Film Minor Advisor
Ann Alter
(707) 826-5495
aea2@axe.humboldt.edu
David Scheerer
(707) 826-4602
ds65@humboldt.edu
Department
of Theatre, Film & Dance
Theatre Arts Building 20
(707) 826-3566
www.humboldt.edu/theatrefilmanddance
(see Theatre Arts).
Steeped within the tradition of independent film, The Film Program at Humboldt State University gives students an opportunity to learn the fundamentals of filmmaking through an interdisciplinary program that parallels traditional motion picture production with creative avenues made available by evolving technologies. Our curriculum integrates hands-on production and film studies within a liberal arts education to foster storytellers who can artfully express well-developed and substantive ideas. All aspects of the program stress professionalism with an emphasis on quality shared between collaborative and creative processes.
The Film Program utilizes a combination of traditional 16mm film and digital technologies. We have re-photography facilities, a sound studio, on-site 16mm and Super-8 telecine capabilities, and digital post-production studios with film matchback capabilities. Basic pre-production, production and post-production skills are taught with emphasis on documentary, narrative and experimental forms.
Students finance their own films but there are production funds available for certain class projects. During the fall and spring semesters students can apply for answer print funds used to bring 16mm films to completion for festivals and distribution.
A major offering of the Department is the Annual Humboldt Film Festival, produced and organized by students. The festival is the oldest student-run film festival in the world. Started in 1967, this annual Spring showcase brings to the University and Humboldt County a week of exciting activities. There are workshops with professional filmmakers, screenings of international filmmakers’ recent works, and opportunities for individual sessions with visiting artists. The festival is a juried competition attracting films from around the world. There are many opportunities for student involvement in the festival, including several paid positions for festival student co-directors.
F=offered fall only; S=offered spring only; A=offered alternate years as funding permits
Total unit requirement: 16
TFD
312 Filmmaking I (FS)
TFD
372 Filmmaking II (F)
TFD
394 Film Studies (
one-unit minimum)
One of the following:
TFD
305 Art of Film: Beginning to 1950s (F) (satisfies
upper division GE) or
TFD
306 Art of Film: 1950s to the Present (S) Must take concurrently with TFD 318. (satisfies upper division GE)
One of the following:
TFD
313 Film Theory & Criticism (F) or
TFD
465 Film Seminar (S)
One related approved elective not limited to the following options:
TFD
348 Writing for Film (A)
TFD
373 Filmmaking III (S)
TFD
476 Film Directing (S)
TFD
477 Film Production Workshop (FS)
Documentary Production
Science & Film Seminar
Grant Writing