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 Professor Robert A. Emmons.
Course 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
50:965:382 Lighting Design or 965:314 Scenic Design or 965:241 Stagecraft
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
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