After entering the
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Film program you will be fully prepared for a working life in the film making business. You will study and learn to play all the roles of film making; writer, actor, director, editor and producer as well as explore areas of cinematography, production design and sound design. Your understanding of film as an art form will broaden as you classes explore approaches and issues in the practice, theory, history and critical analysis of film production and film art. Students will learn by doing in creating more ambitious work as more experience in the field is gained.
Through four years of study the undergraduate students of NSCAD University learn to solve problems, communicate visually with a variety of tools and techniques, and think critically in an environment that encourages individual expression.
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Undergraduate programs at NSCAD University start with a foundation year where you will be able to choose 2 out of 5 courses that fits your interests along with the compulsory foundation courses such as, Design, Film, Paint & Print and Intermedia. You will also take two semesters of drawing and the liberal arts courses, Introduction to Visual Culture and Writing for the Arts.
A second year of interdisciplinary studies follows and encourages students to delve more deeply into specific disciplines. When you get to your third year you will be able to declare your major and proceed to advanced level classes in your field.
Your third and fourth-year will contain individualized research through studio and academic projects, there is also the opportunity to participate in an off campus study program -- NSCAD offers exchanges at art schools in 15 other countries as far away as Korea and Mexico. In your final year of the program you are also encouraged to prepare an exhibition of your work at the university gallery or at another appropriate venue.
Students in the last two years of the
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Film program will complete a series of core classes in film, adding to them a choice of workshops that will involve detailed technical aspects of screen arts crafts and Art History Classes. To finish off the
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Film program, you will complete thesis work in filmmaking that will include participating in a substantial film production in the role of a producer, director, actor, animator, or screenwriter.
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Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major in Film, you can make an information request below and the school will contact you with further information.
