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The work of horror films
Jason Middleton, an associate professor of English and of visual and cultural studies at the and director of the film and media studies program, has been fascinated by horror films since he first read The Dead Zone by Stephen King in the fourth grade.
"There were certainly parts of it that I found kind of upsetting, but also magnetic," he says. In (University of Texas Press, 2023), Middleton has joined with Aviva Briefel of Bowdoin College, to make the case that there’s been another kind of monster lurking in American horror films all along: the post-industrial world of work.
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Master of Arts in Film and Media Preservation
Combining practical, hands-on training in motion picture preservation with a formal graduate degree program, the Selznick School of Film Preservation and the Department of English offer a Masters of Arts degree program in film and media preservation. Students in the Selznick Graduate Program in Film and Media Preservation work with Film and Media Studies faculty through the Department of English at the 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳.
Did you know?
The Film and Media Studies Program has an enrollment of approximately 40 students in the major and minor.
Why FMS?
There are many opportunities open to students of film and media arts. Many students go on to film or television school, pursuing graduate work in producing, directing, editing, cinematography, screen writing, acting, and other creative aspects of media.
