Film Major and Minor

Film majors at Whittier benefit from the College's ideal location between two major entertainment hubs - Downtown Los Angeles and Anaheim.

Students in the program are immersed in a culture of outstanding film scholarship and content creation, receive high-quality experiences and film internships, promote their work, and enjoy networking opportunities with Hollywood talent.

Students who major or minor in film benefit in a variety of ways from familiarity with the vocabulary of film, its technology, its history, its forms, and its meanings. Courses in the minor come from various disciplinary homes, emphasizing film's many facets.

By the time they leave Whittier, film students are primed for further study in graduate programs and prepared for entry level positions in the field.

What You'll Learn, See, and Do as a Film Major 

• Attend or work local film festivals
• Screen your student films at Whittier's annual showcase
• Learn about cinema fundamentals including narration, aesthetics, and interpretation
• Experiment with the critical tools necessary through the analysis of films within the broader context of a liberal arts education
• Articulate, via critical writing and analysis, the use of film as a mode of expressive communication in historical and cultural contexts
• Demonstrate practical film application via screenwriting, acting for the camera, or video production