Program Overview

Introduction to the Filmmaking Program

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.

Program Overview

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.

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 an approved audio course

Elective Courses

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
• 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
• 50:965:252: Screenwriting I

Program Faculty and Resources

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 the program faculty.