Hiram College

Film Studies Minor

Traditional Undergraduate

Producing Real and Imagined Worlds

The Film Studies minor teaches students about the history, interpretation, and creation of film as an art form that enables personal and cultural expression, as well as a documentary form that allows people to comment on the world around them.

This minor prepares students well for a wide variety of careers that will require them to design, write, and produce films for multiple markets and audiences.

As students in this minor, they will be knowledgeable in the traditions and conventions of this art form so that they can be savvy writers, directors, and producers. Students will learn the history of filmmaking, the techniques of film analysis, and the process of filmmaking, among other valuable skills. Therefore, film studies minors think critically about films they encounter in the world and become active, rather than passive, consumers.

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Student Films

Select the titles below to see the world through some of our art students' eyes.

  • GELBKE FINE ARTS CENTER

    A re-purposed factory with 26,000 square feet of studio, classroom, lab, and gallery space, the Gelbke Fine Arts Center offers an optimal learning environment, as well as opportunities for students, community members, staff, and faculty to exhibit their work.

  • GELBKE ART GALLERY

    The 1,200 square foot gallery is designed for the display of two and three dimensional artwork, as well as installations and digital video and sound exhibitions, and features professional lighting, security, and archives.

  • BONNEY CASTLE

    Hiram College’s English Program is housed in historic Bonney Castle, a nineteenth-century inn that has been renovated to include a multimedia-equipped seminar room, a small library, a fully-equipped kitchen, and departmental offices.

  • THE MEDIA CENTER

    The Media Center also has a green screen, cameras, and audio devices for rent. The Mac Lab inside the Media Center comes fully equipped with iMac 7.1 computers, each including editing software for our film students.

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