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The New Media Film, Television and Radio major and minor provide a coherent awareness of the aesthetic, artistic, and communicative power of these varied media by offering courses in theory, history, genres, styles, and structures with hands-on production courses.
The program curriculum reflects the convergence of traditional media of film, television, and radio into new media of creative possibilities. Students learn the theory and collaborative practice of all aspects of visual and audio storytelling:
Students understand the expressive power of these media and experiment with their own creative voices, engaging their imagination and intellect with the tools of these crafts. Many of the program's faculty members come from the ranks of working professionals, ensuring that information transmitted in the classroom is at the cutting edge of the field.
New Media courses focus on new digital technologies as they relate to the sound and moving image of film, television, and radio. Nonlinear narrative theory and technique, computer graphics, two- and three-dimensional animation, multimedia network communications, DVD, and HD production are featured.
Film track courses survey the origins and development of motion picture art; analyze periods, genres, and styles of filmmaking; and offer hands-on experience in film production technique. In production courses, students are introduced to the collaborative, creative process of filmmaking, with an emphasis on storytelling through a broad spectrum of aesthetic approaches. Student films produced in these courses are showcased in a campus film festival, Cinefest Fairfield, and are Web-streamed over the University's Web page.
Television track courses survey the technological and stylistic history of the medium; the particular visual and audio language of television texts; the genres, narrative, and generic conventions of television; and hands-on production experience designed to teach skills in studio and remote television production. In the production courses, students produce programs of a variety of familiar genres but are encouraged to push the creative boundaries of the medium. Student programs air on a regular nightly schedule on the HAM Channel, the student-broadcast television station, and are Web-streamed.
Radio track courses survey the programmatic and technical development of the medium; sound development and recording techniques; and broadcast production and management. Production courses contribute programming to WVOF, the University's FM station, and to its Web-streaming address.