The Academy for Creative Media emphasizes narrative, or story telling, theories, skills and application across multiple platforms of digital media and within a context of cultural and aesthetic values. More than just a "film school," ACM seeks to empower students to tell their own stories of Hawaii, the Pacific and Asia rather than have those stories told for them through a different cultural lens that is distant and often distorted. It is one of the few programs developing a unique program in Indigenous Filmmaking.
ACM offers a core curriculum in three tracks: Cinematic and Digital Production, Computer Animation & Game Design, and Critical Studies.
Linked with the Interdisciplinary Studies program, students have the flexibility to design an individual academic program around a core of ACM courses and electives from a variety of UHM departments offering courses in film studies, digital design and technology. Students work in close consultation with faculty to develop an interdisciplinary program that reflects the development of academic, technical, creative and critical thinking skills.
ACM offers a core curriculum and electives in three tracks: Cinematic Production, Computer Animation & Game Design, and Critical Studies. To insure that students in the Bachelor of Arts program satisfy ACM learning objectives in Critical Thinking, Writing, History & Aesthetics, Technical Skills of Story Telling, Creativity, and Responsibility, all majors must take a core of 18 credit hours:
The introductory course
One Basic Production Skills Course
One Writing Course
Three Courses in Critical Studies
To apply to become a major in Creative Media, students must:
Have completed with at least a B (3.0) Cinema and Digital Media (ACM 255), and have completed 12 or more credit hours with an overall 2.5 GPA.
Be enrolled in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences.
Complete and submit an application form (download here).
Once the application is accepted , students must design with their assigned ACM advisor a detailed and acceptable Academic Proposal, which is then submitted to Interdisciplinary Studies (www.hawaii.edu/is). Once the Academic Proposal is approved by ACM and IS Advisors, the student may be declared as an ACM major.
Students who desire to become an ACM major but rceive less than a grade of "B" (3.0) in ACM 255 may retake the course once (1x) for reconsideration. If a grade of B is not attained in the retalking of the course, the student is ineligible to become an ACM major. Any appeals to this policy will be heard, and decided, by a faculty committee.
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The Creative Media Academic Proposal must consist of 36 credit hours that emphasizes one of the three ACM tracks, includes the required core of ACM courses, and is supplemented with elective courses in media-related studies from at least two other departments. Students must also ensure that their academic proposal satisfies the Interdisciplinary Studies program guidelines for self-designed majors, and that all required advising sessions with Interdisciplinary Studies are met.
3 Credits: ACM 255 - Cinematic and Digital Media (3 credits)
3 Credits: One of:
ACM 310 - Cinematic Narrative Production
ACM 315 - Narrative Game Design
ACM 320 - 3D Computer Animation Production I
3 Credits: One of:
ACM 350 - Screenwriting
ACM 355 - Oral Tradition to Screenplay
9 Credits: Three of:
ACM 352/AMST 352 - Screening Asian Americans
ACM 360 - Indigenous Aesthetics
ACM 380 - Genre & Narrative Theory
ACM 382 - Authors in Cretive Media
ACM 385 - Topics in Creative Media
ACM 460 - Media Ethics
ACM 480 - Oceanic Media Culture
ACM 485 - Seminar in Creative Media
ACM 490 - Global Media
18 Credits
TOTAL CORE COURSES
(NOTE: The total number of credits will be determined in consultation with the ACM Advisor and reflected in the Academic Plan. Courses cannot count as both Core and Track.)
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Cinematic Production
310 - Cinematic Digital Production
312 - Cinematography
325 - Visual Effects
350 - Screenwriting
355 - Oral Tradition to Screenplay
370 - Directing for Visual Media
372 - Editing for the Screen
374 - Post Production Sound
386 - Techniques in Creative Media
390 - Workshop in Creative Media
399 - Independent Group Project
405 - Documentary Production
410 - Advanced Cinematic Production
450 - Advanced Screenwriting
455 - Indigenous Filmmaking
495 - Creative Media Internship
499 - Directed Reading and Research
Critical Studies
352 - Screening Asian Americans
(as AMST 352)
360 - Indigenous Aesthetics
380 - Genre & Narrative Theory
382 - Authors in Creative Media
385 - Topics in Creative Media
460 - Media Ethics
480 - Oceanic Media and Culture
485 - Seminar in Creative Media
490 - Global Media
499 - Directed Research
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Computer Animation & Game Design
215 - 3D Scene Design
216 - 3D Character Animation
217 - 3D Visual Effects and Dynamics
220 - 3D Lighting and Cinematography
315 - Narrative Game Design
316 - 3D Character Animation
318 - Drawing for Animation
320 - 3D Computer Animation Prod I
325 - Visual Effects
350 - Screenwriting
386 - Techniques in Creative Media
390 - Workshop in Creative Media
399 - Independent Group Project
415 - Computer Game Production
420 - Computer Animation Production II
495 - Creative Media Internship
499 - Directed Reading and Research
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NOTE: Students are responsible for meeting any pre-requisete requirements for courses in other departments.
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American Studies (AMST)
353 Television in American Life
458 Film in American Culture
Anthropology (ANTH)
313 Visual Anthropology
Art (ART)
409 Image in Motion Studio II
496 Topics in the History of Cinema
Asian Studies (ASAN)
325 Japanese Film: Art and History
330 Chinese Film: Art and History
473 Chinese Diaspora and Visual Culture
English (ENG)
363 Film
463 Studies in Film
407 Writing for Electronic Media
Geography (GEOG)
425 The Geography of Film |
History (HIST)
452 History and Film
467 American Television History
470 American Show Business
Indo-Pacific Languages (IP)
367 Modern Philippine Drama & Film
Languages and Literature of Europe and the Americas (LLEA)
338 German Film
339 French Literature as Film
355 Russian Film
365 Spanish Film
366 Latin-American Film Since 1950
375 International Film Criticism
376 History of World Cinema
Pacific Island Studies (PACS)
492 (Topics) Images of Paradise
Theatre & Dance (THEA)
323 Film/TV Acting
And Other Courses as Approved by Faculty Advisor
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All students accepted for the major are assigned a faculty advisor. Advising is also mandatory from the Interdisciplinary Studies Program.
The Interdisciplinary Studies (IS) Program is located in Krauss Hall, Room 116. Their phone number is 956-7297, and their website can be found at www.hawaii.edu/is. At present, a major in the Academy for Creative Media falls under the Bachelor of Arts degree requirements for Interdisciplinary Studies. Students must first consult the Interdisciplinary Studies Program before applying to become an ACM major.
The steps for applying to ACM and preparing an Academic Proposal:
Make an appointment with Interdisciplinary Studies for an orientation on IS policies and procedures.
Complete and submit your Application for Admission to Major to the Academy for Creative Media. If accepted, you will be assigned an ACM advisor.
Review the requirements and courses that will satisfy the Major Equivalent for an ACM BA. Make a preliminary selection of the courses you think would best satisfy your interests and challenge your learning in the study of Creative Media. Keep in mind courses in other departments may not be offered every semester (some not every year) and many carry prerequisites. You will have the responsibility of meeting those prerequisites, or having them waived by the instructor.
Compose a draft of an IS Proposal Statement that describes and justifies your pursuit of an ACM major.
Be prepared to explain how the courses you are selecting would make up a coherent and rigorous academic study.
Schedule an appointment with your ACM advisor to review the proposal.
Once approved at ACM, the proposal must also be reviewed and approved by the Interdisciplinary Studies Program.
Only when your proposal is approved by both your ACM and IS Advisors can you be declared an ACM major.
Revised 5/08
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