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The
Cru
Film Program
is going into its fourth year at UMHB. Dr. Diane Howard (Director of
Performance Studies in the Dept of Communication and
Media Studies in the College of Humanities) and Mrs.
Donna Teel (Director of
Computer Graphics Design in the Dept. of Business Information
Technology and Systems in the College of Business) have designed,
produced, and supervised this program. Dr. Howard teaches film
performance and pre-production in film courses, such as
Screenwriting and
Acting for
the Camera. Mrs. Teel teaches film production and post-production in
film courses. Students in her Multimedia and Film Production
Course study project management of filming. (They study this in each of the
Digital Video Editing and Post Production courses but get more in depth in
the MFP course.) Further, they study camera operation, lighting, sound,
script breakdown, shot sheets... Dr. Joseph Tabarlet teaches a Film Studies
course and advises film students.
UMHB Film Students have been producing original short films,
documentaries, and public service commercials on campus. Further, they
have worked together with area businesses and organizations to produce
training videos. Regional independent filmmakers and UMHB film alumni
have assisted UMHB film faculty and students with production of film
projects at UMHB and in Central Texas. UMHB film students
have provided on camera and voice-over talent for UMHB commercials and
other projects. Some UMHB students have regional agents and have been
cast as talent in national television programs, advertisements,
commercials, and movies. (See
http://dianehoward.com/talent_students_alumni.htm. ) Some UMHB film
alumni have worked as casting directors and talent agents.
Cru Film Projects have received recognition regionally and nationally.
For
four years, screenplays for short films have been written in the fall
and selected for production in the spring. UMHB students have also
participated in producing short films in connection with the national 48
Film Hour Project. See
Original Cru Film Productions-
Fairytail & Map Thieves,
'05
Original Cru Film Productions-
Bullets at Twilight & Dumb Love, '06
48 Hour Project, Big
Plume Productions,
Hidden Places,
Summer '06
Original Cru Film
Productions, Fly Away, Split Ends,
'07
Original Film Productions- Runaway, The Good Wife, '08
See
UMHB Film Curricula-
http://dianehoward.com/curricula.htm
The UMHB Film Minor is listed under Business Information Technology and
Systems (BITS) and Performance Studies.
Dr. Joseph
Tabarlet is the advisor in the Communication and Media Studies Dept. in
the College of Humanities for the Film Minor.
Mrs. Teel is the advisor
for the Film Minor in
Computer Graphics Design
in the Dept. of Business Information Technology and Systems
in the
College of Business.
The UMHB Film Minor consists of 18 semester hours and
must include the following requisites:
BCIS 3335 (Digital Video [Prerequisite - Non-CGD majors: BCIS 1301 and
approval of Course Instructor; CGD majors: BCIS 2315
and ARTS 3375] )
BCIS 4335 (Post Production [Prerequisite - BCIS 3335; May be repeated for
credit with approval of Course Instructor])
COMM 3391 (Screenwriting)
COMM 4391 (Acting for the Camera)
Further it includes two electives from the following:
BCIS 3370 (3D Modeling [Prerequisite for CGD Majors- BCIS 2315; Prerequisite
for Non-CGD majors: BCIS 1301 and approval of
Course Instructor]).
BCIS 3391 (Animation, Film and Multimedia Production [Prerequisite - In
concurrence with either BCIS 3335 or BCIS 4335 or with
approval of Course
Instructor])
BCIS 4370 (Applied Systems Development [Last semester senior-this is meant
to be a capstone course])
BCIS 4395 (Internship)
COMM 3390 (Film Studies)
COMM 4370 (Distance
Communication and Performance )
COMM 4191-4491 (Seminars [May be repeated for credit with approval of Course
Instructor])
COMM 4190-4490 (Independent
Studies [May be repeated for credit with
approval of Course Instructor])
COMM 4395 (Internships
[May be repeated for credit with approval of Course
Instructor])
See
Tracking the Pulse of Texas Film
For information contact Dr. Diane Howard, dhoward@vvm.com
Box 8012, UMHB, Belton, TX , USA 76513; (254) 295-4685 |
