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  • University of Colorado at Boulder (BFA)
    4.00 star(s)
    Reviewed by: Alumni
    Degree: BA/BS/BFA
    BFA University of Colorado at Boulder BFA Film Production
    Honest review. CU Boulder is an interesting place to learn filmmaking. The University boasts some excellent professors who are actively making...
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  • University of Central Florida - School of Visual Arts & Design
    4.00 star(s)
    Reviewed by: Current Student
    Degree: BA/BS/BFA
    Concentration: Film - Feature/TV Writing
    UCF Film BFA (College of Sciences - School of Communication)
    UCF's BFA program is split into 4 modalities: narrative production, documentary production, experimental production, and feature/tv writing. I...
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  • Syracuse University
    4.00 star(s)
    Reviewed by: Current Student
    Degree: BA/BS/BFA
    Concentration: Film
    Syracuse Film and Media Arts - BFA Film
    I'm in my last year at Syracuse University as a member of the department of Film and Media Arts, and it's been a lot of ups and downs. There's a...
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  • Fitchburg State University
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    Reviewed by: Alumni
    Degree: BA/BS/BFA
    Concentration: Film/Video and Theater
    A Great School with Great Professors!
    I was a student there from 2018-2022 and had a great experience. I would recommend it to anyone, especially people living within Massachusetts...
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    Florida State University - MFA in Writing
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    Degree: MA/MFA
    Concentration: Screenwriting
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San Francisco State University (SFSU) - School of Cinema
California
San Francisco State University (SFSU) - School of Cinema
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3.50 star(s) 2 ratings
Views
16K
Reviews
2
Our faculty places a high premium on fostering the creative voice of the individual student. Although we teach the “rules” of fictional, documentary, experimental and interactive cinema using all media platforms – from 16mm celluloid to high definition digital video; from screenwriting to animation – we encourage our students to take creative risks, engage the subject of their work with an artistic sensibility, and to resist the compulsion to fit their work into established approaches and...
Degrees Offered
  1. 4 Year BA
  2. 2 Year MA
  3. 2 Year MFA
Concentrations
  1. Animation & Digital Arts
  2. Directing
  3. Documentary Filmmaking
  4. Film & Television Production
  5. Film Studies
  6. Screenwriting
Tuition Range
$20k to $30k
Undergraduate Deadlines
Fall Priority Deadline: November 30, 2023
Fall Regular Deadline: March 30, 2024
Graduate Deadlines
February 1, 2024
Camera Equipment
  1. Arriflex 16mm
  2. Arri Super 35mm
  3. Canon Professional Camcorders
  4. Panasonic Cinema Cameras
Software Used
  1. Adobe Premiere
  2. DaVinci Resolve
  3. Final Cut
  4. Final Draft
  5. Pro Tools
  6. Maya 3-D
Filmmaking Facilities
  1. Sound Stage(s)
  2. Green Screen
  3. ADR Foley Stage(s)
  4. Editing Bays
  5. Screening Rooms
  6. Sound Mixing Room(s)
San Jose State University (SJSU) - Radio-Television-Film
California
San Jose State University (SJSU) - Radio-Television-Film
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The BA in RTVF offers training and experience in radio, television, film, and multimedia production as well as courses in history, research, and aesthetics of these media. The department operates a full time 24-hour a day radio station, KSJS 90.5 that provides entertainment, sports and community service to the Bay Area. The department also creates feature films through Spartan Film Studios as well as other faculty, staff and student production projects. San José State University recognizes...
Degrees Offered
  1. 4 Year BA
Concentrations
  1. Film & Television Production
  2. Film Studies
  3. Screenwriting
Tuition Range
$20k to $30k
Undergraduate Deadlines
November 30
Camera Equipment
  1. Unknown
Software Used
  1. Unknown
Filmmaking Facilities
  1. Radio Station
Santa Monica College
California
Santa Monica College
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At Santa Monica College, we offer film studies and film production courses designed to equip you with the contextual and technical skills needed for careers in entertainment. Our film program is recognized by Festival de Cannes, the Santa Monica International Film Festival, the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards (LAIFFA), the British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTA), and over 150 other reputable industry organizations and awards.
Degrees Offered
  1. 2 Year AS
  2. Certificate Program
Concentrations
  1. Film & Television Production
  2. Film Studies
Tuition Range
Under $5k
Undergraduate Deadlines
Fall: November 15
Camera Equipment
  1. Unknown
Software Used
  1. Unknown
Filmmaking Facilities
  1. Unknown
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
Georgia
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
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4.00 star(s) 1 ratings
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10K
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1
As a student of film and television at SCAD, you'll acquire diverse technical skills, center yourself as a solid creative and step seamlessly into your professional film career. Our students benefit from an immersive experience in the full spectrum of production roles and responsibilities, focusing on advanced study and practice in both the technical and conceptual aspects of filmmaking. Become a visual storyteller, a multimedia artist and a creative communicator who is fully prepared to...
Degrees Offered
  1. 4 Year BFA
Concentrations
  1. Cinema Visual Effects
  2. Creative Producing
  3. Digital Arts
  4. Dramatic Writing
  5. Film & Television Production
  6. Interactive Entertainment & Games
  7. Media Arts & Practice
  8. Production Design
  9. Screenwriting
  10. Sound Design
  11. Writing and Producing for Television
Tuition Range
$30k to $40k
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) - Sound Design MA MFA
Georgia
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) - Sound Design MA MFA
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At SCAD, sound design students master the techniques and technology to record music, dialogue, and sound effects for an array of productions. SCAD grad Colin Lechner (M.F.A., sound design, 2014) explains how his childhood connection to music led him to the university to enhance his professional skills for film and television.
Degrees Offered
  1. 2 Year MA
  2. 2 Year MFA
Concentrations
  1. Sound Design
Tuition Range
$30k to $40k
Savannah College of Art and Design - Film and Television MFA
Georgia
Savannah College of Art and Design - Film and Television MFA
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1.00 star(s) 1 ratings
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6K
Reviews
1
As a student of film and television at SCAD, you'll acquire diverse technical skills, center yourself as a solid creative and step seamlessly into...
Degrees Offered
  1. 2 Year MFA
Concentrations
  1. Film & Television Production
Tuition Range
$30k to $40k
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) - Film, Video, New Media, and Animation
Illinois
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) - Film, Video, New Media, and Animation
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2K
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Degrees Offered
  1. 2 Year MFA
Concentrations
  1. Animation & Digital Arts
  2. Experimental Animation
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) - Film, Video, New Media, and Animation
Illinois
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) - Film, Video, New Media, and Animation
5.00 star(s) 1 ratings
Views
4K
Reviews
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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
  1. 4 Year BFA
Concentrations
  1. Animation & Digital Arts
  2. Film & Television Production
Tuition Range
$50k to $60k
School of Visual Arts
New York
School of Visual Arts
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775
Degrees Offered
  1. 4 Year BFA
  2. 1 Year MA
  3. 1 Year MPS
Concentrations
  1. Directing
  2. Documentary Filmmaking
  3. Editing
  4. Screenwriting
  5. Sound
Tuition Range
$50k to $60k
Undergraduate Deadlines
Early Action Deadline: December 1
Regular Deadline: February 1
Transfer Deadline: March 1
Spring International Deadline: October 1
Spring Regular Deadline: November 1
Graduate Deadlines
January 15
Camera Equipment
  1. ARRI Digital Cinema Cameras
  2. Arriflex 16mm
  3. Blackmagic Cinema Cameras
  4. Panasonic Cinema Cameras
  5. Sony Cinema Cameras
Software Used
  1. Adobe Premiere
  2. Avid Media Composer
  3. Final Cut
  4. Pro Tools
Filmmaking Facilities
  1. Sound Stage(s)
  2. Color Correction Suites
  3. Editing Bays
  4. Screening Rooms
  5. Sound Mixing Room(s)
  6. Theatre
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Illinois
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
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1K
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
  1. 4 Year BA
Concentrations
  1. Animation & Digital Arts
  2. Documentary Filmmaking
  3. Film Studies
  4. Screenwriting
Tuition Range
$30k to $40k
Southwestern Assemblies of God University
Texas
Southwestern Assemblies of God University
Views
492
The bachelor's degree in Digital Media Arts will prepare you for a career in broadcasting fields such as radio or television. Digital Media is an opportunity to make an impact on culture through creative arts. The program spans equipment, creative management, writing, communication and creative production. Enjoy learning visual communication, print and broadcast journalism, film production, audio production and editing.
Degrees Offered
  1. 4 Year BA
Concentrations
  1. Digital Arts
  2. Digital Technologies and Emerging Media
  3. Film & Television Production
  4. Film Studies
Tuition Range
$10k to $20k
Spalding University - MFA Screenwriting
Kentucky
Spalding University - MFA Screenwriting
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337
Industry professionals may seek the MFA degree as the proper credential for teaching at the university level. MFA screenwriting students who have already had a full-length production of their work may apply for an accelerated course of study. Promising new screenwriters are equally welcome in Spalding’s graduate writing programs.
Degrees Offered
  1. 1 Year MA
  2. 2 Year MFA
Concentrations
  1. Screenwriting
Tuition Range
$10k to $20k
Stanford MFA in Documentary Film
California
Stanford MFA in Documentary Film
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1K
The MFA degree is designed to prepare students for professional careers in film, video, and digital media. Graduates are qualified to teach at the university level. The philosophy of the program is predicated on a paradigm of independent media that values artistic expression, aesthetics, social awareness, and an articulated perspective. Students become conversant with the documentary tradition as well as with alternative media and new directions in documentary. In addition to the core...
Degrees Offered
  1. 2 Year MFA
Concentrations
  1. Documentary Filmmaking
Tuition Range
FREE
Graduate Deadlines
December 1
Camera Equipment
  1. Unknown
Software Used
  1. Unknown
Filmmaking Facilities
  1. Unknown
Stephen F. Austin (SFA) Masters of Fine Arts in Filmmaking
Texas
Stephen F. Austin (SFA) Masters of Fine Arts in Filmmaking
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889
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1
The SFA School of Art graduate filmmaking program is inherently interdisciplinary and is designed to provide advanced studies for film students seeking the Master of Fine Arts degree. The mission of the M.F.A. program is to develop filmmakers who may obtain professional status in the independent media, industrial media, entertainment industry, or academic communities. The program also encourages work that is aesthetically challenging and seeks to develop filmmakers who will express a...
Degrees Offered
  1. 3 Year MFA
Concentrations
  1. Cinematography
  2. Directing
  3. Documentary Filmmaking
  4. Production Design
  5. Screenwriting
Tuition Range
$10k to $20k
Stephens College
California
Stephens College
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5.00 star(s) 2 ratings
Views
8K
Reviews
2
A low-residency MFA in TV and Screenwriting with the mission of getting more women writing for TV and film.
Degrees Offered
  1. 4 Year BFA
  2. 2 Year MFA
Concentrations
  1. Film & Television Production
  2. Screenwriting
  3. Writing for Screen & Television
Tuition Range
$20k to $30k
Undergraduate Deadlines
Rolling Admission
Priority Admission I: apply by November 1
Priority Admission II: apply by February 1
Graduate Deadlines
Rolling Admission
Camera Equipment
  1. Unknown
Software Used
  1. Unknown
Filmmaking Facilities
  1. Unknown
Stony Brook University (SUNY)
New York
Stony Brook University (SUNY)
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5.00 star(s) 4 ratings
Views
13K
Reviews
4
The Stony Brook MFA in Film is the only graduate program in the SUNY system fiercely dedicated to independent filmmaking. Our approach is simple — roll up your sleeves and dive in. With today's technology, all you need is a well-crafted story, a realistic plan, and the drive to make it happen. At Stony Brook, you will learn how to craft a tightly woven script, operate state-of-the art camera equipment, develop a realistic budget and production plan, become skilled at working with actors and...
Degrees Offered
  1. 2 Year MFA
  2. 3 Year MFA
Concentrations
  1. Directing
  2. Producing
  3. Screenwriting
  4. Writing and Producing for Television
  5. Writing for Screen & Television
Tuition Range
$10k to $20k
Graduate Deadlines
March 1
Camera Equipment
  1. ARRI Digital Cinema Cameras
  2. Canon Cinema Cameras
  3. RED
Software Used
  1. Adobe Premiere
  2. Avid Media Composer
  3. Pro Tools
Filmmaking Facilities
  1. Editing Bays
SUNY Purchase
New York
SUNY Purchase
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5.00 star(s) 1 ratings
Views
4K
Reaction score
1
Reviews
1
Purchase College’s BA in Playwriting and Screenwriting is educating the next generation of screenwriters, playwrights, artistic directors, literary agents, film critics, TV producers and showrunners, high school teachers, film directors, nurses, social workers, and marine biologists. That may seem like a lot of places to take a dramatic writing degree, but it is a sampling of where our graduates have gone. Professional writers increasingly work in multiple modes of expression. In the...
Degrees Offered
  1. 4 Year BA
Concentrations
  1. Acting
  2. Dramatic Writing
  3. Playwriting
  4. Screenwriting
  5. Writing for Screen & Television
Tuition Range
$10k to $20k
Undergraduate Deadlines
Priority Deadline: November 15
General Deadline: January 1
Camera Equipment
  1. Unknown
Software Used
  1. Unknown
Filmmaking Facilities
  1. Sound Stage(s)
  2. Editing Bays
  3. Screening Rooms
  4. Sound Mixing Room(s)
Syracuse University
New York
Syracuse University
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4.00 star(s) 1 ratings
Views
7K
Reviews
1
Our bachelor of fine arts (B.F.A.) degree program encourages independence, debate, and originality. Our approach to film is an aesthetic one rather than a commercial enterprise. We’re proud that Syracuse is ranked among the top 25 film schools in the United States by The Hollywood Reporter and listed as one of the best film schools by Variety. Our program focuses on independent filmmaking, providing an exceptional, hands-on education on the film production process from development to...
Degrees Offered
  1. 4 Year BS
  2. 4 Year BFA
  3. 1 Year MA
  4. Ph.D. Program
Concentrations
  1. Communication
  2. Film & Television Production
  3. Film Studies
Tuition Range
$50k to $60k
Undergraduate Deadlines
Early Decision: November 15
Early Decision II: January 5
Regular Decision: January 5
Spring: November 15
Graduate Deadlines
January 15
Camera Equipment
  1. Canon Professional Camcorders
  2. Canon DSLRs
Software Used
  1. Adobe Photoshop
  2. Adobe Premiere
  3. Avid Media Composer
  4. Final Cut
  5. Pro Tools
Filmmaking Facilities
  1. Sound Stage(s)
  2. Green Screen
  3. Sound Recording Studio
  4. Editing Bays
  5. Sound Mixing Room(s)
  6. TV Studio
Temple University - Film and Media Arts MFA
Pennsylvania
Temple University - Film and Media Arts MFA
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1K
Explore the expanding boundaries between filmmaking approaches, driven by choices of subject and style, and learn to take creative control with the Master of Fine Arts in Film and Media Arts in Temple’s School of Theater, Film and Media Arts. With an emphasis on independent film and video, this 54-credit master’s degree will help you develop the skills necessary to become an incisive, socially conscious filmmaker and pursue a professional career in film, video or digital media. Through...
Degrees Offered
  1. 2 Year MFA
Concentrations
  1. Documentary Filmmaking
  2. Film & Television Production
  3. Writing for Screen & Television
Tuition Range
$20k to $30k
Temple University - School of Theater, Film and Media Arts
Pennsylvania
Temple University - School of Theater, Film and Media Arts
4.00 star(s) 1 ratings
Views
5K
Reviews
1
The Department of Film and Media Arts' tiered programs offer options for students to pursue a degree in Film and Media Arts to their level of interest
Degrees Offered
  1. 4 Year BA
  2. 4 Year BFA
Concentrations
  1. Cinematography
  2. Directing
  3. Editing
  4. Film Studies
  5. Media Arts & Practice
  6. Producing
  7. Screenwriting
Tuition Range
$10k to $20k

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