Helping Students Tell Redemptive Stories

Azusa Pacific University’s cinematic arts programs, offered through the School of Visual and Performing Arts, combine rigorous coursework and hands-on learning opportunities, preparing students to graduate ready to enter the industry.

Check out the video below to see how APU students tell redemptive stories, one film at a time.

APU CINEMATIC ARTS SIZZLE REEL 2017

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In each cinematic arts program, faculty bring years of industry experience to the classroom, guiding their students to become difference makers in television and film. Once students have completed the program, they have access to our network of alumni who have risen to positions of authority in the entertainment industry, where they can help us place interns and recommend our top graduates for jobs in their organizations.

Cinematic arts programs include:

• M.A. in Screenwriting
• B.A. in Cinematic Arts with concentrations in Production and Post, Entertainment Executive, and Screen Studies.
• B.A. in Animation and Visual Effects
• B.A. in Games and Interactive Media
• BFA in Cinematic Arts Production
• BFA in Screenwriting
• Screen Studies minor
• Screenwriting minor

YouTube: See Our Recent Videos

• Mama's Boy

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  Student produced as part of the coursework requirements for Production Capstone at Azusa Pacific University.

  Awards include: Broadcast Educator's Association Narrative 1st Place 2013 Dot Independent Film Festival Short Narrative Best Director 2013

  November 12, 2018

• Wild and the Poster Child

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  Directed by Lauren Meyering and produced by Chandler Nolan and Sabrina Diaz , "Wild and the Poster Child" is a Junior 462 film that follows the life and struggles of a girl named Biggs and her brother Lewis.

  November 12, 2018

• Wildblume

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  Student produced as part of the coursework requirements for Cinema-TV Production II at Azusa Pacific University.

  Awards include: Official Selection - Treasure Coast Int'l Film Festival

  Official Selection - Bel Air Film Festival

  Official Selection - Monarch Film Festival

  Official Selection - Tallgrass Film Festival

  November 12, 2018

• Rhotocromium

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  Student produced as part of the coursework requirements for Production Capstone at Azusa Pacific University.

  Awards include: BEA Film Festival: Narrative Award of Excellence in Directing Actors

  November 12, 2018

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