<p>Can someone attending the Communications School, especially a Film major, tell me about your experience in the film program?
What's the balance between theory/history and production?
I personally want to study only film, and not radio or TV. Can i avoid those if i wanted?
i like to look at film as a form of art (not necessarily "art" film). but it seems to me that NU's take on film is more of a journalistic/communication means. is it true? </p>
<p>About art...
I know NU doesn't have a particularly known art program. But can someone talk about their experience in NU's art classes in general? Is the univsersity supportive of art, and is the art scene active?
how are studios and other facilities?</p>
<p>There's actually nothing "journalistic" about NU's film program. In fact, journalism and film are in two different schools at Northwestern (school of journalism vs school of communications). </p>
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Unique advantages:An "aesthetics first"approach to study; active interest in interactive entertainment; a fiercely loyal alumni base dubbed "the NU mafia"</p>
<p>Ideal for:Self-starters with a collaborativespirit. Associate professor David Tolchin-sky believes the strong ties that NU
grads feel to the school and each other is due in large part to the unique grantsystem, which has students getting their media projects approved and funded by other students. "It's a very healthy environment, with students learning production within classes but also from one another," Tolchinsky says. A word from an alumnus: Screenwriter
Eric Bernt (Rogue Pictures' January release "The Hitcher") says that focus on design over technical know-how leads
to student work "very different from what you see coming out of NYU or AFI or UCLA, which all look like they're geared for Hollywood."
<p>Don't know anything about the art program. All I know is the art history program is supposed to be one of the top in the nation. NU also has its own museum on campus. About</a>, Block Museum, Northwestern University</p>