Major in Screen Studies

  • Alumnus Sam Shepler is an entrepreneur with a clear vision for successful storytelling

    Alumnus Sam Shepler is an entrepreneur with a clear vision for successful storytelling

    The “humble beginning” origin story is a common theme for many entrepreneurs. Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease on a dilapidated brewery in Dublin. College dropout Steve Jobs co-founded Apple with a high school friend in his parents’ garage. An imaginative 22-year-old named John Pemberton concocted Coca-Cola, selling bottles of syrup to a local pharmacy for five cents…

  • Student film ‘Eyeline’ gets the red carpet treatment

    Student film ‘Eyeline’ gets the red carpet treatment

    Murder. Betrayal. A man tied up in a basement. A woman crashing through a window. Menacing hallways and shadowy corners hiding ugly secrets. Just a typical night at the movies for Clark University. That’s a bare description of “Eyeline,” a neo-noir thriller written, directed, produced, and acted by Clark students who took Genre Production Workshop,…

  • Chukwuma Egbuzie ’19 captures Worcester’s global perspective, one story at a time

    Chukwuma Egbuzie ’19 captures Worcester’s global perspective, one story at a time

    Chukwuma Egbuzie ’19 believes everyone has a story to tell. He spent this summer documenting the tales of Worcester’s diverse citizens through photography. Egbuzie, an economics and screen studies double major, crafted the digital marketing project — “Global Citizens of Worcester” — during an internship with the International Center of Worcester, an affiliate of the Seven Hills Foundation. His first task:…

  • Clark prepares to celebrate 75 years of women undergraduates

    Clark prepares to celebrate 75 years of women undergraduates

    Oct. 28 events will include screening of student-created video

  • Hollywood actor delivers reel advice to student filmmakers

    Hollywood actor delivers reel advice to student filmmakers

    Undergraduates in Advanced Digital Production course learn from industry professionals

  • Mitchell Gamache is far from camera shy

    Mitchell Gamache is far from camera shy

    By his own description, Mitchell Gamache ’17 has always been a “visual kind of guy.” So, it felt natural for him to major in screen studies when he enrolled at Clark University. “Growing up, I made short films with my friends and studied graphic design in high school,” he says. “When I got to college,…

  • Phat Tran’s Cannes-do spirit is leading to a film career

    Phat Tran’s Cannes-do spirit is leading to a film career

    Whether he’s walking the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival or just across campus to meet with an adviser in the Alumni and Student Engagement Center, Phat Tran ’19 knows he’s striding toward a successful future. The screen studies and management major credits a combination of factors for his confidence – a love of film, prior experience, and…

  • Student filmmaker to intern at Ken Burns studio

    Student filmmaker to intern at Ken Burns studio

    Leah Bodin '18 credits LEEP project experience with helping land Florentine Films internship

  • Ebert Fellowship earned Clark alum a ticket to Sundance

    Ebert Fellowship earned Clark alum a ticket to Sundance

    FADE IN: INT. SASHA KOHAN’S MAINE BEDROOM – NIGHT SASHA, a 2016 Clark University graduate, hesitantly approaches an open laptop placed on a desk. Its screen glows back at her as she reads an email, her eyes growing wider. DISSOLVE TO: INT. SASHA KOHAN’S MAINE LIVING ROOM – NIGHT Sasha enters room with laptop, shows…

  • Oscar winner brings star power to Clark

    Oscar winner brings star power to Clark

    Melissa Leo participates in first Mobile Media Workshop