Program Overview
The Motion Picture program offers a complete curricular experience in critical understanding and effective creation of contemporary moving image media. Its innovative curriculum embraces the creative process from development and writing through production and post-production to all forms of media exhibition, and complements it with a strong grounding in film criticism, aesthetics of the moving image, and international history of cinema.
Facilities in the Motion Picture program include the Bill Cosford Cinema, a state-of-the-art theater that exhibits first-run alternative, foreign and classic films; a complete array of film and digital cameras and related grip and electric equipment; a soundstage; all digital post-production image and sound facilities; and digital animation.
The Canes Film Festival of UM undergraduate and graduate films is held every year on campus with a professional showcase screening in Los Angeles. The program-supported student organization UFILM Studios, promotes filmmaking literacy and professional independence.
The Norton Herrick Center for Motion Picture Studies possesses a collection of over 3000 films and television programs including many rare and otherwise unavailable titles. The center's mission is to provide support for research, to further the work of film preservationists and archivists and advance the study and teaching of motion pictures.
Students of the Motion Picture program have the opportunity to participate in supervised internships, and in special hands-on study programs, such as the Summer Film Program in Prague, Czech Republic, Summer Film Program in Alicante, Spain and the annual trip to Los Angeles which offers an opportunity to interact with leading film and television professionals.
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