Anyone doing the Theater or Film Minor?

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<p>I've searched the forums for info about the Theater and/or Film Minor but found nothing satisfying.</p>

<p>Anyone who knows anything from personal experience (I've researched the minors' requirements and all that) about these minors, please do share your knowledge.</p>

<p>I'm a life science major so i'll be bogged down a lot of the time and probably shouldn't even do a minor but I though a theater/film minor would be fun, especially from the nation's top theater/film school.</p>

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<p>I’m also curious about this; I’ve spent a good while looking up the teachers for classes that qualify for the minor along with my Comm. classes and the best schedule I’ve come up with involves mostly film classes (one overlaps with my comm major). Still not positive if it’s the right choice for a minor for me though, but excited about it :)</p>

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<p>do you kno anything about music hist 7???</p>

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<p>I’m a parent and called the bruin parent hotline yesterday (not sure this is the official name of it) but anyway, asked about film minors among many other things. The very helpful woman told me there was no film minor at this time, but may be coming. Same with business minor. Hope that helps.</p>

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<p>^ Yes there is a Film minor, but it’s actually called “Film, Television, and Digital Media”
Source: [Minors</a> - UCLA Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/Prospect/Majors/lsminor.htm]Minors”>Minors | UCLA Undergraduate Admission)</p>

<p>I was just using the short name, not wanting to type out that long name.</p>

<p>Thanks for your response though</p>

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<p>After I wrote the previous post, I googled ucla film minor and got this…</p>

<p>[Film</a> Minor | UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television](<a href=“http://www.tft.ucla.edu/programs/undergraduate-film-minor/]Film”>http://www.tft.ucla.edu/programs/undergraduate-film-minor/)</p>

<p>Goes to show you…don’t believe every thing you hear.</p>

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<p>^ Lol I guess that very helpful woman didn’t know her stuff as well as she should.</p>

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<p>I believe the Film Minor is relatively new at UCLA.</p>

<p>I had the opportunity to talk to a UCLA Film Major while we were Production Assistants on a UCLA Film MFA short film shoot. Of course, UCLA’s Film Major is known for being incredibly competitive (only about 30-40 acceptances every year) so the majors get more attention and the film minor is decent since people minoring are restricted to only certain classes and there’s little cohesiveness. Still the classes are mainly theory classes, so if that’s what you’re looking for then the minor should be very satisfying. There are some production classes available but like I said before, film majors get first priority in those.</p>

<p>Hope this helped!</p>

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<p>I would avoid minoring in Film. The film undergrads are having problems now what with budgets, being 2nd to the grads, etc, so imagine how the minors are going to be treated. Just stay away.</p>

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<p>i wanna minor in film just for fun tho</p>

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<p>i’m planning to minor in film as well!</p>

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<p>i’m a fourth year film minor (life science major) and i absolutely love it. it’s a great minor to learn about film theory, techniques, and screenwriting, but if you want to get hands-on filmmaking experience it is NOT the way to go, because i’ve taken 6 film classes so far and none of them involve actually making movies (the classes that do are usually restricted to the film major). </p>

<p>however, if you want to learn about film and television, i’d highly recommend it. the professors are great, the classes are really interesting and enjoyable, and you’re taking classes in a world renowned film school… i’d say go for it!</p>

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<p>Thank you bruinsarerad! Finally someone with actual experience with the minor =)</p>

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<p>when I had emailed the department earlier this summer, they stated one needs to take two film classes before applying to the film minor. of course the only classes available to non-film majors/minors are the theory classes, so be aware of that.</p>

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<p>almost any of the upper div film classes (that you can sign up for without being a film major) count towards the minor, EXCEPT film 106A, history of the american motion picture. so make sure when you’re taking your two film classes to get into the minor that you don’t choose that one, i know a ton of people who took it and realized it doesn’t count.</p>