French Film Festival
OWU hosts Tournées Film Festival every spring, featuring French films with English subtitles. Introductions and post-screening discussions are conducted by OWU faculty and students. Admission is free and open to the public.
Film Studies
The interdisciplinary Film Studies major will help you develop the knowledge and skills to become an adept analyst of film.
You will develop a thorough understanding of the evolution of film, a familiarity with the filmmaking process, and an appreciation for the cultural, political, economic, and aesthetic forces that shape film production. Approaching film from several academic perspectives, you will develop skills in critical thinking, analysis, writing, and communication that will help you prepare for careers in media, entertainment, the arts, public relations, and other fields, or for graduate training in film production.
Majors take film-related courses in at least four separate disciplines and can take courses such as screenwriting, Hispanic film and literature, video production, contemporary art.
Video Production?
Are you more interested in producing video or film? If so, you should look at OWU's Communication major, which offers a concentration in Media Production Studies. That program focuses on producing digital media, video, film, photography, and persuasive communication.
Related Minors
Think Big
We emphasize intellectual curiosity, creativity, initiative, and synthesis. OWU provides opportunities for you to explore an existing problem or develop a totally new avenue of exploration.
Undergraduate research, performed under the mentorship of expert faculty, is a central component of The OWU Connection. You can work with a faculty mentor and apply for grant funding—and present your research at the Student Symposium in the spring.
Get Real
Every OWU student has a variety opportunities to connect classroom learning with real-world experience. You can take on an internship, or work with a professor to create a unique project - and get OWU funding to help carry it out.
Some Film Studies majors participate in the New York Arts Program, where you can live in New York City and intern with a professional arts organization for a full semester.
New York City Internships...and Beyond
Pursuing her interest in Film Studies, Communications major Tiffany Moore ’20 interned at Atlantic Pictures and Breakthru Films in New York City. She also spent four weeks in New Zealand during Summer 2018 learning how to be a producer for a short film.
Highlights
Community Film Series
Sponsored by the Department of English and Delaware's own historic Strand Theatre, the Community Film Series brings together university and residential film lovers and makes classic movies available to all.
Student Documentaries
Ohio Wesleyan students enrolled in the Ethnographic and Documentary Film and Filmmaking Class produce their own documentaries, which are screened for the campus in the annual OWU Documentary Film Festival. Brief discussions with the student-filmmakers are held after each screening.
Queer Film Festival
In 2017, students launched OWU’s first International Queer Film Festival to showcase acclaimed cinema from around the globe and create an opportunity to discuss LGBTQ issues.
Graduate Outcomes
Leah Crawford ’19
After graduating, Leah is working as a production assistant in the film & television industry in Los Angeles, California. While at OWU, Leah had several related internships in and around the Southern California area.
A Look at Film Studies
Student Documentary— This image is from ‘400,’ a 2017 student-produced documentary film that looks at the artists’ collective, 400 West Rich Street, in the Franklinton neighborhood of Columbus.
Student Documentary
This image is from ‘400,’ a 2017 student-produced documentary film that looks at the artists’ collective, 400 West Rich Street, in the Franklinton neighborhood of Columbus.
UCLA-Certified— Leah Crawford ’19 shows off her completion certificate for the UCLA Film and Television Summer Institute 2018. She completed an eight-week track in creative producing.
UCLA-Certified
Leah Crawford ’19 shows off her completion certificate for the UCLA Film and Television Summer Institute 2018. She completed an eight-week track in creative producing.
William Fairbanks ’19 Lecture— Film Studies alum William Fairbanks ’19 screened and discussed several of his most recent music videos as well as clips from a TV pilot.
William Fairbanks ’19 Lecture
Film Studies alum William Fairbanks ’19 screened and discussed several of his most recent music videos as well as clips from a TV pilot.
2019 Major Fair— Representatives from many departments and programs were available at lunch in the lobby of Merrick Hall to help with course selection for spring semester, internship possibilities, and more!
2019 Major Fair
Representatives from many departments and programs were available at lunch in the lobby of Merrick Hall to help with course selection for spring semester, internship possibilities, and more!
Program Contact Info
Location
Ohio Wesleyan University
61 S. Sandusky St.
Delaware, OH 43015
61 S. Sandusky St.
Delaware, OH 43015
Program Director
Eva Paris-Huesca
Associate Professor of Modern Foreign Languages
University Hall 212B
P 740-368-3685
E eeparish@owu.edu
Associate Professor of Modern Foreign Languages
University Hall 212B
P 740-368-3685
E eeparish@owu.edu