The mission of the filmmaking concentration in the Theater Program at Rutgers University–Camden is to develop the skills, craft, and imagination of its students, as well as to provide them with a strong understanding of the history and techniques of film and filmmaking within a well-rounded liberal arts context. The curriculum includes courses in the areas of pre-production, production, post-production, screenwriting, directing, acting, production design, lighting, and film history, with a commitment to student-generated work on and off campus. As part of a strong, interdisciplinary Department of Fine Arts and Theater Program, filmmaking students benefit from exposure to visual art, music, new digital media perspectives, and live theater with the direction and guidance of a professionally active faculty.
The filmmaking concentration at Rutgers–Camden is built upon collaboration. Faculty and students combine the resources and methods of both areas to work together and produce material for film and the stage. Students are encouraged to explore the wide range of opportunities the program offers, including participation in student and faculty produced film productions as well as on stage or behind the scenes in the season of plays presented each year in our two performance venues: the Walter K. Gordon Theater, a state-of-the-art 650 seat proscenium house, and the Black Box Studio, a flexible space for smaller productions.
For information about the filmmaking concentration, contact Prof. Robert A. Emmons.
B.a. Degree Requirements
COURSES REQUIRED (30 CREDITS)
- 50:354:201 The Art of Film or 50:354:390 Intro to Film Studies
- 50:965:125 Introduction to Video and Film
- 50:965:225 Video and Film Production
- 50:965:325 Advance Video and Film Production
- 50:965:425 Post-Production
- 50:965:252 Screenwriting I
- 50:965:322 Directing for Film or 50:965:320 Directing I
- 50:700:302 Sound and Image or 50:700:449 Audio Post Production or 50:700: Approved Audio Course
AT LEAST TWO COURSES (6 CREDITS) FROM THE FOLLOWING:
- 50:354:201 The Art of Film
- 50:354:217 Intro to Documentary Film
- 50:965:215 Romantic Comedy
- 50:354:219 Cinema and Power
- 50:354:397 Medievalist Ruins the Movies
- 50:354:300 History of Film I
- 50:354:301 History of Film II
- 50:354:302 History of Film III
- 50:354:310 Literature and Film
- 50:354:311 Film Theory
- 50:354:312 Women in Film
- 50:354:313 Hitchcock
- 50:354:314 Special Topics in Animation
- 50:354:315 American Film
- 50:354:320 American Cinema
- 50:354:350 Major Filmmakers
- 50:354:390 Special Topics in Film
- 50:354:391 Special Topics in Film
- 50:354:392 Special Topics in Film
- 50:354:393 Special Topics in Film
- 50:354:394 Special Topics in Film
- 50:354:310 Literature and Film
- 50:354:315 American Film
- 50:354:320 World Cinema
- 50:354:396 Studies in Film Genre
- 50:354:397 Film Genre
- 50:354:398 Film Genre
- 50:354:399 Film Genre
- 50:730:264 Philosophical Ideas in Film
- 50:965:345 Theater and Film in Europe
- 50:840:130 Religion and Film Approved Elective: Approved Elective:
AT LEAST THREE COURSES (9 CREDITS) FROM THE FOLLOWING:
- 50:700:302 Sound and Image
- 50:700:449 Audio Post Production
- 50:700:429 Mixing and Mastering Audio
- 50:965:241 Stagecraft
- 50:965:242 Stagecraft II
- 50:965:265 Special Topics in Theater
- 50:965:271 Acting I
- 50:965:301 Performance
- 50:965:302 Practicum in Design and Technical Theater
- 50:965:303 Actor Director Workshop
- 50:965:314 Scenic Design
- 50:965:318 Playwriting
- 50:965:320 Directing I
- 50:965:322 Directing II
- 50:965:322 Directing for Film
- 50:965:323 Video for Live Performance and Theater
- 50:965:324 Documentary Filmmaking
- 50:965:352 Screenwriting II
- 50:965:360 Independent Study in Theater
- 50:965:362 Costume Design
- 50:965:371 Acting II
- 50:965:372 Acting for Film
- 50:965:382 Lighting Design
- 50:965:471 Acting III
- 50:965:495 Senior Project Film
- Approved Elective:
- Approved Elective:
- Approved Elective:
- Approved Elective:
THEATER ARTS MINOR WITH FILMMAKING CONCENTRATION (minimum 18 credits)
- 50:965:125 Introduction to Video and Film
- 50:965:225 Video and Film Production
- 50:965:325 Advanced Video and Film Production
- 50:965:425 Post-Production
- 50:354:395 Screenwriting or 50:965:318 Playwriting
- 50:965:320 Directing I or 50:965:271 Acting I
- 50:965:382 Lighting Design or 965:314 Scenic Design or 965:241 Stagecraft
- 50:965:322 Directing for Film or 50:965:320 Directing I
- 50:965:322 Directing for Film or 50:965:320 Directing I
- 50:965:322 Directing for Film or 50:965:320 Directing I
- 50:965:322 Directing for Film or 50:965:320 Directing I
- 50:965:322 Directing for Film or 50:965:320 Directing I
- 50:965:252 Screenwriting I
- 50:965:252 Screenwriting I
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