Undergraduate Bulletin - Loyola Marymount University

Production—Film
and Television
Objectives
The School of Film and Television’s major in Production—
Film and Television is designed to enable students to
express their ideas on the screen—whether that screen
is in a theater, at home, or held in one’s hand. Beyond
the existing television and theatrical feature landscape,
new forms of media empower a single person to be both
a worldwide broadcaster and a very selective receiver.
Digital technologies have created new ways of working
that transcend the traditional distinctions between film and
television. The SFTV Production—Film and Television major
combines the best of both of these fields.
Students admitted to this rigorous major become quickly
immersed in the art of storytelling for the screen. They
encounter and study great works of world cinema, both past
and present, and ponder the ramifications of the emerging
media of the future. They receive expert hands-on training
in writing the screenplay, directing actors, cinematography,
sound recording and design, and editing. In the process,
each student learns about the challenging relationship
between art and technique, and how both serve each
other. Students learn the practical aspects of mounting a
production: budgeting, location scouting, casting, set design
and construction, post-production, and the importance of
safety in all aspects of what they do. Complete premier
state-of-the-art equipment and technology are available
24/7—all in service of story. Through teamwork, students
learn an appreciation for all of the artists who labor to serve
the story, and the camraderie that comes from working as
part of a crew engaged in a large, collaborative creative
enterprise.
Students also learn to find their individual voices and
express their own points of view on projects driven by
their own creative choices. Beginning with their work on
a series of short and intermediate films, students forge the
fundamental skills of visual storytelling. Each student’s
experience culminates with a senior project in which
advanced students write, cast, direct, and edit their own
thesis films.
These projects may be entirely from the imagination, or
they may document the real world. These finished works
are produced and owned by the students, and many are
distributed and celebrated far beyond the confines of our
campus, through the exciting world of festivals, theatrical,
television, and other channels of local, national, and
international exhibition.
PRODUCTION—FILM AND TELEVISION / 465
Major Requirements
Lower Division Requirements:
22 semester hours of lower division courses distributed
as follows: FTVS 100; 200; 210 or 212; PROD 180;
PROD 200 and 250 (completed with a grade of B
[3.0] or better); RECA 250; and SCWR 220.
Upper Division Requirements:
Satisfactory completion of PROD 300 or 350; PROD
365, 366, and 379; PROD 400, 450, or 461; PROD
420 or 426; PROD 441, 466, 467, 469, or 476;
RECA 367; two cinema/TV history courses chosen
from FTVS 313, 314, 315, 410, 411, 412, 413,
416, 417, 473, or 510; SCWR 326 or 400; FTVS
400 is highly recommended.
Freshman Year
Fall Semester S.H.
FTVS 100 Storytelling .................................... 1
FTVS 210
and
FTVS 211
or
FTVS 212
and
FTVS 213
Art of the Cinema ........................... 3
Art of Cinema Lab .......................... 0
Art of Television ........................... (3)
Art of Television Lab ....................... 0
or
FTVS 200
PROD 180
Survey of Mass Media .................... 3
Pre-Production I ........................... (3)
ENGL 110 College Writing .............................. 3
____ ___ University Core .............................. 3
____ ___ University Core .............................. 3
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Spring Semester S.H.
or
FTVS 200
PROD 180
Survey of Mass Media .................... 3
Pre-Production I ........................... (3)
SCWR 220 Beginning Screenwriting ................. 3
MATH 102 Quantitative Skills .......................... 3
MATH 103 Quantitative Skills Lab .................... 0
____ ___ University Core .............................. 3
____ ___ University Core .............................. 3
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