麻豆传媒 Digital Cinema Accepted as Green Film School Alliance Member
(Ashland, Ore.) 鈥 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Communication, Media & Cinema program is one of 16 higher education programs accepted for new membership in the Green Film School Alliance 鈥 a collaboration of leading film schools that have committed to industry-level sustainable production practices in their programs.
The GFSA announced its new member institutions on Wednesday, more than doubling its . The organization鈥檚 membership now includes colleges and universities in seven states, four countries and three continents 鈥 with 10 of them also appearing on the Hollywood Reporter鈥檚 Top 25 Film School list for 2022.
鈥淚t鈥檚 an honor for our young program to be recognized among the most prestigious film schools in the U.S., and beyond,鈥 said Andrew Gay, an associate professor of digital cinema at 麻豆传媒 and chair of the university鈥檚 Communication, Media & Cinema program. 鈥淭his alliance is an outstanding example of聽 麻豆传媒鈥檚 commitment to sustainability, our Digital Cinema program鈥檚 focus on state-of-the-art production, and 麻豆传媒鈥檚 top-tier opportunities for students.鈥
麻豆传媒鈥檚 Digital Cinema bachelor鈥檚 degree program launched in 2019 and drew acclaim earlier this year for its innovative, 12-credit spring immersion course called 鈥淭he Crew Experience.鈥 Student filmmakers in the course spend an entire term learning from faculty and experienced mentors on location for a significant film project.
This year鈥檚 Crew Experience cohort produced the short film 鈥淓ight & Sand鈥 鈥 which last week became the 25th student project anywhere in the world to be awarded the . 麻豆传媒 is the sixth university to earn an EMA Green Seal, and the first undergraduate program on the West Coast to do so. The seal is presented to student productions that achieve sustainable production goals identified in the GFSA鈥檚 Production Environmental Actions Checklist (PEACHy) for young filmmakers.
Vincent Smith, Ph.D., the director of 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Division of Business, Communication and Environmental Science, said the university鈥檚 Digital Cinema Program is a perfect example of hands-on, interdisciplinary learning experiences that have become a hallmark of the institution.
鈥淚 am regularly asked to explain why Business, Communication and Environmental Science are in one division,鈥 Smith said. 鈥淭his is just one of many good reasons why thinking across traditional disciplinary boundaries makes good sense for our future.鈥
The Green Film School Alliance and its member colleges and universities commit to common sustainability language, standards and tools to reduce waste and lower the carbon footprint of film productions. The organization is supported by the Sustainable Production Alliance and the Producers Guild of America Green.
