Students pursuing the BA in film, video and interactive media experience intense and in-depth hands-on training in all phases of digital media production. Our students hone their individual skills to their highest level of creativity and innovation in the context of a firm grounding in media history, writing for the media, film and interactive media theory, ethics and rigorous production practice.

The program is dedicated to skilled storytelling and the creation of documentary and narrative works in visual and audio media as well as other informative and entertaining programming for delivery on film, television, DVD, the Internet, cell phone and all emerging media platforms.

Students are immersed in techniques of visual storytelling that demand expertise in single and multicamera video production and writing and producing for film, radio, television and the Internet. Because we believe that good media practice requires a solid understanding of media history and theory, this curriculum is balanced with courses that explore the role and impact of mass media in society.

Formal course work is not taught only on campus but, in recent years, has taken place in Tralee, Ireland; Nice, France; and in Cape Town and Kruger National Park, South Africa. Students in majoring in film, video and interactive media explore sequentially all dimensions of visual and audio storytelling beginning with the historical, cultural, business and professional contexts within which their own work will develop.

Students in the program learn:

• To conceive and organize ideas clearly and forcefully through writing
• To shape those ideas for expression through image and sound
• To master the complex grammar of image and sound editing and the challenging artistry of lighting for both single and multicamera environments
• To master the acquisition, composition and manipulation of moving images and sound

Graduates of the program are well positioned to pursue careers in the creation (writing, directing, editing, acquisition and distribution) of a broad range of digital material for all current and emerging media platforms. They are prepared to work for corporate, entertainment and not-for-profit institutions engaged in delivering entertainment and information programming to audiences around the world and have a firm foundation to pursue graduate work, including a master of fine arts degree.