Gain experience overseeing a film’s production including coordinating writing, directing, editing, and financing.
Learn to guide actors and crew in fulfilling the artistic vision for a film.
Learn to write screenplays for film and television.
Practice collecting, editing, and creating sound effects and music for film and television.
AKA director of photography — make artistic and technical decisions relation to capturing the image.
Establish the look and ambience for a film.
More than animation, these artists rely heavily on typography to bring titles, credits and other parts of the film to life.
Sharpen your critical eye
Gain pre-production, production, & post-production skills
Expand your knowledge of film history and aesthetics
Apply your learning in professional contexts
“ There’s so much freedom with what we can do here. We can do things traditionally or we can be innovative. Everyone’s so willing to work with us on how to best create a product that adds to film history and to film as a discipline. ”
Learn and apply a broad range of communication skills and concepts (e.g., interpersonal, collaborative, and persuasive communication, etc.), while pursuing mastery of video production.
If the business side of film interests you, consider a second major or a minor in entrepreneurship.
UNCW’s BFA offers sought-after credentials in writing and publishing to undergraduates with a wide range of career interests.
A two-year Master of Arts degree in the history, theory, and aesthetics of cinema.
UNCW’s MFA in Filmmaking is an immersive three-year terminal degree program that prepares students to be complete filmmakers.
An intensive, three-year studio-academic experience in the writing of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
