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CEDAR CITY — While the Utah Film Commission is celebrating 100 years of movie making in the Beehive State, Southern Utah University is set to graduate its first students earning a bachelor's degree in filmmaking in 2024.
SUU Film Facilities Manager Stephen Balsley said the accreditation requirements for the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree are stringent, limiting the university's "cohort sizes" to around 20 new students each semester.
"This offers an unprecedented opportunity for students in class sizes and faculty-to-student ratio, as well as access to equipment, film cameras and gear for their projects," Balsley said. "We have one of the largest offerings in the region in terms of available studio and class spaces, student editing workstations, a fully operational foley stage and recording studio, a color grading suite, an audio mixing and automated dialogue replacement room — and a 4K screening theater that seats 200 people."
McKenna Murphy, a senior from Spanish Fork, told Cedar City News the ongoing collaboration between students and professors will have an impact on her future work.
"It's wonderful to connect with people, to network with people, to help fellow students more," she said. "It's about that connection."
