SCAD to Offer BFA in Film and Television; Ranked #15 in US
The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) has announced it will be expanding the film and television offerings at its Atlanta location to include a Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) in film and television. The new degree program will launch in September of 2015. Additionally, the school has just been ranked #15 on The Hollywood Reporter’s ranking of “The Top 25 American Film Schools.”
SCAD Atlanta students who pursue the B.F.A. in film and television will study and work in the SCAD Digital Media Center, a 60,000-square-foot film, television and digital media hub. Here, motion capture and green screen production capabilities, sound recording and mixing suites, editing rooms, screening spaces, and set and prop fabrication studios enable a wide spectrum of work to be created in a fully-equipped studio environment. SCAD Atlanta also offers state-of-the-art stage and screen venues including SCADshow, the 13,300-square-foot theater complex on 14th Street in Midtown, which features a 375-seat mainstage theater, 4K Digital Cinema Projection, Dolby Digital Surround Sound and second-floor production offices. SCAD will continue to offer the B.F.A. in film and television at its Savannah location, which recently expanded to include the Savannah Film Studios.
Program coursework will be supplemented by SCAD signature events such as aTVfest, an international festival that brings together professionals from all spheres of TV and media content production to discuss industry trends, showcase the best work in the field, and participate in master classes with students. SCAD’s upcoming aTVfest will be held Feb. 4-7, 2016 in Atlanta.
The addition of this new degree program follows the introduction of the film and television Master of Arts and Master of Fine Arts programs last year at SCAD Atlanta. The university expands its accredited degree programs in film and television as Atlanta continues to grow as the epicenter of Georgia’s film and television production industry.