Film Production: The Art of Being a Filmmaker

Film and video production can take many forms, from television news production to commercial production to documentary and feature filmmaking. At Notre Dame, the Film, Television, and Theatre department teaches production as an art form. Not only do we prepare undergraduates to enter the industry with a solid technical background, but most importantly, we challenge students to be creative and to infuse their work with a personal vision that is characteristic of all artists. The production process is communal. No one person can produce a film. It’s a group effort, and the Film and Video Production Track of Summer Scholars allows students to work closely with their peers as crew members and creative collaborators, learning from each other and making friendships which last well beyond their two weeks on campus. Students will learn the history of motion pictures, study the craft of filmmaking, and actually produce and direct their own short film which will be screened at the end of Summer Scholars inside the state-of-the-art THX Browning Cinema in the Marie P. DeBartolo Performing Arts Center right on Notre Dame’s campus. The production process is communal. No one person can produce a film. It’s a group effort, and the Film and Video Production Track of Summer Scholars allows students to work closely with their peers as crew members and creative collaborators, learning from each other and making friendships which last well beyond their two weeks on campus. Students will learn the history of motion pictures, study the craft of filmmaking, and actually produce and direct their own short film which will be screened at the end of Summer Scholars inside the state-of-the-art THX Browning Cinema in the Marie P. DeBartolo Performing Arts Center right on Notre Dame’s campus.