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Columbia College Chicago - Cinema and Television Directing (MFA)
Reviewed by: Current Student
Degree: MA/MFA
Concentration: Film & TV DirectingA waste of time, money, and respectThe general attitude towards MFA film students at Columbia is antagonistic and confrontational. A lot of incoming students have no prior...- fin_cinema
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Northwestern University - School of Communication
Reviewed by: Alumni
Degree: BA/BS/BFA
Concentration: TheatreBA Theatre ProgramThe NU Theatre program accepts about 50 girls and 50 boys annually. It is a BA program, so you are able to take classes outside of your major, and...- Anonymous
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University of Chicago - Department of Cinema and Media Studies
Reviewed by: Alumni
Degree: BA/BS/BFAExcellent Program: Bad PoliticsI want to start this off by saying I got an amazing education from the University of Chicago. It's one of the top schools in the country for a...- tomkristensen311
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) - Film, Video, New Media, and Animation
Reviewed by: Alumni
Degree: BA/BS/BFAStudying film at SAIC can be a challenging choice.Pros 1. amazing facilities and equipment. (it's a private art school-they are rich) a.Red Scarlet and Steadicam for several higher-level classes...- Anonymous
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Northwestern University - School of Communication
Reviewed by: Alumni
Degree: BA/BS/BFAGood for film theory, not so much for production*Please take this with a grain of salt, as I went to NU over a decade ago. While I was there: Classes in film theory and screenwriting were great...- Anonymous
Latest questions
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) - Film, Video, New Media, and AnimationI just got SAIC interview and does anyone know what they will ask?
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Harold Ramis Film SchoolHi! I have been accepted into the 2022 class, but I am unsure of attending. I wanted to defer to the winter session, but was denied. I'm currently...
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For more than a century, and across widely different cultures, film has been the primary medium for storytelling, for depicting and exploring the world, and for engaging and shaping the human senses and emotions, memory and imagination. We live in a time in which cinema, the theatrical exhibition of films to a paying public, is no longer the primary venue in which films are consumed. But even as it is being transformed by television, video, and digital media, cinema seems to survive, and...
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BA
- Concentrations
- Film & Television Production
- Film Studies
- Yearly Tuition
- $50k to $60k
- Deadline Details
- November 1
The department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation (FVNMA) reaches beyond conventional approaches to media, investigating the possibilities of nonfiction and narrative film and video, moving-image installation, analog and digital animation, interactive art, VR, AR and web-based projects and additionally offering seminar courses in media preservation, curatorial practices, and media art histories. FVNMA students often invent interdisciplinary pathways for the production of hybrid works...
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BFA
- Concentrations
- Animation & Digital Arts
- Film & Television Production
- Yearly Tuition
- $50k to $60k
Our two-year MFA in Writing for the Screen and Stage is founded upon these five principles, principles that have also guided Northwestern's highly
- Degrees Offered
- 2 Year MFA
- Concentrations
- Screenwriting
- Yearly Tuition
- FREE
As a candidate in the Cinema Directing, MFA program, you'll learn to craft character-driven narratives, work with producers, and create diverse...
- Degrees Offered
- 2 Year MFA
- Concentrations
- Directing
- Yearly Tuition
- $20k to $30k
Great filmmakers start with a strong, independent vision, but bringing it to the big screen is all about collaboration. This core major of Columbia’s Cinema Art + Science program trains innovative and creative professionals ready for any production set in the world. You’ll learn the fundamentals of film production and choose specializations including Directing, Cinematography, Animation, Screenwriting, Documentary, Editing, Producing and Cinema Studies.
The BFA is designed specifically as a...
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BA
- 4 Year BFA
- Concentrations
- Animation & Digital Arts
- Cinematography
- Creative Producing
- Directing
- Documentary Filmmaking
- Editing
- Film & Television Production
- Film Studies
- Producing
- Production Design
- Screenwriting
- Sound Design
- Yearly Tuition
- $40k to $50k
- Deadline Details
- May 1
As an undergraduate in Radio/Television/Film, you’ll become fluent in both media production and analysis.
You’ll receive hands-on training in creating, editing and producing innovative media—films, computer animation, and video installations. Student work regularly wins awards in the U.S. and abroad.
You’ll examine media’s role in cultures around the world—past, present and future. You’ll study the history of cinema and broadcast media as you study the social, economic and political...
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BFA
- Concentrations
- Documentary Filmmaking
- Film & Television Production
- Interactive Entertainment & Games
- Screenwriting
- Theatre
- Yearly Tuition
- $40k to $50k
Students in the School of Cinematic Arts have access to the latest in digital media production equipment plus state of the art audio and video editing software not only on campus but at our 10,000 foot soundstage on the Cinespace Chicago Film Studio lot where we teach classes alongside network television and Hollywood motion picture projects filming in Chicago.
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BA
- 4 Year BFA
- Concentrations
- Animation & Digital Arts
- Documentary Filmmaking
- Film & Television Production
- Producing
- Screenwriting
- Yearly Tuition
- $30k to $40k
We offer an interdisciplinary media arts education that is grounded in and leaps off the art of the still and moving image. We believe in a rigorous education whose goal is to produce critically aware, historically grounded, globally conscious, and skilled media makers who are unafraid of independent thinking and new media technologies, and seek to make meaningful and powerful interventions in the world.
- Degrees Offered
- 4 Year BA
- Concentrations
- Animation & Digital Arts
- Documentary Filmmaking
- Film Studies
- Screenwriting
- Yearly Tuition
- $30k to $40k
THE FILMMAKING YOU LOVE, PLUS ADVANCED POST-PRODUCTION SKILLS TO OPEN EVEN MORE DOORS.
In today's increasingly media-focused world, opportunities for film and broadcast professionals abound--and, for those with strong post-production skills, the options can be even broader. In Tribeca Flashpoint's major in Post-Production, students learn marketable post-production skills, in addition to advanced film production and editing, sound design, location audio, digital distribution, film...
- Degrees Offered
- 3 Year AS
- 4 Year BS
- Concentrations
- Editing
- Yearly Tuition
- $20k to $30k
The Cinema and Television Producing MFA program at Columbia College Chicago allows students to learn the filmmaking business while collaborating with other filmmakers on professional-level sets.
Learn what makes a story worth telling as you study screenwriting and the financial and legal side of the film business. Gain experience in the film industry while hiring and working with talent. Collaborate with students across programs and disciplines—cinematographers, directors, editors, music...
- Degrees Offered
- 2 Year MFA
- Concentrations
- Producing
- Yearly Tuition
- $20k to $30k
CDM's graduate programs are designed to accommodate the working professional.
- Degrees Offered
- 3 Year MFA
- Concentrations
- Film & Television Production
- Yearly Tuition
- $10k to $20k
The Master of Fine Arts is a highly selective two-year program designed to cultivate the writer's voice through a demanding curriculum focused on...
- Degrees Offered
- 2 Year MFA
- Concentrations
- Screenwriting
- Yearly Tuition
- $10k to $20k
The world's first school dedicated to comedy filmmaking.
- Degrees Offered
- 1 Year Conservatory
- Concentrations
- Directing
- Film & Television Production
- Writing for Screen & Television
- Screenwriting
- Film Studies
- Television
- Yearly Tuition
- $10k to $20k
- Deadline Details
- For fall admission, May 15
For spring admission, September 15
- Degrees Offered
- 2 Year MFA
- Concentrations
- Animation & Digital Arts
- Experimental Animation
- Deadline Details
- January 10
The Master of Fine Arts In Creative Producing is offered exclusively in Los Angeles, and is the terminal degree for producing in film and television. The program prepares graduates for a successful career in producing, and also a number of entertainment careers as the skill set covers a wide spectrum of occupations such as studio executives, television showrunners, talent agents and managers.
- Degrees Offered
- 2 Year MFA
- Concentrations
- Creative Producing
- Yearly Tuition
- $10k to $20k
The Master of Science in Film and Television emphasizes technical and creative proficiency in the areas of cinematography, editing, and sound for the screen. This intensive program is designed for students looking to acquire and further professional career skills in film and television. The degree is well-suited for career-changers as well as experienced professionals who want to add new technologies and creative workflows to their expertise.
- Degrees Offered
- 2 Year MS
- Concentrations
- Film & Television Production
- Yearly Tuition
- $10k to $20k
In collaboration with The Second City, DePaul University’s School of Cinematic Arts is now offering degrees in Comedy Filmmaking
- Degrees Offered
- 2 Year MFA
- Concentrations
- Screenwriting
- Yearly Tuition
- $20k to $30k
- Deadline Details
- December 15 (Priority Deadline)
March 1 (Final Deadline)
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- American Film Institute (AFI) - Directing
- USC - Film and Television Production (MFA)
- Columbia University - Screenwriting/Directing (M.F.A.)
- NYU - Tisch Film and Television (M.F.A.)