Aspiring filmmakers, 2D animators, and content creators will thrive in Lycoming College’s film and video arts program. Whether your interests include digital narrative or documentary filmmaking, hand drawn or stop motion animation, video art, or installation video, our program will expose you to a breadth of knowledge you won’t find at a larger film school.
Our curriculum covers various levels of production, editing and post production, cinematography, sound design, 2D animation, and film studies. These courses help students establish a foundation of technical skills and concept development.
Small class sizes allow for enriching discussions, productive workshops, and close mentorship. By combining a traditional liberal arts education with a hands-on film and video arts program, students are equipped with the knowledge and tools to pursue their creative visions from start to finish.
Student Opportunities
- Screen your senior capstone film on the big screen.
- Engage with national/international visiting filmmakers in our visiting filmmaker and artist series.
- Gain teaching experience as a tutor in the media lab, helping underclassmen with editing and operating equipment or work in the FVA stockroom to gain experience with equipment management checkout systems.
- Join our student film club (Crossing the Frame Productions) to gain more experience collaborative filmmaking, running film focused events and screenings.
- Spend a semester abroad or take a May Term travel course led by film and video arts faculty members.
- Participate in a film internship locally through our WISE internship program or even regionally/nationally.
- Work for the College filming promotional videos, interviewing students/faculty, and covering campus events.
- Assist with faculty research, become a departmental assistant to gain hands-on experience in the field.
- Pursue related media interests by writing for the Lycourier or having your own show on the campus radio station.
Why Lycoming?
- Students don’t need to purchase any equipment other than an external hard drive, as they are given unlimited access to our state-of-the-art equipment from day one and have 24/7 access to our digital media lab.
- Lycoming provides cutting-edge equipment for student check out, such as motorized stabilizers and sliders, steadycams; Canon Mark III C300, Canon C70, Blackmagic 6k and 4k, drones; matte boxes, cine lenses, cranes, tripods, microphones, lighting kits, and much more. Our affiliation with Canon earns us special demos on newly released, top of the line equipment.
- Students have free access to the entire Adobe Suite, DaVinci Resolve, and other editing software in our editing lab.
- Our curriculum makes it easy for students to enhance their career outlook by pursuing another major or minor, such as 2D animation, commercial design, photography, theater, business, creative writing, and more.