Why Study Film & Video?
Everyone has a story to tell. The Pacific film major gives you the skills you need to transform your story into powerful films and videos that connect with your audience.
The film major at Pacific is experiential, exciting and rewarding. We learn by engaging in hands-on, collaborative production, critical thinking and analysis, and exploring the history of the medium. Students develop their unique storytelling voice by being exposed to different modes of filmmaking.
Would you like to make documentaries? Narrative films? Experimental film? Animation? Write screenplays? Wherever your passion leads you we offer an opportunity to grow and collaborate.
Learn from experienced professors in small classes, and benefit from the proximity to Portland, a city with a robust film production scene, several film festivals and a strong film community.
Interested in studying abroad? The film major allows the flexibility for you to pursue the Pacific sponsored study abroad program of your choice. Many students choose to study at York St. John University in York, England, which has a robust film program. Short-term travel courses are also an option and the film and video program hosts one such course to the Sundance Film Festival.
Film and video courses include film history and analysis, video production and post production, as well as electives like documentary and narrative production.
What Can You Do with a Film Degree?
Once you graduate with a film degree, you will become part of our alumni network. Our students are employed at ShadowMachine, LAIKA, House Special, Apple, The Seattle Seahawks, the Portland Trail Blazers, Coach Sarge Cine, among other productions and production companies. The film degree prepares graduates for positions including film producer, film director, animator, videographer, multimedia producer and more.
If graduate school is your next step, students have continued their studies at Chapman University in California, Columbia College in Chicago, and Loyola Marymount to name a few. Students’ films have also won awards at nationally recognized film festivals, including the Bend Film Festival, the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival, the Oregon Independent Film Festival, the Oregon International Film Awards, and Festival Angaelica.
Media Arts Production Services is a small production company housed in the department of Media Arts that offers film video, graphic design, and photography services.
Current students earn money, gain experience collaborating and communicating with clients, and build a professional portfolio.
Our past and current clients include Forest Grove School District, Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center and Forest Grove Fire Department.
