Filmmaking
Why Minor in Filmmaking at Allegheny College
Students engage content, methods, and practices with faculty in order to develop the capacity to use film as a medium to communicate compelling fictional and documentary narratives.
Unusual Combinations
Students often combine Filmmaking with:
Division
- Visual and Performing Arts
Program Type
- Minor
Number of Credits
24 for minor
Where Film Alumni Work Today
Associate Producer
Jigsaw Productions
Jeremy Loewer
Producer At Point
Blue Studios
Alex Reeves
Meteorologist
WTAE-TV
Jeff Verszyla
Filmmaker and Associate Professor
Chatham University
Kristen Lauth Shaeffer
Your Four-Year Journey
Foundation courses explore aesthetics, techniques, and criticism. Intermediate courses explore cultural circumstances and formal elements. Advanced courses emphasize styles and logistics, leading to a documentary or narrative film as a Senior Project.
Year One: Understanding
2-3 courses. Most majors take both introductory courses: Film & Digital Storytelling 1 and Film as a Narrative Art. Some students take a Film & Media Making course, such as Video Activism or Community-Based Media.
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Year Two: New Approaches
3-4 courses. Most majors take Film & Digital Storytelling 2, a Film & Media Making course, and begin both their selected Modules of Inquiry (usually at the 100- or 200-level). The four modules are Media, Politics, and Technology; Popular Culture and Civic Life; Digital Storytelling, and Live Performance.
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Year Three: Delving Deeper
4-5 courses: Most majors take the Junior Seminar, continue their Modules of Inquiry (usually at the 200- or 300-level), and a Film Studies & Culture course such as Film Studies, Screen Cultures, Writing Nonfiction, or Introduction to Culture through Film.
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Year Four: The Comp
3 courses: Majors complete both their selected modules (300-level courses) and complete the Senior Project.
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