Film Production
So you want to work in the motion picture industry?
You say that you want to see your name in lights?
And you want audiences to sit in a dark theater…mesmerized by the stories you tell and the images you’ve created?
Then the Department of Radio, Television, and Film’s undergraduate Film Production major is for you!
This major is designed for the student interested in joining the ranks of young, professional filmmakers who are blazing new trails with captivating cinematic images and stories.
The Film Production sequence introduces the student to all aspects of organizing and structuring audio and visual material in cinematic formats.
Sequence course offerings include: Basic Television and Film Production, Cinematography, Film Directing, Third World Cinema, Documentary Film Critique and Blacks in Film and Film Practicum (Internship).
The Film Production curriculum enables student to:
- Demystify the filmmaking process and encourage the social use of the medium
- Write, direct, edit, and exhibit short films
- Develop critical thinking in order to analyze the powerful aesthetic, psychological, and socio-political influences of the film medium
Film Production students serve as interns for a wide range of media organizations based in the nation’s capital. Such companies include: the American Film Institute, National Geographic Society; the Discovery Channel, Howard University’s PBS television station (WHUT-TV, Channel 32) and all of the major broadcasting and cable corporations.
Each semester, some of the best creative works by student filmmakers are critiqued by fellow students and RTVF faculty during the Department’s End-of-the-Semester Screening. Also, the cinematic skills of Film Production majors can be seen at screenings at the American Film Institute’s (AFI) Silver Theater in the Washington, DC area, or throughout the United States and the Caribbean via RTVF’s “Black Visions/Silver Screen” tours.
In addition, the Department sponsors its annual Paul Robeson Awards each spring semester. This awards competition and ceremony recognizes the best undergraduate andgraduate student audio, video and film productions. The awards were named in honor of the creative and socially-conscious legacy of celebrated African American actor, singer and activist Paul Robeson.
Film Production majors hail from around the globe. Students come from throughout the Unites States, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Caribbean and Europe. Our graduates go on to become distinguished independent filmmakers, editors, teachers, cinematographers, writers, and producers.
Our alumni include:
Ryan Cole, Emmy Award winner for the web-based NBC comedy series, Interns, (www.nbcinterns.com/episode.htm)
Shamim Mayanja, President, Urban Casting/Urban ReKlam, Stockholm, Sweden
Arthur (AJ) Jafa, Noted Cinematographer, credits include Daughters of the Dust, Crooklyn, Eyes Wide Shut, and the PBS American Experience series (The Blues:A Musical Journey & Marcus Garvey: Look for me in the Whirlwind)
Nandi Bowe, Disney/ABC Directing Fellow; Film/TV screenwriter/director
Bradford Young, Cinematographer, recognized as one of the top “25 New Faces of Independent Film” by Filmmaker magazine (July 2009)
Opiyo Okeyo, On-Air Marketing/Editor, Discovery Channel
Ada Babino, Independent Producer/Director, Jezebel Films
Christa Dickey, ABC Talent Development Grant Recipient; Paul Robeson Award Winner & Freelance Producer/Director
Ellen Sumter, Independent Filmmaker, Writer/Director
Robert Ford, CEO, Creative Minds, Inc.; Associate Producer, Make Me A Supermodel 2, Bravo TV
Garland McLaurin, MFA in Film candidate (NYU), Independent Filmmaker & "Princess Grace Award” Winner
Joy Shannon, Independent Filmmaker
Lester Peguese, Independent Filmmaker (Animation)
Leslie James, Multimedia Producer & Documentary Filmmaker
 
Award Winning Filmmaker Spike Lee hosts a lecture and screens his film productions for JHJSOC Students.
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Career Opportunities | Graduation Scheme | Faculty | Paul Robeson Award | Student Organizations | Student Productions
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