Meadville, USA
DURATION
4 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
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Introduction
Students engage in content, methods, and practices with faculty in order to develop the capacity to use film as a medium to communicate compelling fictional and documentary narratives.
Film and Digital Storytelling at a glance
- 77% are employed within eight months of graduation.
- 12% are in volunteer service programs, such as Americorps.
- 7% enter graduate school or a professional internship.
Students engage critically and creatively with the wider culture that surrounds them while they analyze, evaluate, and produce different narratives across media and genres. Students customize the major by choosing two Modules of Inquiry from four subject areas:
- Media, Politics, and Technology
- Popular Culture and Civic Life
- Digital Storytelling
- Live Performance
Curriculum
Foundation courses explore aesthetics, techniques, and criticism. Intermediate courses explore cultural circumstances and formal elements. Advanced courses emphasize styles and logistics, leading to a documentary or narrative film as a Senior Project.
Year 1
2-3 courses. Most majors take both introductory courses: Film & Digital Storytelling 1 and Film as a Narrative Art. Some students take Film & Media Making courses, such as Video Activism or Community-Based Media.
Year 2
3-4 courses. Most majors take Film & Digital Storytelling 2, a Film & Media Making course, and begin both their selected Modules of Inquiry (usually at the 100- or 200-level). The four modules are Media, Politics, and Technology; Popular Culture and Civic Life; Digital Storytelling, and Live Performance.
Year 3
4-5 courses: Most majors take the Junior Seminar, continue their Modules of Inquiry (usually at the 200- or 300-level), and a Film Studies & Culture course such as Film Studies, Screen Cultures, Writing Nonfiction, or Introduction to Culture through Film.
Year 4
3 courses: Majors complete both their selected modules (300-level courses) and complete the Senior Project.
Program Outcome
Film and digital. storytelling majors learn to:
- Situate works and ideas in historical, cultural, and political contexts.
- Analyze critically multiple forms of human expression.
- Create meaningful original work.
- Participate productively in the public sphere.