DOUBLE MAJOR IN FILM AND BUSINESS?
I am starting to college in a couple of years. Would it be in accord with to have a stand in vital in commercial operation as well as film. If we investigate movie would it be probable to turn a actor(movies as well as TV) ?
How do we chose what sort of commercial operation to study? what’s a disproportion in between a diferent kinds?
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At some schools, it’s possible to double-major in business and film (or theater, or acting). But not at all schools. So this is something you’ll need to look at with each school you evaluate.
Note that, at some schools, film is called out as a separate major. At other schools, it’s under the theater department – so you’d major in theater, rather than film, but your emphasis would be film. It can also sometimes be found under art. So if you don’t see film listed as a specific major, check under theater, and under art, to see if it’s available there.
If you study film, you could become an actor, yes. If you study business, you could become an actor. You can study any major you want, and still become an actor, if you also take the acting classes, and get professional-level experience in acting while you’re at school (via school shows, student films, community theater, summer stock, internships, etc.) It’s just easier to get good at acting if you major in it. But you don’t *have* to. A friend of mine majored in history, and is a professional actor. Another studied nursing. Another studied directing. Yet another studied stage combat. All are working as professional actors.
There are lots of different fields within business: finance, accounting, marketing, management, international business, media management, etc. Take a look at the catalogues for a couple of universities with good business programs to see what sorts of things fall into each field, so you can get an idea of what you might like. Try NYU and Babson for starters.
Sure, a friend of mine is double majoring in Film Studies and Economic Mathematical Analysis and she’s doing well so far. I think she’s interested in becoming a director, not really an actress, but you can become an actor without taking any classes. That being said, it may boost your confidence by taking a few acting classes. The film major at my school (Rice University) does have Acting I as a major requirement for Film, so it depends on which school you apply to. I would think most Film majors require acting classes.
As for the second part of the question, I think schools may differ depending on whether there’s a business school program that overlap with the undergraduate program. Basically, we have an Econ major and a Mathematical Economic Analysis (so long:() major. The latter one requires you to take more Math classes and involves more technical stuff. Just Econ major is slightly easier, but if you’re really good at math you might as well go for Mathematical Economic Analysis since employers seem to prefer it.
Not sure about your film questions but as for business – most programs have you take introductory courses in management, accounting, finance, marketing, HR, etc as the base of your business education. By the time you have to select a particular business major you’ll have had these intro courses already – and will have some basis on which to choose. Good luck!
RoaringM has a great suggestion of using a business program as the foundation of your studies. The skills learned throughout all the disciplines studied would be applied within any future position within TV and film. Using Babson as an example, you would get a background in business, but could then concentrate your studies on Visual Arts. The web page below outlines all the courses within that concentration.
http://www3.babson.edu/Offices/AcademicServices/Concentrations/litVisualArts.cfm
I read a story on a recent alum in their viewbook that had a similar interest and they provide some quotes from him at http://www.babson.edu/dantelove. It sounds like a similar path to what you may want to take.