Week 4

After the great suggestions from my presentation last week, I continued my Partner School research and focused on film schools that are closer. From the class's suggestions, I decided to look at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, Western Carolina University, and Coastal Carolina University more in depth.

I believe UNCG will be an excellent candidate because they have an impressive film program (at least what I can tell from their website). Although UNCG's program is a B.A. in Media Studies, they have a very strong emphasis on video productions while offering a specialized minor in Film and Television Studies.

I also think Western Carolina University is a very promising choice. Despite being a smaller program, Western Carolina offers an undergraduate degree in Film and Television Production. They focus in several areas related to film production, such as developing a story, film history and techniques, theatre, and hands-on production experience on a film set.

I do not think I will pursue Coastal Carolina University any further. They only offer a minor and it is of a very broad subject of New Media and Digital Culture, which includes film studies but does not promote intensive film production or critical studies. The program does not seem like it is worth networking with and I do not think they would submit Visions material.


I have emailed Kevin to schedule a meeting to discuss his experience organizing and networking with the partner school from last year. Hopefully we will confirm a date and time soon so I can move further with this project.