Bachelor of Media Arts in Film + Screen Arts Major
Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Key Information
Campus location
Vancouver, Canada
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
4 years
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Introduction
Bachelor in Film + Screen Arts Major
All our majors commence upon completion of our Foundation Year requirements.
This is the major for aspiring film- and video-makers. The Film + Screen Arts Major is dedicated to the exploration of a variety of media using contemporary digital media and historic analogue and mechanical processes and practices. Along with technical instruction, in-depth and constructive critiques, mentoring and extensive hands-on experience, you will develop into a self-aware and mature film practitioner.
This program provides a theoretical, historical and critical framework within which students master the conceptual and practical skills for producing film, video, moving image, sound and other media works for screens: theatrical, televisual exhibition and distribution platforms such as online, festival distribution, gallery exhibition, and public art presentation. It prepares students for professional practice in film and media, and for graduate work at the university level. Students are encouraged to develop their artistic voice within a context of artistic expression, formal exploration, and engagement with social and political issues. A dual emphasis on studio and critical and cultural studies endows the student with breadth across these areas.
Our priority is critical making, having our students find their voice and produce media works that have informed content and relevant form. We teach our students to have a depth of conceptual understanding and technical facility with decisions around their choice of form and content that best expresses their ideas and stories. Their work is disseminated in the best medium for what they are creating and building toward, be it cinema-based, gallery practice and/or web oriented.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the institute website for more information.
Curriculum
FOUNDATION
15 Credits Per Semester
- FNDT 108 Creative Processes (3)
- FNDT 165 Core Interdisc Studio (6)
- Foundation Studio Elective (3)
Choose ONE Of:
- FNDT 160 Core Media Studio I (6)
- FNDT 161 Core Design Studio I (6)
- FNDT 164 Core Visual Arts Studio I (6)
- HUMN 100 Academic Core I (6)
- HUMN 101 Academic Core II (6)
SECOND YEAR
15 Credits Per Semester
- FMSA 200 Film + Screen Arts Core I (6)
- FMSA 205 Cinematography I (3)
- FMSA 201 Editing I (3)
- FMSA 210 Film + Screen Arts Core II (6)
- Studio Elective 200 level (3)
- MHIS 205 Reading The screen (3)
- MHIS 206 Reading Media Culture (3)
- Critical Studies Elective 200 level (3)
THIRD YEAR
15 Credits Per Semester
- MDIA 300 MEDIA Thematic (6)
- MDIA 300 MEDIA Thematic (6)
- MDIA 300 Embedded Practices (3)
- FMSA / NMSA / SOUN 300/400 level (3)
- Studio Elective 200/300/400 level (3)
- Critical Studies Elective 300/400 Level (9)
FOURTH YEAR
15 Credits Per Semester
- MDIA 400 Media Arts Core Studio I (6)
- MDIA 410 Media Arts Core Studio II (6)
- FMSA / NMSA / SOUN 300/400 level (6)
- Studio Elective 300/400 level (3)
- MHIS 429 Topics in Film/Video Theory (3)
- SOCS 300/400 level (3)
- Critical Studies Elective 300/400 level(3)
Program Outcome
Your studies will focus steadily in this field over the last three years of your four year degree. Upon completion you will achieve the undergraduate degree and designation, Bachelor of Media Arts, Majoring in Film + Screen Arts (BMA, Film + Screen Arts). See the Admissions section about application information for undergraduate, international, transfer, and aboriginal students.
The Bachelor of Media Arts, Film + Screen Arts Major aims to:
- Our core philosophy is to promote individual expression and creative confidence amongst our students. We encourage a diversity of expression, support student work created within diverse contexts, and promote students to find their own voice within FILM + MEDIA ARTS.
- Critical making: we firmly believe/ encourage/ support/ require that students make informed work, that is, informed by research, theory, exploration, and cultural and critical enquiry that engages with the concerns of the 21st century.
- Experimentation and innovation: within the context of an art + design school, we are committed to contemporary art/ expression and value/ encourage/ promote/ students to push the envelop here; we also take a page from the Canada Council that experimentation and innovation is also innovating within genres and personal work. A primary focus of our programme is creative risktaking, pushing each student’s storytelling process, and elevating each student’s creative vision.
- DIY/ diverse technical proficiency: we have committed faculty and technicians who support students’ mastery of materials and means.
- Breadth and depth of program offerings: students have the flexibility to find/ explore/ discover their own path through the diverse curriculum pathways.
- Blending of curriculum with professional experience: we believe that practices within creative technologies and sound fields strongly benefit from early exposure to internship opportunities with professionals.
- Year by year curricular philosophy: Second year has a strong focus on the technological, as well as a foundation of conceptual development and critical contexts; third year has a strong focus as a conceptual year, with a breadth of practice, and depth of personal expression; fourth year is the capstone year, where students dig into their projects, put it all together, and prepare for professional practice or graduate school.
We offer flexible continuing studies programs for anyone that wants to learn new creative skills, build their portfolio, and advance their career path. Choose from dozens of individual courses and workshops, or sign up for one of our full or part-time certificate programs.
Undergraduate students are also welcomed to expand their breadth of learning by taking Continuing Studies courses outside their degree program. To get started, browse our available programs online today.
Career Opportunities
Inspiring job titles of our graduates
Visual Annotator, Videographer, Editor, Post-Production Supervisor, Producer, Cinematic Artist, Digital Cinema Specialist, Visual Artist, Set Designer
Dynamic employers that have recruited our graduates
National Film Board of Canada, Solipsist Ellipsis Media, Sony Entertainment, BRON Studios, Sweet Currant Video & Photo, Action Lab Film Productions Ltd. (self-employed), Double Negative, Footage Entertainment (self-employed), AM Productions