Filmmaking

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 Visual, Media, and Performing 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 with theater. 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:                           
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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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