Why Study Film and Media Studies
This major emphasizes the understanding of genres, aesthetics, and history of film and media, as well as the nuances of popular and production culture. Delve into film, television, and digital media as social and artistic forms, and develop the skills to become an authority on the film and media production industries.
Why Study Film and Media Studies at MMC?
At MMC, museums, archives, and film festivals are a part of your classroom experience! Begin your day in a TV industries class and end it interning at a production house located in the City. From world cinema to local filmmaking, our dedicated professors relay boundless expertise and connections to the film and media industry that can only be maintained in the heart of it all – New York City!
What You Will Learn
- Explore film and media aesthetics and forms, and industries. Courses like Styles and Genres of Cinema and Television, the American Independent Cinema, and Global Media Studies both expand and refine your expertise in film and media.
- Become an authority on the relationship between media texts and industrial, technological, and social forces. Courses like Black Female Sexuality in Film; Race, Class, and Gender in Media; and Children’s Media, Representation, and Culture examine the power of film and media to build worlds and change minds.
- Combine your passion for film and media with countless other areas of interest, such as podcasting, literature, journalism, or public relations.
Program Highlights
Join Cinemaniacs
The Cinemaniacs is MMC’s film club. Their goal is to use film and media as a tool to facilitate discussions of social issues that concentrate on race, gender, disability, and socioeconomic status and how that affects culture in society. Anyone is welcome to join, regardless of major or filmmaking experience. Create films with the Cinemaniacs, and then showcase them in the annual film festival!
Attend Film Festivals
In COMM 357: Contemporary World Cinema, our Film and Media Studies majors explore feature film production from around the world both in the classroom and out in the city. This course is designed to incorporate films that are being shown at Film Festivals around NYC as well as in other venues around the City. This course is offered in Fall or Spring as well as in the Summer and January semesters.
Pursue Internships
Remarkable internship opportunities are available in a wide array of settings including talent agencies, film festivals, and television and film studios, showing students how to apply they skills they learn in the classroom to a career they love. Our students have interned at the Tribeca Film Festival, Harbor Picture Company, The Tonight Show, and Epic Records, just to name a few.
I am constantly applying the skills I learned from my classes. The professors helped me become a better writer, taught me about digital media, and gave me an understanding of how to flourish in day-to-day interpersonal settings.
Allison Picurro ’17Class of 2017, Film and Media Studies major
Editorial Assistantat HBO
CTEM and its 1-on-1 approach has given me an unmatched creative foundation to develop my skills as an aspiring screenwriter and filmmaker. The faculty is astounding and wants nothing more than to see their students succeed academically, artistically, and professionally. This program has given me insurmountable confidence in my abilities (and an irreplaceable sense of passion) that I will forever take with me into the professional world of entertainment!
Shelbi Cornelison ’22Class of 2022, Film and Media Studies major
Production Meets Exploration at MMC
In addition to being located in the heart of NYC—the communication capital of the world—MMC is also home to state-of-the-art facilities open for daily use for our Communication and Media Arts students.
