What's the difference between majoring in
Film Studies or Film Production?
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Film Production
While both majors share many courses, projects, and even
deadlines, the real difference lies in the student’s primary
interest. Film Production is an academic track in
which the student will graduate with a Bachelor of Science
degree. The focus in Film Production is on the making of films,
with a great deal of hands-on courses dedicated to the craft
of filmmaking. This dedication to craft is supplemented with
courses designed to challenge young filmmakers with the
historical, theoretical, and even spiritual aspects of being
a filmmaker willing to engage the culture at large. The
Film Production major is designed for students most interested in
pursuing a career in filmmaking.
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Film Studies
Students pursuing Film Studies, on the other hand, will graduate
with a Bachelor of Arts degree. The Film Studies focus is primarily on
learning about film, emphasizing
a broader, more critical approach to the historical, literary, and cultural
aspects of film. While sharing many of the hands-on experiences of Film
Production,
Film Studies has as its primary objective understanding and articulating the
place that film as an art-form holds in our twenty-first century culture. The
Bachelor of Arts students will be required to take a foreign language in
addition to the core curriculum and will be in a better position to pursue film
theory, film history, or film journalism as an area of graduate studies.
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