Dr. Howard

Film Program, UMHB

Designed, Produced, Supervised by

Dr. Diane Howard
Director of
Performance Studies
Dept of Communication and
Media Studies
College of Humanities
&
Ms. Donna Teel
Director of
Computer Graphics Design 
Dept. of Business Information Technology and Systems
College of Business
   

      University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Belton, TX, USA

 







 




 

 

The Cru Film Program is in its sixth year at UMHB. Dr. Diane Howard (Director of Performance Studies in the Dept of Communication and Media Studies  in the College of Humanities) and Ms. 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. Professor 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. The Cru Film Program is both academic and practical.

The UMHB Film Program is also guided by a redemptive
filmmaking philosophy that rests on Christian principles. Producing films to enlighten, serve, and to entertain, UMHB Film Students have been producing original short films, documentaries, and public service commercials on campus. 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 redemptive 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.  

Cru Film Students have been cast in feature movies and have performed alongside stars who have been Academy Award Nominees and Award-Winners in such films as
Temple Grandin, Machete, Secondhand Lions and others . Many UMHB film students have performed in the ongoing Friday Night Lights Television Series.

Some UMHB film students and alumni have regional agents, who have sent the student talent to auditions from which  they 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. 

We produce many kinds of films in our Cru Film Program. Film Studies Minors and CGD Majors/Minors taking any of the BCIS Film Editing and Post Production courses are required to participate in producing PSAs as part of a small team project. They have created PSAs for UMHB Campus Police, UMHB Health Services, and Scott & White. They have created promotional DVDs for the City of Belton and the Odyssey Hospice and Home Health Care Center.  

For the past six years we have brought in technical film supervisors, who are Christian leaders involved in the Film Industry, to supervise our film students as they produce an original student screenplay for professional distribution, film festivals, and film competitions. More and more of our film/graphic design students have been hired by strong organizations and by national figures like Nate Self,
http://nateself.com/, and his company, http://nateself.com/the-praevius-group/ .

You can find many of our film advisors on our Cru Film '10 Facebook Group. (This group has nearly 100 talented members. Many of them are Performance Studies/Communication/Graphic Design/Film Students, Alumni, Faculty, Advisors, and Associates, who are experienced talent with rich backgrounds as film, television, radio, and stage cast/crew. On the Cru Film '10 Web pages, I daily post jobs and tips for film careers. I also post reviews and tips for an online Austin publication.

For six years, screenplays for short films have been written in the fall in our screenwriting course 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 Cru Film Productions- Runaway, The Good Wife, '08

Original Cru Film Production- Redemptive Films, '09

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.
      Ms. Donna 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] )- fall semester
      BCIS 4335  (Post Production [Prerequisite - BCIS 3335; May be repeated for credit with
                           approval of Course Instructor])- spring semester
      COMM 3340 (
Screenwriting) - fall semester
      COMM 4391 (
Acting for the Camera)- spring semester

      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]) - fall semester 
      BCIS 3375- (Animation, Film and Multimedia Production [Prerequisite - In concurrence with
                           either BCIS 3335 or BCIS 4335 or with approval of Course Instructor]) - spring semester
      BCIS 4315- Interactive Design - must still be a senior (or very close to it), spring semester
      BCIS 4370  (Applied Systems Development [Last semester senior-this is meant to be a
                            capstone course]) - both semesters
      BCIS 4395 (Internship)
      COMM 3390 (Film Studies) - fall semester
      COMM 4370 (
Distance Communication and Performance )- both semesters
      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]) These could include studies in film areas such as
                                        directing, costumes, sets, lighting, and other production areas.
      COMM 4395 (
Internships [May be repeated for credit with approval of Course Instructor])     

Acting for the Camera 4391   3

 

 

Screenwriting

4391
 

 

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BCIS

3335 

 

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BCIS

4335

 

3

 

 

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      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


 

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