B.A. program in film Directing, Producing, Cinematography, Editing, Sound, and Screenwriting. Core courses in business, ethics & film studies.
FAVS Sage Room Schedule, Spring 2015:
http://favs.gmu.edu/studentresources.html
The Film and Video Studies Program offers a 120-credit multidisciplinary BA degree with concentrations in Directing/Producing, Screenwriting, and Production/PostProduction. Students study film and video production, theory, criticism, ethics, screenwriting, and business. As soon as students arrive to the program, they will take production courses, have access to equipment in the FAVS Equipment Cage and computing resources in our Sage Room and Mason STAR Lab.
Our program is multidisciplinary which means that classes are in Film and Video, but also Art and Visual Technology, Communication, English, Game Design, Theater, History and Art History, Modern and Classical Languages, Women and Gender Studies, African and African American Studies, and Global Studies departments.
Film and Video Studies is driven by an independent film spirit. We work with students who use visual storytelling to increase self-reflexivity and cross-cultural understanding, who are interested in working collaboratively, and who are open to exploring a variety of filmmaking styles and practices historically and internationally. Creative solutions and original thinking are paramount as students practice the craft of film and its related forms (serialized fiction on television and the web, nonfiction / documentary, fiction and experimental cinema). Professionalism and entrepreneurship are core components of the program. FAVS filmmakers are screening work at regional and international film festivals, winning awards, landing jobs in all areas of media production and post, and starting their own companies.
Film and Videos Studies (FAVS) at George Mason University engages students in the creation, production and post-production of fiction, documentary and experimental styles of film and video and its parallel forms, including television, transmedia, mobile and web media through our interdisciplinary Bachelors of Arts degree. Through courses in FAVS, Film and Media Studies, Theater, Game Design, Art, Communication and other departments, we prepare students for our vibrant, multi-disciplinary industry. Students gain a grounding in the history and theory of the moving image, explore the business of media production, evaluate values and ethics of media, and experience diversity of voice in storytelling. The FAVS B.A. program is grounded by a strong programmatic emphasis in flexible thinking, critical engagement, project management, interpersonal communication, regional storytelling and the written form. FAVS graduates apply their skills on film sets, in corporate environments, or with community organizations with professionalism that is creative, entrepreneurial, and adaptable.
