Bachelor of Arts - Film - Filmmaking Practices

Students who pursue the BA in Film with a concentration in Filmmaking Practices receive grounding in fundamental production skills; entertainment and media ethics; feature, short and episodic screenwriting; and general film and media industry history and practices.

Course offerings focus on key professional skills such as screenwriting for feature films, television, and new media; and producing practices, including on-set production and production management, business and legal matters, professional and technical writing, and production for feature films, television and the Internet.

Production experience is regularly available through select lower-division courses that provide creative coursework options, the upper-division course FMP 300, and credited opportunities to work on projects produced by students, faculty and The Sidney Poitier New American Film School. All students complete a year-long senior project, initiated and developed by the students and supported with dedicated faculty mentorship, and are supported in their professional goals through the innovative Film Spark program in Los Angeles. There is also a unique Semester in L.A. program available to senior-year students, as well as industry boot camps and job and intern fairs.

The Los Angeles location for the BA in Film with a concentration in Filmmaking Practices is accepting transfer students with an associate degree in film or media production from select California community colleges for the fall 2022 term.