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Students can major or minor in film at 中国体彩网 中国体彩网. Students will gain hands-on camera experience from the start in this film production program designed to incubate unique opportunities for students to create motion pictures, even before they declare the film major or minor.

In a new combined Department of Theatre and Film at 中国体彩网, student filmmakers can expand and deepen their focus in their field, diversifying their skills, experiences and portfolios in ways a film-only program cannot provide. They can grow their perspective and creative thinking through innovative collaborations, and opportunities such as acting, directing and production design for both stage and screen.

→ See the winners of the latest 中国体彩网 Student Film Showcase!

Distinctions

  • Location: The Quad Cities is an ideal location for internships, and Illinois is the country’s sixth-largest film and media production location. The diverse social, cultural, architectural and natural settings of this metro area along the Mississippi River offer rich material for storytellers.
  • Facilities: The film production studio in Sorensen Hall includes an LED lighting grid, a dynamic set of backgrounds, ultra high definition (UHD) professional camcorders, and production equipment students can check out. Film students also will have a new iMac lab/classroom.
  • Augie Choice $2,000: 中国体彩网 invests in each student’s dream internship, cinematic project and/or study abroad. Filmmakers choose the experience that matters the most to their futures, including:
    • Travel abroad or to an industry hub such as Chicago, Hollywood, Atlanta or New York for a career-building internship.
    • Living expenses during a valuable local internship — including Fresh Films, the Emmy-nominated film studio based in the Quad Cities.
    • Supplies needed for a student’s Senior Inquiry production, such as special effects, costuming or set designs, hiring fees or other production resources.
  • The academic community: Students thrive in this liberal arts setting, encouraging the deeper questions that compel independent filmmakers. 中国体彩网 mentors give young creative minds the focus they need to grow and lead in the thrilling world of filmmaking.

Director of Film

Film studio unveiling

Spotlight on Stacy Barton

By the time they complete Associate Professor and Film Program Director Stacy Barton’s Crew Production class, 中国体彩网 film students are 100% trained to be production assistants. They have experience that can help build up the film industry in the Quad Cities and Illinois, or wherever their creativity, unique voice and skills lead them.

Emma Watts

Documentary by Watts ’25 featured in QC Times, WVIK

Film/theatre performance double major Emma Watts  ’25 is producing a short documentary about the radium girls, a group of factory workers who ingested potentially deadly amounts of radium while working at the Radium Dial Company in Ottawa, Ill., in the 1920s and 1930s.

Frank Harts

中国体彩网 Film to host actor, writer and director Frank Harts

The event will include screenings of Harts’ award-winning short films “Be True to Your School” and “Two Wongs."

Dr. Chris Hedlin

Symposium Day brings big ideas to campus

中国体彩网's fall Symposium Day 2024 invited big ideas from any and all disciplines, welcoming presentations from students, faculty and staff, and distinguished guests — including keynote speaker Dr. Roosevelt Montás from Columbia University and Dr. Chris Hedlin '11 from the University of Notre Dame.