As a student of cinema and television, your work has the unique potential to reach millions of people. Make it count.
The Cinema-Television Division at SMU Meadows helps students develop their artistic voices to better communicate with their audiences. Led by a faculty of authors, industry critics, documentary producers, film directors, and Emmy Award-winning filmmakers, Cinema-TV students train to become directors, screenwriters, producers, media executives or artistic directors. The program combines technical instruction, critique and discussion with creative practice and hands-on production experience.
Students take classes in film and a variety of new media which include writing, shooting, directing, and editing film and video projects. Additionally, courses in the history, theory and aesthetics of cinema inspire students to create media that matters in a world that needs their attention. This track explores the history, criticism, economics and social effects of the contemporary mass media and teaches students to produce and edit electronic media and video projects. The program’s state-of-the-art facilities include editing bays and field equipment that allow students to work in three media: 16mm film, video and digital technology.
BA in Cinema-TV
The Bachelor of Arts in Cinema-Television curriculum offers separate concentrations (tracks) in cinema and television. Both concentrations are designed to deliver a well-rounded training program in the fields of film and television and serve to prepare students for a career in professional film/television production and/ or writing — and to develop their creative abilities in these media. Courses in cinema and television history, theory and criticism provide fundamental knowledge of both media as art forms and as social and cultural institutions.
Minor in Cinema-TV Studies
The minor in cinema-television studies offers students the opportunity to study the historical and critical background of mass media and broaden their understanding and appreciation of cinema, television and new media as art forms and industries.