Career Opportunities

Careers available to students graduating with a degree in film studies involve all those positions within the film industry, which include but are not limited to the areas of cinematography, camera operation, video and film editing, screenwriting, directing, casting direction, art design, location management, property management, production management, etc. But the employment opportunities outside the film industry are rapidly diversifiying and increasing for film studies graduates. Businesses and corporations in almost every industry are becoming attentive to branding and product and service promotion through audiovisual channels. The demand for skilled videographers and film- and video-makers extends into these and other areas as well, such as communicating scientific findings or policy research by governmental and non-governmental organizations. Likewise, film majors cultivate skills and expertise specific to the growing need for nuanced critical and analytical readings of audiovisual media, for example in journalism and education. This means that there are more and more jobs for those knowledgeable and skilled in the conception, writing, design, production, exhibition, study, and analysis of film and video.