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Film Production

Learn to think like a filmmaker and produce your own short film in a program that offers comprehensive coursework in film crafts like cinematography, screenwriting, editing and sound. You’ll also study film culture and test your ideas in hands-on film workshops. If you want to walk on set directly after graduation, this is the program for you.

From your first semester through your final year, you’ll use state-of-the-art equipment and learn about the latest workflow practices in order to support your effort to make a festival-worthy short film before you graduate.

OCU is the only university in Oklahoma that offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film Production.

Recent graduates have worked on feature film projects like "Killers of the Flower Moon," "Minari" and "Twisters" as well as TV shows like "Reservation Dogs," "Tulsa King" and "Somebody Somewhere." Recent graduate Cody Wilson was part of the team that produced the 2021 Academy Award-winning documentary short, "The Queen of Basketball."

Major Requirements Credit Hours: 87 

Core Curriculum 66 

  • FILM 1013 Introduction to Film Studies 3 
  • FILM 1024 Intro Film Workshop 4 
  • FILM 1113 History of Motion Pictures 3 
  • FILM 2013 Writing for the Screen 3 
  • FILM 2023 Film Sound Recording 3 
  • FILM 2024 Intermediate Film Workshop 4 
  • FILM 2123 Film Editing Foundations 3 
  • PHIL 2513 Ethics of Communication 3 
  • FILM 3013 Short Screenplay Short Film 3 
  • FILM 3023 Sound Design And Mixing 3 
  • FILM 3123 Edit Theory and Practice 3 
  • FILM 3213 Film Theory and Criticism 3 
  • FILM 3223 Camera and Light I 3 
  • FILM 3323 Camera and Light II 3 
  • FILM 3363 Cinema and International Explorations 3 
  • FILM 3423 Advanced Film Workshop 3 
  • FILM 3513 On-Camera Acting 3 
  • FILM 4003 Producing 3 
  • FILM 4091 Senior Capstone: Planning 1 
  • FILM 4113 Directing for the Camera 3 
  • FILM 4193 Senior Capstone: Execution 3 

Art/Design Elective - Choose one  

  • ART 1043 Two-Dimensional Design 3 
  • FILM 2063 Digital Photography I 3 
  • THRE 1603 Technical Drawing for Theatre 3 

Required Approved Electives 21

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