Video Production Major?

Parents Forum
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<p>Hi
I was wondering,</p>

<p>for someone who is thinking about the video productions area, what is a good route to pursue in terms of college?</p>

<p>I personally don't think the best option is some specialized school like an ITT Tech or something, but rather that someone should go to a "real" college and major in video production or some related field if at all possible.</p>

<p>But I know that some schools offer communications majors and film studies majors, etc., and that some of those majors are more theoretical and not really geared towards hands-on video production (which is what I would be interested in), and I was wondering how to differentiate them.</p>

<p>And given all that, does anyone know of any good programs out there for a pretty good student (not sure of scores yet (probably ok, 1800s-1900s), rank is probably top 10%, A's and B's) that also provide good financial aid?</p>

<p>Thanks a lot for any comments.</p>

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<p>ithaca colleges comes to mind--great cinematography program, and strong in other film/communication related fields. i would definetely check them out. i don't know much about emerson, but i'd also look there.</p>

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<p>In order to work in film, before anything else you need to be able to tell a story. English.</p>

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<p>Look at Emerson.......<a href="http://www.emerson.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.emerson.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>ay!</p>

<p>Please, PLEASE check out the Telecommunications program at Ohio University. My son is there (from Colorado) and I think it is a fantastic program with great facilities and opportunities. They have tracks in audio production, video production, broadcast management, and other areas.</p>

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<p>They have bachelor's degree programs in: Video Production, Media Studies - Society, Media Studies - International, Media Studies - Individualized, Audio-Media Production, Media Studies - Technologies, Audio - Music Production, Audio - Post-Production, Media Studies - Politics, and Communications Systems management.</p>

<p>And many opportunities. Here are descriptions of just two of them (my son just started there in September and has a job as an assistant producer on one of the television shows).</p>

<p>AVW Productions (AVW)
This student-run video production house provides experience in all aspects of production from management and advertising to the production process itself. Students learn techniques of field and studio operations while producing video for various outlets. The central mission of AVW Productions is production that is marketable to different regions of Ohio. Most AVW programs air on Athens Community Television (ACTV-7) and comprise the vast majority of local programming on that channel. AVW also produces independent videos for clients.</p>

<p>The academic video studio, Studio C, is used by AVW during non-class times to produce many programs weekly. These include: award-winning "Friday's Live" - a half hour entertainment show; award-winning "Sauti" - an African-American public affairs show; "Quiz Me" - a children's game show; football and basketball coaches' shows; and many others. AVW also produces coverage of Bobcat football and men's and women's basketball.</p>

<p>Students can gain multicamera video production experience in studio and on location. There are also direction and management positions. Participation in AVW is open to any Ohio University student. Students may hold progressively more responsible production positions as they complete Telecommunications courses. AVW Productions is operated by undergraduate students under faculty and graduate student supervision.</p>

<p>Telecommunications Center (TCOM Center)
The Telecommunications Center operates the Public Broadcasting Services of Ohio University. These include WOUB-TV, WOUC-TV(Cambridge), WOUB-AM/FM, WOUC-FM, WOUL-FM, WOUH-FM, and ACTV-7, Ohio University's community cable channel. The Center is a non-academic unit of Ohio University. Well known for its quality training program, the Center offers experience in a wide range of areas in radio, television, educational telecommunications, engineering, promotion, and news.</p>

<p>Students interested in radio start in the training program as preparationfor work in certain basic areas. Departments include traffic, continuity, and the feed center (the department that tapes programming to air at a later time on WOUB-AM/FM.) Once students have been "checked out" of the basic training programs, they can move on to other operations at the radio station, such as on-air announcing and production of radio programs.</p>

<p>Students interested in television start out with staging and lighting, the responsibilities of a floor manager, and studio and control room operations. Once students learn these basics, they can train in other areas such as camera operations, duty directing, on-air talent, or technical directing. Students who continue in the training program often move into advanced level positions such as television director, radio operation engineer, or stereo producer.</p>

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<p>Wow, thanks to all you guys! I'll look into Ithaca and Emerson.</p>

<p>overseas,
you make an interesting point about English, I hadn't thought of that.</p>

<p>digmedia,
Ohio University looks like it has an amazing program. I will definitely have to do some research on it.</p>

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<p>This is the opposite of your suggestion, but take a look at Full Sail College <a href="http://www.fullsail.com/index.cfm/fa/top.main/mnc/25/full-sail-real-world-education%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.fullsail.com/index.cfm/fa/top.main/mnc/25/full-sail-real-world-education&lt;/a> . I had never heard of it 'til my cousin's son registered. Its a fascinating program for Digital Arts, Computer Graphics, recording, Show Production, etc.</p>

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<p>ok, thanks for the suggestion, I'll look into it</p>