Fiction Film Production Specialization
This specialization is run jointly by the Department of English and the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media (TISM), and is open to all sophomores with preference given to English and TISM majors. Bringing together film studies and production, this specialization tracks twenty students as a cohort through courses in film theory, history and production technique. In their senior year, students in this specialization enroll in a two-semester fiction film production course resulting in a short film. Because only twenty students are admitted to the program each year, the specialization is highly competitive and by application only.
Prerequisites:
Students apply for admission into the fiction film production specialization cohort in the spring semester of their sophomore year, after either completing both prerequisite courses listed below OR completing one of the prerequisite courses and having current enrollment in the second:
- ENG 230 (4 credits):Introduction to Film
- TC 243 (3 credits): Story, Sound and Motion
Requirements:
1. The following course (4 credits):
- ENG 335 (4 credits): Film Directing
2. One of the following film studies courses (3 credits):
- ENG 330 (3 credits): Classical Film and Media Theory
- ENG 331(3 credits): Contemporary Film and Media Theory
- ENG 332 (3 credits): Historical Approaches to Film
3. One of the following technique courses (2-4 credits):
- ENG 334 (4 credits): Screen Writing
- TC 341 (4 credits): Film Style Production for Cinema and Television
- TC 343 (4 credits): Basic Audio Production
- TC 351 (3 credits): Producing for Cinema and Television
- THR 309 (2 credits): Acting for the Camera
4. Both of the following courses in production(6 credits):
- ENG/TC 435A (3 credits): Creating the Fiction Film I
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ENG/TC 435B (3 credits): Creating the Fiction Film II
Please keep in mind that many of the courses listed above have prerequisites that are not listed on the specialization slate of courses.Upon completion of the requirements for the Specialization in Fiction Film Production, the student should contact the Chairperson of the Department of English to request certification for the completion of the specialization. After the certification is approved by the Chairperson of the Department of English and the Dean of the College of Arts and Letters, the Office of the Registrar will enter on the student’s academic record the name of the specialization and the date that it was completed. This certification will appear on the student’s transcript.
Application:
To download the application please click HERE
Applications for the Fall 2010 semester are due Monday, February 15, 2010. See the PDF above for further instructions.
Contacts:
Jeff Wray, Department of English : wrayj@msu.edu
Robert Albers, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies & Media: albers@msu.edu
Jennifer Fay, Director of Film Studies, Department of English: fayj@msu.edu
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