Television, Radio and Film, MS
Contact
Shaina Holmes, Program Director
315-443-1343
shholmes@syr.edu
Faculty
G. Douglas Barrett, Jennifer Billinson, Molle DeBartolo, Imraan Farukhi, Benjamin Frahm, Keith Giglio, Tula Goenka, J. Christopher Hamilton, Shaina Holmes, Jordan Kligerman, Taylor Vaughn Lasley, Kelly Leahy, Michelle Santosusso, Michael Schoonmaker, Olivia Stomski, Robert J. Thompson, Bill Werde
Program Description
Established in 1950, the Television, Radio and Film Master’s program was the first of its kind in the nation and continues to be seen as the leader in graduate education for the field. This one-year intensive graduate program is designed for those who want to tell stories for screens of all sizes, examining various forms of entertainment media through the lenses of storytelling, industry, technology and art form.
Every day we experience these entertainment media as commercials on television, our favorite films at the multiplex, games on our iPhones and videos on the Internet. Students in the Television, Radio and Film program have the opportunity to explore not only the ways stories are currently told, but also how they might be told decades from now as new technologies develop and the world shrinks.
Major themes in coursework include production, screenwriting, criticism, business management and trends, the creative process and entrepreneurial strategies in dynamic media environments. The department’s approach to story is framed within film, television, Internet, interactivity and audio. You will create, analyze and explore. You can learn screenwriting, produce a documentary, create a web-based public service campaign, research your audience, and market your creation. Your one year as a student in this program will be multidimensional in terms of its practical, theoretical, forward-thinking, creative, industry-centered and intellectual layers.
This multidimensional approach is most visible in the Proseminar series, which spans across the year of study and brings together TRF studies and professional practices. The Proseminar experience prepares students to engage in current TRF issues and practices, helps them understand changes in media environments and enables them to respond to future challenges as skilled creators and decision-makers.
The TRF Master’s prepares future leaders in enterprises where stories for screens entertain and persuade audiences: as writers, directors, editors, producers, media executives, multimedia designers, managers, entertainment lawyers, and agents. Some graduates run their own businesses, while others work for organizations like PBS, Comcast-NBC Universal, Google, MTV, Discovery Networks, Time Warner, Disney, Nickelodeon, CAA and hundreds of others.
For those students interested in sports media, the Television, Radio and Film program also offers a track which focuses on sports media and communications.
The Sports Media & Communications Track within the Television, Radio and Film program allows students to utilize skills learned in the Television, Radio and Film program core and apply them to sports. The track includes an introductory Sports Media & Communications summer course, specialized Sports Media & Communication electives and Internship.
The Master of Science (M.S.) in Television, Radio and Film is a 36-credit program.