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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Our seniors are wrapping up their thesis films! Take a look at the behind-the-scenes of Katherine Larson’s historical drama thesis film, “Love Unconditional!”
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Our juniors have finished their last cycle project! Check out these behind-the-scenes pictures from Carolina Alcantara’s set!
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We encourage fighting - stunt fighting! Our students had the opportunity to learn stunt fighting in Dr. Nelson’s intensive. Look out for these students!
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Congratulations to alum Tori Layne on the festival wins for her short film “Under the Hawthorne Tree!” You can see her interview with the Tokyo Short Film Festival using the link in our bio!
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Students in our CINE 392 intensive recreated the lighting used in famous paintings! Can you name any of these works?
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Great Scott! The Cinematic Arts Presentation is at 1:45 p.m. today! Come see us in Green Hall, Room 1847!
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Our students got to kick off the holiday season with a special treat: a pre-screening of Dallas Jenkins’ movie “The Greatest Christmas Pageant Ever!”
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Students on set 😎 Check out Sam Doughtery’s cycle project, “A Gift of Gray!”
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Did you know that hair and make-up play an important role in conveying character, meaning, and mood? Cat Modica is an HMU artist who worked on senior Ben Hosler’s thesis film. Take a look at her work!
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Congratulations to our alumni working on their upcoming series, “The Promised Land!”
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Hey sophomores and transfers! Remember that if you have not completed the Continuance Gate to get into a cohort, now is the time to do it! Click the link in our bio to learn more.
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Check out our electives and core classes for Spring 2025! Have any questions? Contact us at cinema@liberty.edu.
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With each cycle project, juniors progress to more complex pieces of equipment and filmmaking techniques. Check out the EZ Jib on set!
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Shoutout to our former students who worked on “God’s Not Dead: In God We Trust!” Tag yourself if you were on crew!
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Ever wonder why you never see seniors around campus? They’re busy making thesis films!
Check out behind-the-scenes pictures of Grace Luopa’s set on her thesis film, “Katharsis!”
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Calling all underclassmen! Feel free to stop by on Thursday, October 17 for our Fall Open House. You’ll have the opportunity to meet other students, talk to professors, and get help with the Continuance Gate. Did we mention there will be hot cider? 👀 See ya in Green Hall, Room 1847!
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We love seeing students on set!
This cycle project was titled “Feel the Sunshine,” directed by Malachi Schultz. Way to go, filmmakers!
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Did you know filmmaking skills are useful beyond movie sets? We have alumni employed in schools, churches, ministries, and government agencies! Check out LU alum Noah Lhomi’s testimonial using the link in our bio!
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