually approach a film project, directing students will study how to work with and direct actors, the pre-production process, the importance of telling a story visually, and recognizing how their work may fit into the larger picture of culture and society. Directing students work their entire senior year on making their senior thesis films, which receive an exciting and widely attended public screening at a local movie theater.