Cinematography and Film/Video Production

Liberal Arts • Visual And Performing Arts

What is it about?

A program that prepares individuals to communicate dramatic information, ideas, moods, and feelings through the making and producing of films and videos. Includes instruction in theory of film, film technology and equipment operation, film production, film directing, film editing, cinematographic art, film audio, techniques for making specific types of films and/or videos, media technologies, computer image making, multi-media production, and the planning and management of film/video operations.

Numbers at a glance

81st
Popular nationwide
45
Search Rank on O's List
112
Colleges offer it
4,345
Graduates (2018-19)
Men
2,487
Women
1,858

Trends

Graduates
Popularity Rank

Colleges

Number of Colleges by Type
Median Graduating Class by College Type
Number of Colleges by Size
Top 10 Public by Number of Graduates
Temple University150
University of Central Florida112
University of North Carolina Wilmington100
CUNY Brooklyn College76
University of North Carolina School of the Arts71
Miami Dade College57
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus51
Montana State University49
Cleveland State University46
Fitchburg State University45
Average public university graduating class: 30 students.
Top 10 Private by Number of Graduates
Emerson College459
New York University372
Columbia College-Chicago271
Chapman University174
DePaul University170
Savannah College of Art and Design116
University of Southern California104
Loyola Marymount University69
Ithaca College67
Biola University62
Average private university graduating class: 45 students.

O's Insights on Cinematography and Film/Video Production

  • Major has been increasing in popularity over the last 15 years.
  • 34% of graduates come from public universities.

Related Majors

Major Graduates Colleges
Film/Cinema/Media Studies 3,478 151
Photography 1,051 102
Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other 757 21
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