In the Film/Media program, we believe the most relevant media-makers have a deep understanding of film history, theory & criticism and the best media scholars should engage in the production of media.
For Film/Media students, production and critical studies are intertwined in a single process of developing a meaningful vision and grasping the social and cultural import of moving images.
Harrington School video by Dan Riordan, class of 2003.
The Film/Media New Works Series presents:
The Low Tech Cinema Screening
Weds. October 5 at 7pm - Swan Hall Screening Room 304
A selection of works from the Art & Craft of Low Tech Cinema class
Free & Open to the Public
This is the first event in the Film/Media New Works Series - a showcase for student, faculty and alumni works in video, writing, and new media in the Film/Media program.
About the Film/Media program
As part of the Harrington School of Communication & Media, Film/Media is an interdisciplinary program offering hands-on experience in documentary, experimental, and new media production, balanced with an emphasis on international cinemas, film/media history, criticism and theory. Students either major in Film/Media to work towards a BA or can minor in Film/Media.Our curriculum reflects the dynamic and diverse nature of this field, approached from a perspective of film history and media theory. Students learn to work with the evolving and overlapping technologies involved in the production of moving images, (including film, digital video, 3D animation, game design, and new media), with an understanding of the broadening and globalization of their cultural and aesthetic contexts.
A wide range of courses is available to the Film Media student—courses that examine the historical, theoretical and global approaches to the analysis and creation of moving images.
The Film Media program prepares students for careers in such areas as: independent filmmaking; animation & media design; film and television industries; advertising, marketing and public relations; and media criticism. Graduates of this program are also prepared to continue with graduate studies, in either film & media production for an M.F.A., or in a master’s or doctoral program in film & media studies.
news & announcements
CONGRATULATIONS: Film/Media Students Sweep the
Harrington School of Communication and Media Fred Joyal Film Prizes and the Scott Randall/ Brand Games Original Film Treatment Prize!
The following students, all Film Media majors, will each receive a $1,000 prize for their work:
Ashton Avila for If I Only Had A Bicycle
Danger Charles for I Wanna One
Kyle King for Brute Filth
Hillary Scofield for Self Portrait
(The prizes are made possible through a donation by Fred Joyal '79).
And Congratulations to Film Media major, Cory Wentworth, the winner of the Harrington School of Communication and Media Scott Randall/Brand Games Original Film Treatment Prize for his original film treatment, Gathering Clouds. Cory will receive a prize of $500.
The film treatment prize is donated by Scott Randall '76 and Brand Games.
film/media students in the news
Watch Colby Blanchet's short documentary that he shot in L.A. this semester about a young man who was shot in Compton.
Read about how Brett Geaber fulfilled his mother's vision for Fiji.
Ana Mallozzi enjoys healthy time in London after being diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma.
Kaitlyn Bouchard's film Father's Day was recently added to the official YouTube page and web site of the band Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers.
The URI Film/Media program is a proud partner with the Rhode Island International Film Festival.
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