Rutgers University - New Brunswick Mason Gross School of the Arts

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS - FILMMAKING

New Brunswick, USA

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English

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EARLIEST START DATE

Sep 2025

STUDY FORMAT

On-Campus

Key Summary

About: The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Filmmaking provides a comprehensive education focused on the art and craft of film production. The program covers scriptwriting, cinematography, editing, and directing, allowing students to gain hands-on experience through projects and collaborations. Coursework emphasizes storytelling, visual aesthetics, and technical skills, preparing graduates for various roles within the film industry.

Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue careers as filmmakers, directors, screenwriters, cinematographers, editors, or producers. Opportunities exist in film production companies, television studios, and independent productions.

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Introduction

The Rutgers Filmmaking Center offers a bachelor of fine arts (BFA) degree in filmmaking, an innovative program with individualized training in fiction and documentary film production taught by industry professionals. The interdisciplinary model is designed to establish marketable skills in the emerging field of digital communication blended with a wide array of liberal arts electives.

Students become technically astute filmmakers who are also intellectually informed artists. They are trained in all aspects of their craft in both fiction and documentary production by working with professional filmmakers with a track record of producing award-winning feature and short documentaries that reach broad audiences.

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