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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1988)
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Considerably. iatidn of Reproductive Health Professionals through an educational /(rant from Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation , . — Program allows students to major in film studies M By Mark Lage Staff Repour-1 Despite having no department and no specific major, film stud ies and film production classes are popular at the University of Ncbraska LincoJn, June Levine said, a film studies professor in the English department. “It’s the art of our time, ami most students enjoy film classes very much,* Levine said. Specific film study goes no higher than a minor, but students can, through the Integrated Stud ies Program, create their own 50 hour film major. Thisinvolvesjust about everything on the minor list, Levine said. For there urbe a specific film major, there would have to be a separate film department, and in this “money has always been the curtailing factor," Levine said. "There is a genuine student inter est.* The film courses at UNL are housed in the art and English departments. In the art depart ment are the film production courses, taught by Wheeler Dixon, avssociate professor of English and art and head of the film department, while the Eng lish department has film studies and screenwriting courses, taught by Professors Dixon, Lev ine, and Oyekan Owomoyela. * However, Levine said, llie In tegrated Studies film major pro grams are not just film courses. But are in large part made up of sufficiently related courses, from a variety of other departments. These include theatre technical courses, video production classes from the journalism de partment, aesthetics courses from philosophy, still photogra phy courses from history, history of media courses from Engltsn and journalism, and recording studio courses from music Someone interested in becom ing a film student ought to fust of all “love movies," Levine said. But, she added, they must be open to a wider diversity than just Hollywood film of the Eighties, as they will be taught a broad, mufck geare program, including silent, Foreign and documentary film, as well as contemporary fictional film. A student must also be able to make a serious time commit ment to film study. •It’s more time-consuming than most students realize," she said. After graduation from UNL, most film students follow one of two routes. Some go on to gradu ate school at places like univer sity of California at Los Angeles, University of Southern California, New York University, Columbia University, University of Iowa and University of Texas at Austin, where they specify in either film production or film studies. Other students attempt to go straight to the industry, into either televi sion production or independent film production. The variety of film courses obviously leads to a variety of different focuses, but Levine said ■ that she has her own general focus. '1 stress how film a fleets us and our responses, emotions, and ideas," she said. She asks her students “what it is in films, in their structure and their lan guage, that manipulates us into our particular responses.” Levine said that she doesn’t know enough about other nearby universities’ film pro grams to make comparisons, but she did classify UNLfs program as "very small.” "The bulk of the teaching is done by two people — Levine and Dixon," she said. But, given the small financial commitment to the program, she said that the students have done well. The program has attracted some excellent students, as well as sending a number of students to first-rate graduate schools, or straight into the industry. A Dig plus for llNL film stu dents is what Levine called the “wonderful facility" at Sheldon. “Sheldon is simply one of the best art-movie houses in the country," Levine said. "People from all over the country know about it." She also praised its diversity, as well as Us location on the cut ting edge of film. "Sheificn is a great facility rot only for the film students, but for (he entire student body."