Welcome to the SIUC Department of Cinema and Photography
The Southern Illinois University Carbondale Department of Cinema & Photography students study the history, theory, and practice of cinema, photography, and related media the social, critical, and ideological implications of moving and still pictures. The program provides a foundation for professional, fine arts, and educational careers in cinema and photography. Students choose an emphasis in fine arts photography, commercial photography, cinema production, cinema studies (history/theory/criticism), or screenwriting.
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Film Alternatives - A documentary by Damon Taylor
Cinema-Photography Spotlight
Dru E. Vratil, Associate Professor in the Department of Cinema & Photography, graduated from the University of Iowa in 1998 with an MFA in Film & Video Production, and has been employed at SIUC since 2000.
She developed the screenwriting sequence from two classes in 2000 to the current four classes and teaches Writing the Short Film, Screenwriting 2 and Thesis/Independent Screenwriting, and a summer class, From Script to Screen: The Short Experimental Narrative.










