What Will I Study?

Courses include Video Editing and Sound Editing and Cinematography. They hone their skills in authoring classes such as Fiction Film Directing, Documentary Directing, Web Series, and Special Topics, among others. The two semesters of their capstone year are an idea development workshop for creative projects. Through a process of research, writing, critique, and revision, students will develop scripts and pre-production blueprints for their final projects. The capstone experience is directing a short film that they have developed over the course of their senior year, which is presented in a showcase at the end of the semester.

Courses include Video Editing, Film Marketing, and TV Writing. They learn producing in the concentration through courses such as Producing I, Film Lab, and Fiction Film Directing. In their capstone course, students will develop as creative and practical Producers to create good films with compelling stories with business and legal viability. They will use research to strengthen their communication skills in negotiating, team management, and to develop their visual language as a film artist. They will put these skills to use by producing senior films made in collaboration with the students in the directing concentration.

Courses include Video Editing and Sound Editing and Cinematography. Courses in Advanced Editing, Advanced Cinematography, and Advanced Sound are also offered. The senior capstone course for students in the Production (Cinematography) and Post-Production (Editing) put the focus of cinematography, editing and sound design into practice. Students play a key role in film project(s), directed by peers, throughout the semester. Throughout the course, students research their area of professional interest, create a strategy for success in this area moving forward and after graduation, and make connections in the field using the reels they create demonstrating their body of work.

Courses include Creative Writing, TV Writing, and Feature-Length Scriptwriting. Students have the opportunity to take writing electives in English and play writing electives in the School of Theater. The senior capstone is a culminating seminar devoted to analyzing and synthesizing knowledge and skills gained through undergraduate course work in the screenwriting concentration, resulting in substantial individualized writing projects, which they present at a staged reading at the end of the semester.