Directing

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Create Your Future in Film

Take action (or rather call action) and make a name for yourself. You’ll learn how to oversee the artistic and technical elements in film production, assemble cast and crew, select film locations, and call the actions on set as a film director. Are you ready to enhance your visual storytelling skills?

Earn your Bachelor of Science in Film Production. As a student, you’ll be exposed to every stage of film production through a theoretical and gear-centric curriculum.

Our Bachelor of Science in Film Production Degree with a concentration in Directing is 120 credit hours and 36 months in length.
Each class is studied exclusively during a four-week period allowing students to focus on one particular subject at a time.

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Featured Classes

Directing I & II

Look at the big-picture through the director’s lens. This course engages students in practical directing exercises and techniques to build a deeper understanding of the craft. Students will learn how to effectively communicate with actors and crew, and shoot and edit several short projects, with the goal of deepening and enhancing their visual storytelling skills.

Transmedia Storytelling

Learn to kill your darlings. This storytelling course empowers students to find their creative voice while learning the mechanics of visual narration. Students gain an understanding of structure, spine, character, theme, scene development, imagery and voice. Through the examination of selected works and individual practice, students learn strategies for creating an engaging narrative.

Acting for Filmmakers

Get in front of the camera. This course will develop student’s knowledge and understanding of actors through hands-on acting experience. Students learn the language and tools of acting through sensory exercises, improvisation, text analysis and scene study. Students are prepared to not only communicate and collaborate with their actors but to actualize the best emotional outcome of a scene.

Student TechKit^®

You’ll use the same equipment used by the pros. We outfit you with a retina display MacBook laptop loaded with software including: Avid Media Composer, Final Draft, Movie Magic Budgeting, Movie Magic Scheduling, Adobe Creative Cloud and Microsoft Office.*

*Specific types of gear and gear info subject to change without notice.

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Not Your Average Classroom

Take a peek inside our film sets and production stages. You will work with industry-experienced faculty in a hands-on studio environment and learn the technical skills needed to excel in the field.

Step onto our sets and get a first-hand experience of our
Multiple Soundstages • Green Screen Stage • Dolby-Approved Dubbing Stage • 300-Seat Movie Theater • Avid Editing Lab and more!

Did you know that we offer daily tours of our campus?

Alumni Success

Join the ever-growing list of alumni who are shaping the film industry with their contributions to the craft.

The legacies our alumni leave behind inspire future generations of students to pave their own path to success in the entertainment industry. Here are just some of the esteemed alumni who’ve worked on award-winning productions in film, TV and the commercial industry.

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Kyle Newacheck

With more than 80 combined directing, writing and producing credits spanning the past decade and a half, Kyle has made a name for himself in the comedy world. Whether you’ve seen his work on popular TV shows like Workaholics, Parks and Recreation or Community, you’ll find yourself doing one thing while watching—laughing.

Cinematographer Brandon Trost

Brandon Trost

With a thriving career in cinematography, Brandon Trost is part of the new generation of filmmakers in Hollywood. His contributions to popular feature films like This Is The End, The Disaster Artist, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, and Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile have earned him acclaim in the entertainment industry.

Hannah Lux Davis

For more than a decade, Hannah Lux Davis has transformed artists’ music into visual masterpieces. Hannah is an award-winning music video director known for her work with chart-topping pop icons like Ariana Grande, Halsey, Demi Lovato, Nicki Minaj and Kacey Musgraves.

Martin Pensa

Martin is the first alumni to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Achievement in Film Editing for his editing work on Dallas Buyers Club. That year, Dallas Buyers Club won three Oscars including Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Makeup and Hairstyling.

Kevin Otte

Boasting more than 90 credits for work on professional sets for feature films, reality TV shows and web series, honors graduate Kevin Otte has built a Hollywood career as a freelance production coordinator and production manager.

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