New Orleans is an important center for Digital Media Practice. From film-making and television to game design and the recording arts, the creative industries demand experienced digital media practitioners both locally and nationally. The mission of Tulane’s Digital Media Practices Program is to educate our students in the art, craft, and technology of this inherently interdisciplinary field. Our program offers intensive, hands-on production experience in courses dedicated to film and audio production, screenwriting, documentary filmmaking, cinematography, color-grading, digital art, theater, media theory, and film analysis. Our program focuses on the development of individual talent and skills within a collaborative and professional working environment while encouraging our students to be creative and thoughtful practitioners in the world of media. In an effort to give our students experience with industry-standard media production tools we maintain up-to-date production and post-production labs for recording and editing video and sound, color grading, and green screen work. The Digital Media Practices program is co-curricular with the Communications, English, Theater, Dance, Art, and Music Departments. Students choose from a wide array of courses in one of several focus areas to complete their degrees. Focus areas include Narrative Filmmaking, Documentary and Non-fiction Filmmaking, Sound Practice, Interactive Media, and Creative Coding. We support a strong internship program offering a wide range of options for pre-professional experience and provide venues for the presentation and promotion of student work. We encourage our students to work concurrently on one another’s projects, fostering community and connections that persist long after graduation. All students engage in a yearlong senior Capstone exercise under the close guidance of our experienced faculty. Many of our students choose to write, cast, produce, direct, shoot, and edit their own short films. All senior projects are presented at a local theater to the public.
The coordinate major in digital media production is an interdisciplinary, 30 credit program that can include courses from Digital Media Practices, Film Studies, Music, Theatre and Dance, Communication, Art, or English. Students will take 5 required courses and 5 electives:
| Course ID | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| DMPC 2001 | Digital Filmmaking Fund I | 3 |
| DMPC 2002 | Digital Filmmaking Fund II | 3 |
| DMPC 5550 | Advanced Digital Filmmaking I | 3-4 |
| DMPC 5560 | Adv Digital Filmmaking II | 3-4 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Film Analysis | ||
| New Media Theory | ||
| New Media Theory | ||
| Electives | ||
| DMPC: | 15 | |
| Introduction to Film Production Cultures | ||
| Any DMPR 3000 or 4000 level course. For example: | ||
| Digital Production Non-Profits | ||
| TV & Film Sound Design | ||
| Lighting & Cinematography | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| *(Examples of Special Topics include: Color Grading and Digital Image Correction, Intro to Screenwriting, Intro to Documentary Filmmaking. Availability varies by semester.) | ||
| Contemp Film as Art & Industry | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Art: | ||
| Foundations of Art: Digital Arts I | ||
| Digital Arts II | ||
| Foundations of Art: Analog and Digital Photography | ||
| Intermediate Photography | ||
| Advanced Photography: Skills and Concepts | ||
| Advanced Photography: Individual Projects | ||
| Time-Based Media | ||
| Music: | ||
| Computer Apps In Music | ||
| Electronic Music History | ||
| Voice/Vocal Jazz | ||
| Voice/Vocal Jazz | ||
| Music For Film | ||
| Music & Dsp | ||
| Music Performance System | ||
| Algorithmic & Comp Music | ||
| English: | ||
| Creative Writing | ||
| Topics in Adv Creative Writing | ||
| Theatre: | ||
| Fundamentals of Acting | ||
| Acting I | ||
| Directing I: The Foundation | ||
| Production & Design I | ||
| Acting For Other Media | ||
| Dance: | ||
| Choreography & Media | ||
| Communication: | ||
| Visual Communication | ||
| Feminist Doc & New Media | ||
| U.S. Film History | ||
| Cinema Technol Modernity | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 30-32 | |