Ready to expand your visual storytelling skills in an environment that shines a light on your unique artistic voice?
Taylor’s award-winning Film and Media Arts program will challenge and inspire you as you deepen skills in film, television, video, and audio production.
Taylor students create visual stories that are truthful, beautiful, and good, rooted in a Christian understanding of the world. God’s first act in the Bible is to create, and we’re made in his image, designed to create, and appreciate beauty as God does.
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Surround yourself with excellence in film! Taylor Students have earned national awards and recognitions from the Student Academy Awards and the Television Academy.
Meet Our Alumni
The Film & Media Arts program will be housed in a brand-new, state-of-the-art building.
Spend a semester at Taylor’s Los Angeles semester program, networking with alumni and working in professional internships.
Students interested in course descriptions and academic policies can check out our Undergraduate Catalog.
A Taylor liberal arts education will prepare you to live and work in a fast-changing world. It also goes a step further: laying a strong spiritual foundation that cultivates wisdom. You’ll become a well-versed individual, equipped with critical thinking skills, a lifelong love of learning, and an appreciation for God’s creation.
Sundance Film Festival
Explore the world of independent filmmaking by traveling to the Sundance Film Festival in January, the top festival in the United States. With cast and crew present at each screening, it’s a great educational experience.
Envision Film Festival
See the best Taylor film work of the year at Taylor’s Envision Film Festival in March. Consider entering some of your best work in our two high school competitions; one for film and another for screenwriting. The high school winners can earn scholarship dollars for their freshman year at Taylor!
Los Angeles Internship Program
Exceptional Film & Media Arts students with a passion for working and serving in the entertainment industry who have a 3.25 GPA overall may apply to the Los Angeles Internship Program. Those accepted spend one semester of their junior or senior year in Los Angeles, learning what it means to thrive as a Christian in the entertainment industry.
International Production Trip
Travel overseas with the Film program, learning what it takes to tell the stories of another culture. Fulfill Taylor’s cross-cultural requirement with a camera in your hands. In past years, students have gone to Rwanda, Uganda, Guatemala, Ecuador, and Portugal.
Taylor Film Camp
High school students, get ready to plunge into the world of film production with Taylor University’s hands-on summer Film Camp. Fueled by your creativity, this high-energy, fast-paced film production week will take you from concept, to scripting, through shooting and post-production editing.
Student filmmakers at Taylor University won eight Student Production Awards from the regional Emmy organization as well as six Telly awards. The Film & Media Arts program has won over 850 external recognitions.
A film created by Taylor University students has advanced to the semifinal round of the 50th annual Student Academy Awards.
Contact
Kathy Bruner
Department Chair and Professor of Film & Media Arts
Contact
Judy Kirkwood
Theatre & Film Program Assistant
765-998-5255
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