A B.A. in Writing for Film and Television from Dodge College of Film and Media Arts instructs students in the art of script writing for short film, feature-length, episodic television, and mini-series. Students in this program will write, shoot, and edit their own films, as well as assisting their fellow students to hone their skills at all levels. Students will graduate with two completed scripts ready to take the next step towards their Hollywood dream.
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Possible Occupations
Business
Education
Entertainment
- Development Executive
- Dialogue Editor
- Entertainment Agent
- Playwright
- Podcast Scriptwriter
- Screenwriter
- Showrunner
- Staff Writer
- Story Editor
- Writing Consultant
- Video Game Narrative Writer
Additional Resources about career and internship opportunities are available on the Dodge College of Film and Media Arts Homepage.
Early Career Opportunities
Actively grow your network and build new relationships as a part of your long- and short-term career strategy.
Leave an impression at one of your internship sites, this opportunities could lead to employment post-graduation
Use your network to obtain an assistant role when you first graduate.
Common entry-level post-college opportunities include:
Agency and Management Assistant
Mailroom at an Agency
Writer's Room Production Assistant
Writer's Assistant
Script Reader
Professional Associations
- Society for Cinema & Media Studies
- Television Academy
- Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers
- The American Society of Cinematographers
- The Association of Motion Picture Sound
- Black Filmmaker Foundation
- Digital Cinema Society
- Directors Guild of America
- National Association of Broadcast Employees & Technicians
- Producers Guild of America
- Screen Actors Guild
- American Film Institute
- The Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
- American Association of Advertising Agencies
- Independent Film & Television Alliance
- Australian Film Institute
- Motion Picture Association of America
- Motion Picture Editors Guild
- National Association of Television Program Executives
- Performing Arts & Artists
- Writers Guild of America, West
Chapman Organizations
Links and Resources
Resource for film making information
Daily link with the TV and film industry
The actors fund, for everyone in entertainment
Film & TV resources/jobs
Digital filmmaker’s resource site
The pulse of media
Film career descriptions
American cinema editors
Women make movies
Jobs in film, TV, video & digital media production
California Film Commission
Film internships
Entertainment jobs
Entertainment job and internship listings
Show crew network
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Join the Writer's Guild
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