Film Studies Promo
Film Studies Program
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05/31/2012
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A short video promoting the Film Studies program to students featuring faculty from the program.
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- [00:00:03.507]♪ (music) ♪
- [00:00:08.027]Film is the mirror of the twentieth century.
- [00:00:14.354]It's a living art form.
- [00:00:16.123]It's part of popular culture,
- [00:00:18.020]and it's part of everything that we do.
- [00:00:23.810]Good films say something very specific
- [00:00:26.311]in concrete ways about the time they are made.
- [00:00:33.598]This is a program that takes you
- [00:00:35.358]into the history of flim.
- [00:00:37.146]It takes you into the theory of film,
- [00:00:39.989]the culture of film.
- [00:00:46.484]Our film studies major is really centered
- [00:00:48.771]on the idea of teaching film as art.
- [00:00:50.648](Payne) The major requires that students take
- [00:00:52.450]a series of five classes
- [00:00:53.990]which are considered the core.
- [00:00:55.871]Those classes are all within the English department
- [00:00:58.414]centered on film theory, criticism, and history.
- [00:01:01.519]In addition to that, they take 15 more hours
- [00:01:04.353]distributed amongst two areas that are
- [00:01:06.733]related to film studies.
- [00:01:08.268]I love this program.
- [00:01:09.894]I am so excited for where it's going to
- [00:01:11.235]take me in the future.
- [00:01:12.605]We're primarily a major for undergraduates.
- [00:01:15.250]We are not a production unit.
- [00:01:17.377]We are basically involved in
- [00:01:19.623]the history, the theory, and the criticism of film.
- [00:01:22.034](Payne) Students are qualified
- [00:01:23.733]by the end of our program
- [00:01:24.896]to work in film archives
- [00:01:27.005]or pursue graduate study
- [00:01:28.341]or academic study in film.
- [00:01:29.939]- The body is the pre-requisite -
- [00:01:32.172]I have students who are interested in
- [00:01:33.373]working for film festivals,
- [00:01:35.480]I have students who are interested in
- [00:01:37.372]working for libraries or school systems,
- [00:01:39.778]and teaching students about film.
- [00:01:43.026]I think if the interest is there, you
- [00:01:44.303]should definitely try it out and I think
- [00:01:45.406]the second you step through the door
- [00:01:46.426]you'll know that you made the right decision.
- [00:01:48.448](Katie) Dr. Dixon is incredibly passionate about
- [00:01:50.085]what he teaches, and he's very knowledgeable.
- [00:01:51.663](Dixon) You want to basically take film studies
- [00:01:53.589]because you want to find out
- [00:01:54.598]more about yourself, your culture,
- [00:01:55.901]and the world you live in.
- [00:01:57.232]This is really what film studies are all about.
- [00:01:59.129]It's really a mirror for our lives.
- [00:02:00.964]So for me, it's not film history,
- [00:02:04.191]so much it is a continuity of film studies.
- [00:02:07.837]Film studies teaches students
- [00:02:11.006]the language of the visual.
- [00:02:12.910]In our program, you really gain
- [00:02:15.097]an understanding of culture;
- [00:02:16.927]particularly visual culture.
- [00:02:18.646](Foster) You really have a leg up in every field
- [00:02:21.118]if you have an understanding of visual culture.
- [00:02:23.348]- It was kind of like 'selling out' on his masculinity -
- [00:02:26.285]I would say definitely try out a class.
- [00:02:28.851]Like myself -
- [00:02:29.919]instantly was drawn in
- [00:02:32.194]right off the bat in my first class,
- [00:02:34.132]so I'd say try it out and see if it's for you.
- [00:02:36.060]Because that's film history;
- [00:02:37.548]you're watching history in motion.
- [00:02:39.567](Nima) Film studies is the way to go.
- [00:02:41.793]And also the exciting part, of course,
- [00:02:43.398]is hearing from students years later
- [00:02:44.838]who have gone into the profession
- [00:02:46.637]or are now professors or archivists
- [00:02:48.669]and generally getting their feedback,
- [00:02:50.308]which really makes my day.
- [00:02:51.993]♪ (music) ♪
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