<p>Does anyone have any information on the film program? How comprehensive, reputation, etc.?</p>
<p>I didn’t even know we had a film program… The arts here aren’t very big to be honest.</p>
<p>it’s called cinema major not film.</p>
<p>you’ll learn lots more than just film making.</p>
<p>senior projects I’ve seen range from animation to “angry young editor” to interview documentary to guerrilla projects.</p>
<p>there is also a videography club and more.</p>
<p>have you checked out the web site? [Binghamton</a> University - Academics: Schools and Colleges: Harpur College of Arts and Sciences: Degree Programs: Cinema](<a href=“http://cinema.binghamton.edu%5DBinghamton”>http://cinema.binghamton.edu)</p>
<p>Thanks, I have looked at the website. I was wondering if anyone has an impression of the program–how does it compare to other colleges, such as Ithaca, Syracuse, American?</p>
<p>I’m actually thinking about minoring in cinema and also get involved in the film / media / video related club. Honestly, I’ve never heard about Binghamton’s cinema program before until I decided to apply to this school four months ago – heard some good things about Ithaca and Syracuse’s film programs when I was in high school though.</p>
<p>My son is a double major in cinema and anthropology. He transferred from American U in DC, primarily for the cost - in other words, what he was getting for the money in his chosen majors wasn’t worth the cost of American U.</p>
<p>The cinema program at Bing is small, there is no doubt about that. But, according to my son, solid. He also feels that with the smaller program/less students/smaller classes, their is a hell of a lot more attention given to each student. He has been wowed by his profs thus far and has been adequately challenged. The equipment/facilities are limited, but good,and always available.</p>
<p>When he knew that he wanted to transfer out of American, he looked at a number of schools in the Suny system. We are closer to Buffalo, and Buffalo had a very intriguing film program, but since he is a double major, he felt the Anthro program at Bing trumped all others, so Bing it was.</p>
<p>I hope my limited post helps somewhat! The best of luck to you going forward :)</p>
<p>Thanks very much. At this point, we are strongly considering American, so this is very informative. We’re going on Monday for the day, so I will wait till after the visit to tell my daughter about your son’s impressions.</p>
<p>Are there other reasons that he was not happy with American (besides the cost)? Also, how long did he stay there?</p>