Film, Television, & Media Arts
Degree
Bachelor of Arts, Major, Minor
School/College
College of Arts & Sciences
With a curriculum that focuses on merging traditional media with new media, Fairfield University's Film, Television, and Media Arts (FTMA) program takes a dynamic approach to the study of narrative media that opens a world of exploration and creative possibilities.
Cinefest Student Film Fest
The annual Cinefest student film festival highlights original short films created by undergraduate filmmakers from the FTMA program. Selected by a jury of industry professionals, the films span a variety of genres, with strong characters and powerful visuals. The event, free and open to the public, includes an industry panel and concludes with an awards ceremony.
Join a Creative Community
Student Productions
The FTMA program fosters a collaborative environment, where students feel confident in expressing themselves as creative individuals, supported by their peers and faculty. With dozens of majors productions shooting each academic year, the FTMA community comes to together to workshop screenplays, crew on each others films and share editing notes.
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Course Requirements
Film, Television, & Media Arts Major
33 credits
Film, Television, & Media Arts Minor
15 credits
Contact Us
Undergraduate Admission
admis@fairfield.edu
(203) 254-4100
In Fall 2020, the Media Center (an 18,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility) became the new home of the Film, Television, and Media Arts program, as well as programs in broadcast communication, digital journalism, and sports media.
The newly renovated facility offers students and faculty a variety of professional studio spaces and production equipment, including:
- Large production studio, with a permanent set, LED lighting, control room
- A state-of-the-art podcast and TV studio
- Post-production suites for editing, coloring, and sound mixing
- Screening room
- Multiple computers labs (Premiere Pro, After Effects, ProTools, Resolve, etc.)
- Top-of-the-line camera equipment, including HD (C100), 4K (C300 Mk III), and 6K (RED Gemini, Canon R5C, Blackmagic Cinema) cameras; LED (Arri, Kino-Flo, Aperture), HMI and Arri lighting packages; full range of audio mics and mixing equipment; dollies, steadicam and jib arms; studio grip equipment.
- Large mobile satellite uplink production truck.
As students proceed through their academic journey, the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Office of Career and Professional Development offers advising, counseling, programming, and experiential opportunities to help students discover their strengths, explore career paths, and build essential skills needed to succeed in their professional career.
Fairfield supports the scholarly success and intellectual growth of our students by providing various resources on campus including the Science Center, Writing Center, DiMenna-Nyselius Library, and more.
Students pursuing an FTM major or minor are encouraged to seek out internship opportunities in the area of their concentration. Due to Fairfield's outstanding reputation and proximity to the greater New York area, dynamic options for student internships are available with a wide range of media production companies and television stations, as well as the University's own award-winning Media Center.
In recent years, Fairfield students have held internships at NBCUniversal, ABC, ESPN, The Daily Show, MSG, Speedvision Network, Outdoor Life, CNN, Comedy Central, The Conan O'Brien Show, WFAN, ESPN, WEBE 108, National Geographic Film and Television, and numerous independent film production companies.
Internship Qualifications
Credit-bearing internships in film, television and media arts are only available to declared junior and senior major and minor students, who have taken FTMA 1010, FTMA 1011, at least one history/theory course, and two applied production courses in their respective media track. Exceptions to these requirements can be appealed to the director of the Film, Television and Media Arts program. The internship counts as an elective course within the major and minor program.
