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Films studies majors analyze all genres
FILM from pages
available through the College of
Arts & Sciences. It differs from
the production major, now in its
second year from die College of
Fine and Performing Arts.
Ian Olney, a film production
professor, said the program was
searching for students with cre
ative backgrounds who had the
ability to express themselves
visually and verbally.
“People are interested in film
today because everybody is
exposed to television, film and
music,” Olney said. “We’re work
ing with a new media, and there’s
no similar offering anywhere
else in Nebraska.”
With increasing enrollment
and classes that are “always full,”
according to Dixon, the question
naturally arises: How serious is
everyone that takes these class
es?
“I’d say four or five percent of
the students come in thinking
they’re going to just sit and watch
films,” Dixon said.
“Others think they will grad
uate, and then Universal will hire
them to direct Jurassic Park 4
because they were ‘film majors.”'
Dixon said people leaving
the program quit because they
realized that talking and thinking
about film was more difficult
than they imagined.
“We’re not really interested in
people who think they're going
to be the next Steven Spielberg/’
Dixon said.
Olney said he thought the
majority of students knew what
they were getting into when they
enrolled in the classes.
Students in the programs
expressed mixed concerns.
“I think a certain amount of
students expected it to be pud,”
said Tom Cabela, a junior film
studies major, referring to stu
dents who have dropped out of
the program.
“Quite often they’re sur
prised, but most people realize
we’re not just watching films but
dissecting them,” he said. “You
can't just watch a film once and
understand what’s going on.”
“Everyone wants to be a film
producer or director,” said John
Thorson, a film production stu
dent, referring to the popularity
of the classes.
Thorson said he didn’t expect
much going into the classes but
has enjoyed his film production
classes so far.
* Drew Hoflmeyer, a freshman
film studies major, said people
“I’d say four or five percent of the students
come in thinking they’re going to just sit and
watch films. Others think they will graduate,
and then Universal will hire them to direct
Jurassic Park 4 because they were )film
majors.’”
Professor Wheeler Winston Dixon
chairman of the film studies program
outside of the program think the
classes are easy.
“I learned how to make a
movie, review movies and look at
film critically,” Hoffmeyer said.
“(Film) is a part of everyday
life, and studying it is a good
change from biology and other
sciences.”
Gwen Foster, an associate
professor of film and cultural sci
ences, said students were getting
the wrong impression if they
assumed film studies courses
were less difficult than other
classes.
“We get a big turnaround at
the beginning of the semester,”
said Foster, who thought the
UNL program compared well
with peer institutions.
“People are familiar with art
and film, and it makes the classes
popular, but it's more than that,”
she said.
Film studies courses analyze
gender, race, international and
gay and lesbians issues in film,
Foster said.
"Professor Foster expressed
film diversity, not just Hollywood
films, in her classes,” Cabela
said, who has taken film studies
courses since he arrived at UNL
Dixon said students would
take a semester each on film his
tory, film genre, film directors
and advanced critical theory as a
part of the major.
“We’re looking for serious
people only; people who really
want to explore the history and
literature of film and go beyond
Scorcese and the people thal
everybody already knows,”
Dixon said.
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