Undergraduate students will meet the following student performance criteria:

General Filmmaking Skills

  • Collaborate effectively with multi-disciplinary teams
  • Create shorts that demonstrate a basic understanding of story structure and character development
  • Demonstrate basic understanding of the process of creating a film from beginning to end

Professional Readiness

  • Apply knowledge of roles in the film industry to select an area of specialization (Midpoint Review only)
  • Effectively showcase work in an industry-standard demo reel and website (Final Review only)
  • Demonstrate professional ? level achievement through the execution of a variety of projects in area of specialization (Final Review only)

Editing

  • Demonstrate proficiency in post-production technology and techniques
  • Achieve Avid certification
  • Demonstrate proficiency in at least two other editing programs

Screenwriting

  • Write shorts that are marketable and/or appealing to a general audience
  • Deliver a polished feature script or TV pilot

Cinematography

  • Work effectively with various cameras, lenses and accessories
  • Design and execute creative lighting schemes
  • Effectively manage a scene for coverage
  • Apply principles of composition and camera movements to enhance the story

Directing

  • Guide a crew in preproduction, production, and postproduction to execute effective choices that serve the story
  • Elicit engaging and believable performances from actors

Producing

  • Acquire or originate and develop material for a project that can be pitched in a professional setting
  • Demonstrate basic proficiency in budgeting and scheduling
  • Demonstrate familiarity with negotiating film contracts (for actors, crew, locations, equipment, lodging, transportation, and catering)
  • Demonstrate understanding of the legal aspects of film production, including copyrights, trademarks, music licensing, working with minors, unions, finance and distribution
  • Demonstrate understanding of the legal aspects of film production, including copyrights, trademarks, music licensing, working with minors, unions, finance and distribution

Production Design

  • Support the look of films based on the director?s vision, including: chosing locations, creating settings, selecting props, and dressing sets
  • Communicate design concepts through basic drawing skills and visual presentations