A Bachelor of Science in Television and Film is the foundation
for a professional career with a wide range of opportunities in
these industries. Students gain the technical, ethical and
analytical skills needed to compete in rapidly changing fields.
The program will prepare graduates
to:
Demonstrate knowledge of aural and visual
literacy as they relate to messages sent through television and/or
film.
- Recognize the role of television and/or film as it relates to
contemporary life.
- Describe how film and/or television “language” communicates to
the public.
- Differentiate how the various media interrelate.
- Compare and contrast traditional electronic techniques with
digital and other new technologies.
Demonstrate knowledge of legal and ethical
issues and other regulatory concerns.
- Describe the role of government regulation of television and
film.
- Describe and analyze the ethical concepts and problems involved
in television and/or film.
- Describe copyright, plagiarism, libel, slander, and invasion of
privacy and the effect of each in the television and/or film
industry.
Demonstrate knowledge of the practical
production processes of designing and creating messages.
- Demonstrate knowledge of pre-production techniques such as
planning, budgeting, scripting, and story boards.
- Demonstrate competency in a wide range of technologies
including audio, video, lighting, computer images, proper use of
the camera, and animation, framing, tilting, panning, and
zooming.
- Demonstrate a command of post-production techniques, such as
editing, sound design and motion graphics.
Analyze, interpret, and identify the
aesthetic theory of the historical and critical aspects of film
and/or television.
- Demonstrate comprehension of and explain basic visual design
aspects as they relate to the cinematic and television process and
the evolution of change therein..
Demonstrate knowledge of business
practices
- Demonstrate knowledge of buying, planning, selling and
negotiating in the television and film industries.
- Demonstrate how television and film “pitches” are made.
- Demonstrate knowledge of FCC regulations, funding, syndication,
merchandising and advertising and how they relate to
television.
Produce a piece of writing that can be
employed in some aspect of the television and/or film
industries.
- Create a screenplay or teleplay, demonstrating competency in
the methods, techniques and form for a motion picture or television
show, including an understanding of narrative and action.
- Research and develop copy for a complete advertising or public
relations campaign.
- Demonstrate narrative and non-narrative writing styles, e.g.
the ability to write a successful essay or commentary and a
screenplay or teleplay.