Summer 2020
Cinema professionals to meet with NOVA Alexandria students to discuss the film industry
Cinematography Lecture/Workshop @ NOVA Alexandria
Andrew Jorgensen, professional Cinematographer, Gaffer and GMU Film & Video Department – Technical Coordinator, gave Cinema students a Cinematography & Lighting Lecture/Workshop to Cinema students on the Alexandria campus in the Spring 2020 semester.
Andrew Jorgensen, has worked in a variety of roles in the entertainment industry, from live theatre, to film exhibition and production for over a decade. Andrew currently works as the Technical Coordinator for the Film Program at George Mason University, where he oversees the programs vast array of production equipment, computer labs and also proudly mentors over 200 student filmmakers per year through his office and in the classroom. In addition to Andrew’s role at GMU, he also works as a freelance Cinematographer, Gaffer, and Grip for both TV and Independent Film Production in the Greater Washington DC Area. As an independent filmmaker, Andrew is finishing postproduction on his first short film, The Sun and The Medicine Man slated to be released later this year. For more information visit ajorgensenfilm.com
All Cinema Classes offered @ NOVA Alexandria – Spring 2020
In their own words:
NOVA Alexandria Film students discuss their experience with: Film classes, Student film productions & participating in the NOVA Students Film Festival (NSFF):
NOVA is now offering an Associate in Fine Arts (AFA) in Cinema. If you are interested in majoring in Cinema, on the Alexandria campus, please talk to:
Prof. Lucy Gebre-Egziabher – lgebre@nvcc.edu;
703-845-6297
Directing Students & Acting students
Directing students work with Acting for the Camera students after one of a series of lectures on the various acting methods. Here, students work on the “Repetition Exercise” after the lecture on the Meisner Technique by Prof. Moriah Whiteman, Professor of Acting at NOVA Alexandria. Directing students learn the art of acting and get to work with Acting students.
Peer to peer education approach –
Piano Whitman, NOVA Alexandria Cinema Alum, and Cinematographer extraordinaire, among many other things, delivers an in depth lecture on Cinematography to Cinema students. Her lecture was followed by a hands-on lab/workshop, where students got to work with various lights settings they learn from lecture as well as composition. Thank you Piano for sharing your gift! You are a born educator!
We are pleased to announce that in the Fall 2019, NOVA has rolled out the AFA in Cinema degree. A number of Cinema students are enrolled in the program. The Cinema degree is only offered on the Alexandria and the Woodbridge campuses.
NOVA will soon be offering an AFA degree in Cinema. Most students are wondering what they should do until degree is official. Below find some guidelines that will help you stay on course until the degree is available.
AFA in CINEMA (offered at Alexandria and Woodbridge campuses)
Enroll in the General Studies Associate of Science (AS) program until the AFA in Cinema is officially offered.
Refer to the AFA in Cinema advising sheets in the catalog
If a new student, enroll in the first semester Cinema AFA courses, including: CST120, CST115 or 126, CST151, ENG111, SDV101 Orientation to Fine Arts, and a social sciences elective. These will also count toward the General Studies Associate of Science (AS) program.
New students need to enroll in SDV101, Orientation to Fine Arts, where you will be assigned a faculty advisor in the Cinema program who will help you plan your portfolio, courses, and switch you into the AFA once it has been approved.
If a continuing student, please work with your current advisor to select courses that fulfill both your current degree program and the Cinema AFA.
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