Calendar
- 08/31/2009 - Deadline for New Images Video Contest
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News
- Video Contest for Film Studies Majors!...[ more ]
- Volume 15 of The Journal of Short Film is Out!...[ more ]
- BUSE Award Winners!...[ more ]
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Quote
- The Camera Eye is the possibility of making visible the invisible, of bringing light into darkness, of revealing what is hidden ... of turning the lie into truth.
- - Dziga Vertov
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Welcome to Film Studies at The Ohio State University!
This is a sample New Images Award video spot created by the staff of the OSU Film Studies Program. We know you can do better!
See the contest rules in the News and Calendar sections to the right for more information about submitting your video by the August 31 deadline and replacing our video with your own for the entire 2009-2010 academic year!
Welcome to film studies, an innovative and interdisciplinary program at The Ohio State University.
The film studies major concentrates on cinema as a multicultural phenomenon and shapes its study as a humanistic discipline.
Students complete core courses in basic film analysis, history, and theory, and then go on to take classes in early cinema, a multicultural component, film electives, and a focus area generated by the student in consultation with a faculty advisor.
The Film Studies Program also offers a minor in film studies as well as a graduate interdisciplinary specialization (GIS).
The Film Studies Program mirrors the inherently interdisciplinary nature of film by drawing together teaching and research expertise from a broad range of departments like:
- comparative studies
- English
- East Asian languages and literatures
- French and Italian
- Germanic languages and literatures
- history of art
- Slavic and Eastern European languages and literatures
- Spanish and Portuguese
- women's studies
We also work closely with the Wexner Center’s Media Arts curators, who bring internationally renowned filmmakers, films, and premieres to Columbus!
A note on film and video production: The Ohio State University Film Studies Program is not a film school, nor does OSU have a film school at this time. Students may choose to design a production-oriented focus area for their film studies major, but students should be aware that 15 credit hours of production courses barely scratch the surface of what students learn in a film school with a BFA or MFA program. Students interested in applying to MFA programs in film at other universities will find that a BA in film studies is excellent preparation for film school. For more information about production focus areas, click here.
