Students applying to the Entrepreneurial Digital Cinema Track must have a B.A. or a B.F.A. in film production, OR a B.A. or B.F.A. (preferably in a related field) with significant comparable film production experience.

The following items are required as part of the application:

• Official transcripts of previous academic work

• Three letters of recommendation from professors or employers who can address the applicant's ability to undertake graduate-level course work

• A 500-word essay that demonstrates the applicant's breadth of knowledge, insight, curiosity, vision, voice, and ability to think critically. The applicant should respond to ONE of the following:
  • Discuss the relationship between emerging technologies and creative expression.
  • Discuss the continuing conflict between art and commerce and how its energy might be made to serve the creative process.
  • Discuss the social, political, and cultural role and responsibilities of the artist/creator in a global society.

• A 250-word biography detailing the applicant's creative and entrepreneurial accomplishments as they relate to a professional and/or educational setting, or a current resumé.

• A Creative Submission as follows:
  • A filmmaking reel that is no longer than 15 minutes, including complete shorts or excerpts from long format work. Each selection should be clearly marked with 1) the title, 2) the applicant's creative role, 3) length of excerpt (if applicable), and 4) the date completed. If the selection is an excerpt from a longer work, the context of the longer work should be provided.
  • An artist's statement that explains why you think your vision for a feature film is well suited for the microbudget, digitally shot, paradigm.
  • A treatment of a proposed script plus a script sample of another work that you've written, OR a draft of the script you want to direct as your thesis project for the MFA in Film & Digital Media at the University of Central Florida.

Please send the Creative Submission directly to the program:

UCF Film Graduate Office
P.O. Box 163120
Orlando, FL 32816-3120

All other application materials may be either uploaded via the Graduate Studies admissions website or by mail to UCF Graduate Studies, Admissions Office, P.O. Box 160112, Orlando, FL 32816-0112.

Applicants may be asked to attend an admissions interview. The graduate faculty will determine final eligibility of applicants. In the case of restricted admission with deficiencies, the graduate committee will decide upon the appropriate courses to be taken to compensate for the deficiencies. The letter of admission will specify the requirements that must be completed for regular admission.

For information on general UCF graduate admissions requirements that apply to all prospective students, please visit the Admissions and Registration section of the Graduate Catalog. Applicants must apply online. Please be sure to submit all requested material by the established deadline(s).

The Graduate Record Examination is required of all graduate students. Minimum requirements for admission are a 3.00 GPA in the last 60 semester credit hours earned toward the baccalaureate, or a competitive GRE score.

For applicants from countries where English is not the official language, or for an applicant whose bachelor's degree is not from an accredited U.S. institution, an official score of at least 220 (computer-based test; or equivalent score on the paper-based test) on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is required.

• UCF Admissions and Registration
• Apply Online
• UCF Graduate Catalog
• UCF Graduate Studies Office

UCF FILM - M.F.A.
Steve Schlow, Chair, Film Department
College of Arts & Humanities
P.O. Box 163120
Orlando, FL 32816-3120
407-823-2845
phurter@mail.ucf.edu