BFA in Film Production & Creative Development
Launch Your Film Career with the Residential B.F.A. in Film Production & Creative Development
Get ready for success in the film industry with a B.F.A. in Film Production & Creative Development from Liberty University. This professional degree program offers you a unique Christ-centered, story-centric film production experience. Be mentored by award-winning industry professionals using world-class production facilities. Our faculty members give you specialized, hands-on instruction in taking a story from concept to distribution.
Learn how to integrate your faith into all aspects of film production while you gain an understanding of:
- Story development
- Film pre-production
- Production
- Post-production
- Distribution
- Media law
- Marketing
With your film B.F.A., you’ll be prepared to perform well on any film set. As a student, you’ll work as crew on a feature-film-level production produced for distribution. Our graduates receive up to two IMDb (International Movie Database) credits from crewing these films.
As a student, you’ll have access to Liberty University’s state-of-the-art production facilities and equipment to use for your thesis film. These include a certified THX Dubbing Studio, the DaVinci Resolve Coloring Suite, Wet Foley Recording Room, RED Epic Helium 8K cameras, ARRI HMI lights, Litepanels, and a robust wardrobe and props inventory.
The B.F.A. in Film Production & Creative Development is offered through the Cinematic Arts Department.
Why Get a BFA in Film Production?
Our BFA is a professional degree that allows you to gain skills in targeted focus areas while giving you practice in real-world film productions. With the BFA in Film Production & Creative Development degree from Liberty University, you’ll get the experience and preparation needed to walk onto any film set and perform with excellence.
Start Your Journey in Film Production & Creative Development
Customize Your Degree in One of the Disciplines of Filmmaking Below
Producing
Build and manage a team of creative storytellers. From story concept to delivery and revenue streams, as a producer, you’ll learn how to lead the process of content development.
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Screenwriting
Discover your voice and write for the big and small screen. Find out how to craft stories filled with engaging characters that produce a relatable message.
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Cinematography
Connect viewers to the story and shape their perspective. As a cinematographer, you’ll learn how to reveal a story’s truths and emotions through your use of the camera.
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Production Design
Develop an eye for visual storytelling that provides context, continuity, meaning, and character to a multi-media narrative. As a production designer, your set, location, and prop aesthetics will create a stage for the story.
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Directing
Bring stories to life as you grow in your understanding of cinematic craft. Learn how to motivate a cast and crew to fulfill your visions and make masterpieces.
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Sound Design
Acquire the skills to emotionally move an audience in ways that images cannot—ways that may even be subconscious to viewers. Learn how to listen to a movie and create sounds that will interpret a story.
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Editing
Gain a deep understanding of story elements and a mastery of the technology that can edit and deliver them as narrative works of art. Learn postproduction roles such as picture editing, visual effects, and sound mixing.
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Showrunning
Great television series start with a pitch from a showrunner. Discover how to take a television series from an idea to a series and guide a story’s development through multiple episodes.
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Visual Effects
Churches, corporations, the government, and non-profits need someone to create, manage, and deliver audio/visual content. Learn how to manage productions and create engaging content while informing targeted viewers.
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Don’t See What You’re Looking For?
Gain even more flexibility as you handpick classes that align with your interests and career goals.
Learn about our BFA in Film Production & Creative Development – Interdisciplinary degree.
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It’s time for senior thesis films! You are invited to attend the Cinematic Arts Student Showcase beginning on May 5. Check out the link in our bio for more details!
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The costume department is not just picking clothes - there are character breakdowns, organizing, tailoring, sizing, and more! Our juniors are learning how this works on a big set!
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Did you know that post-production includes editing, coloring, post-sound, visual effects, and quality control? Our seniors are learning all about it this semester in their Advanced Post Production class!
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Our juniors are getting real-world experience working on a feature film!
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Check out our sound specialists hard at work in the THX studio!
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What do office work and westerns have in common? Graduate Olivia Barnes (‘19) found the connection! You can read about her filmmaking experience using the link in our bio!
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Steadicam practice!
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It would be a WOOKIE mistake not to come to our presentation! Stop by Green Hall, Room 1847 at 1:45 p.m. to learn about our film school!
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Film is all about communicating a message. Using tools at the artists’ disposal - rhetoric, cinematography, music, even typography - affects the overall theme. Our seniors are learning all about it in their Persuasion class!
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Wait, you can make a movie in five hours? Our cinema students did last Saturday! Congratulations to the winners of the Five-Hour Film Festival!
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Calling all middle and high school students! Do you want to learn about filmmaking? Check out our film camps this summer using the link in our bio!
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Dolly practice! Students in grip, electric, and camera created a mock set to practice this dolly move!
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Our student BTS team recently interviewed alumna Arielle Bielicki (`14) about her work in costume design!
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Welcome to the mock set, where juniors practice their AD skills before working on a professional film!
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This semester, our seniors are learning about post-production sound! Check out their work in the DaVinci Fairlight software!
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Last week, our students had the opportunity to watch the first episode of “House of David!” A Q&A followed with creators from the show. It was an amazing learning experience for our film students!
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What is a First Assistant Camera? The 1st AC pulls focus and takes care of the camera for the DP. He’s the DP’s right-hand-man!
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Throwback to thesis sets! Check out Ben Hosler’s set, “Job 51!”
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Who takes pictures of the people taking motion pictures? Say hello to the Behind-the-Scenes team!
The BTS crew is responsible for documenting the movie-making process of a particular production, including set shots and interviews. They’re an important part of marketing and distribution for the film! What’s your favorite BTS film feature?
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Oh snap! The Cinematic Arts Presentation is at 1:45 p.m. today! Come see us in Green Hall, Room 1847!
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