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The School of Cinema is an academic unit in the College of Liberal & Creative Arts at San Francisco State University, a public research university in San Francisco. It has Bachelor of Arts, a Master of Arts, and Master of Fine Arts in cinema programs.
Feb 1, 2024 · Founded amid the political activism and artistic experimentation of the 1960s, the School of Cinema continues to celebrate cinematic expressions that challenge social and artistic norms. Our mission is to encourage students to engage in scholarship and to pursue all forms of cinema production.
- Creative Expression
- Critical Expression
- Social Engagement
Our faculty places a high premium on fostering the creative voice of the individual student. Although we teach the “rules” of fictional, documentary, experimental, and interactive cinema using all media platforms — from 16mm celluloid to high-definition digital video; from screenwriting to animation — we encourage our students to take creative risk...
Our faculty places an equally high premium on developing the critical consciousness of our students, be they interested in production, animation, and screenwriting or history, theory, and criticism. We encourage our students to challenge their assumptions and the assumptions, methods, and traditions of others. Our curriculum emphasizes the rigorous...
The School of Cinema is vested in San Francisco State University’s core values of equity and social justice. Like our faculty and alumni, our students can expect to engage in meaningful discourse and activity, to connect with their communities, and to challenge the artistic, social and political practices of their audiences. In other words, we enco...
The School of Cinema was founded amid the political activism and artistic experimentation of the 1960s. Today, as then, the School of Cinema is committed to a curriculum that recognizes cinema to be an independent, powerful and unique medium in the world.
School of Cinema facilities include a 150-seat screening theatre, a 2500 square foot shooting stage, editing and post-production areas for both sprocket and digital media, sound recording and mixing studios with digital editing workstations, including a Foley stage.
Jan 10, 2024 · This is a public school of cinema over 40 years old and while it has plenty of character developed over that time, the facade remains the same. Two things for all prospective undergrads: this is a bachelor of arts program and a hybrid film program.
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Identify contemporary technological, artistic, and industrial trends in the cinematic arts. Acquire the basic technical skills necessary for cinematic expression (animation, filmmaking, and screenwriting). Locate personal voice in the creation of the cinematic arts.
