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John Brown University
2000 W. University St., Siloam Springs, AR 72761479-524-9500
jbuinfo@jbu.edu
Major in Digital Cinema
Become a filmmaker • Use the latest technology • Graduate industry-ready
Create engaging content.
Because of its capacity to merge visual, intellectual and aural experiences together, we depend on film to interpret events in our lives and the world. At JBU, you'll gain the foundational skills and the sensitivity to use those skills to make films that are both entertaining and purposeful. You will graduate both as a technician and as a storyteller.
Start your applicationMaster the technology
We prepare students to work with digital and conventional photographic, video and motion picture applications. Courses include photography, editing, cinematography, film theory, film production, lighting, screenwriting and an internship.
Create your film
Beginning their first semester, film students work with upperclassmen to create short films in various key roles informed by their progressive studies. This culminates in producing a two-semester senior film project that becomes the centerpiece of a professional portfolio.
Graduate industry-ready
Besides a best-in-class filmmaking education, you will also receive a foundation in traditional illustration techniques, graphic design fundamentals and practical mass media skills that prepare you for the convergence of technology, art and electronic media.
What to expect as a film student at JBU
Work with the latest technology
Film gadgets are cool, and the JBU film program has many of them: RED Komodo and Helium cameras, BlackMagic Design 4.6K URSA Mini Pro cameras as well as Canon C300 and C100 MKII cameras, XEEN and Rokinon Prime Lenses, Tilta Matte Boxes and Wireless Follow-Focus, SteadiCam Scout, DJI Ronin, EZ Jib, Dolly and Track, ARRI Tungsten, Kino Flo Fluorescent & LED, Litepanel Astra LED, K5600 Joker HMI lighting instruments, Sound Devices Mixers, Sennheiser Booms Mics and Wireless Lavs, and grip carts complete with stands, flags and rigging equipment.
Enjoy fantastic facilities
Our three visual art buildings include two three-story facilities featuring classrooms, a theater, two galleries, photo and cinema studios, MAC labs, color grading suites, a ProTools Post-Production/ADR studio and printmaking workshop. We also have a Soundstage facility for VFX process shots and custom sets. And the Studio & Project Barn includes additional large spaces for a state-of-the-art photo studio, drawing and painting classrooms, woodshop, ceramics studio and individual artist stations.
See photosTravel the world
Summer studies trips provide opportunities for students to visit world-famous art collections in Europe, make documentaries in Belfast, write screenplays in Berlin, and study the Business of Cinema while exploring amazing film locations in places like Iceland, Copenhagen, Northern Ireland and London.
Student films
We help students gain fundamental skills and the sensitivity to use these skills to make entertaining and purposeful films. We want to produce both technicians and storytellers.
Below are selected student film productions from JBU representing several courses, including non-fiction film production, narrative film production and senior film project.
More student workMeet our digital cinema professors
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John Brown University
2000 W. University St., Siloam Springs, AR 72761
479-524-9500 jbuinfo@jbu.edu
JBU does not unlawfully discriminate based on race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, military status, or age in the administration of its educational policies, admissions, financial aid, employment, educational programs, or activities.
John Brown University is a leading private Christian university, training students to honor God and serve others since 1919. Arkansas’ top-ranked university (The Wall Street Journal) and top-ranked regional university (U.S. News), JBU enrolls more than 2,200 students from 37 states and 42 countries in its traditional undergraduate, graduate, online and concurrent education programs. JBU offers more than 50 undergraduate majors, with top programs including nursing, psychology, construction management, graphic design, family and human services, and engineering. Eighteen graduate degrees are available in business, counseling, cybersecurity, and education.
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