Digital Media Production

Major in Digital Media Production

New Orleans is quickly becoming a major center for Digital Media Production, particularly film. Currently, there are unparalleled opportunities for students to become a part of this fast growing industry. The mission of the coordinate undergraduate major in Digital Media Production is to educate our students in the art, craft, and technology of film, television, video, animation and sound production. Our new program offers intensive, hands-on production experience, coupled with a broad exposure to the liberal arts. Our goals and objectives include the development of individual talent and skills within a collaborative working environment. We want to encourage our students to become creative and thoughtful practitioners in the world of media. We will also support a strong internship program offering a wide range of options for pre-professional experience and provide venues for the presentation and promotion of student work.

Courses

The coordinate major in Digital Media Production is an interdisciplinary, 30-credit program in music, theatre, communication, and English, consisting of the following courses:

COMM 315 Film Analysis
ENLS/COMM 475 New Media Theory
COMM 417 U.S. Film History
THEA 207 Video Production I
THEA 208 Video Production II
MUSC 493 Music Business Adapted for Film Industry
MUSC 230 Introduction to Computer Applications in Music
THEA/MUSC 555 Capstone
THEA/MUSC 556 Capstone

Electives

One course (3 credits) from the following:

Communication / Film Studies

COMM 485 Cinema, Technology, and Modernity

Theatre and Dance

THEA 611 Acting for Other Media
THEA 497 Filmmaker and Actor Workshop
DANC460 Choreography and Media
THEA 334 Production and Design/Design for TV

English

ENLS 361 Introduction to Creative Writing
ENLS 364 Screenwriting

Music

APMS 221 Composition
APMS 321 Intermediate Composition
APMS 423 Advanced Composition
APMS 333 Music for Film

Art

ARST 155 Digital Media I
ARST 255 Digital Media II