Digital Filmmaking, Virtual Production & Visual Effects Concentration, M.F.A. at Georgia State University

Programme overview

The Georgia State program in Virtual Production and Visual Effects provides advanced post-production technology and content creation training for media professionals. Housed at the Creative Media Industries Institute (CMII), the program provides students access to the most advanced motion and performance capture technologies in industry use and opportunities to create multimedia content in virtual production tools.

Faculty: College of Arts & Sciences | Department: Creative Media Industries Institute | Duration: The M.F.A. in Digital Filmmaking is a 3-year program. | Study mode: full-time | Intake: Admission for Fall: Application Deadline: July 15 | Location: Atlanta, GA, United States

What you will study

This is a 72-credit hour degree program. Required courses (34 credit hours) FLME 7135: Digital Cinematography (4 credit hours) FLME 7155: Conceptualization and Expression for Mediamakers (4) FLME 7361: Sound Design (4) GFA 6000: Proseminar in Film & Television Production for Key Creatives (4) Pedagogy: FLME 8035: Communication Pedagogy (3) or ART 6100: Pedagogy for Teaching Assistants (3) Film/Media Theory/History: (choose one) FLME 7020: Advanced Film Theory (3) FLME 7060: Close Textual Analysis (3) FLME 7385: Critical Visual Culture Theory (3) FLME 8160: Style and Narrative Analysis (3) Four of the following: CMIS 6330: Virtual Previsualization (3) CMIS 6380: Advanced Visual Effects (3)...

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution, with a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Admission to the program will be in fall only. The application must include: A portfolio of creative work References from at least two former professors or work supervisors Responses to online prompts that will assist the committee in understanding your background and specific interests in this program. Transcripts from all higher education institutions attended. For first review and consideration for assistantship funding, applications will receive initial consideration after December 1. The final application deadline for program admission is February 1. Applicants for the Visual Effects and Virtual Production concentration will be evaluated by a graduate admissions committee of the Creative Media Industries Institute and admissions will be processed through the College of the Arts and Sciences. View details about the application process for the Filmmaking concentration.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate programmes (degree, certificate, non-degree and transient): $50 non-refundable application fee; Executive MBA and Executive Doctorate in Business Administration: $100; graduate re-entry: $25. Deadlines vary by college and programme.

Apply through the official page: https://graduate.gsu.edu/future/admissions/

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