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We empower students to learn their craft, find their voice and tell impactful stories through image.

As the oldest and most highly-regarded school of its kind in Canada, Image Arts is an internationally-renowned destination for the study, production, and exhibition of film and photography. Students learn by doing through applied courses that provide access to industry-grade facilities and equipment. By studying in Toronto, the centre of media arts production in Canada, Image Arts students are exposed to a vibrant arts and culture scene and given a wealth of professional opportunities.


Image Arts programs


Undergraduate

What You'll Learn
  • Film Technology
  • Screenwriting
  • Cinematography
  • Film Production
  • Business of film
  • Film History & Criticism
What You'll Learn
  • Commercial, creative and editorial photography
  • Media art
  • Emerging imaging technologies (VR, AR and 3D Modeling)
  • Lighting
  • Advertising
  • Curation
  • Documentary storytelling
  • Professional practice

The Integrated Digital (ID) Option is specialization stream that focusses on digital media. It's open to all Film and Photography students, and those wishing to enrol do so in their third year.

What You'll Learn
  • Motion Graphics
  • 3D Modelling/Animation
  • Photography/Photogrammetry
  • Experimental Video 
  • Multi-Channel and Non-Linear Video
  • Creative Coding
  • Projection Mapping 
  • Video Game Design
  • Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality
  • 3D Printing
  • Interactive Exhibition Design
  • Visual Effects (VFX)

  

Graduate

What You'll Learn
  • Documentary history
  • Documentary production 
  • Visual culture
  • Media Fundamentals
  • Professional Perspectives in Documentary
  • Research Methods 
What You'll Learn
  • Photographic preservation
  • History of film & photography
  • Curation and exhibition
  • Film production processes
  • Collections management
  • Digital preservation

An interdisciplinary masters program exploring writing, new forms of storytelling and emerging technology. Offered by Image Arts, Performance, and RTA Media.

What you'll learn
  • Elements of scripted storytelling
  • Writing for visual media
  • Contemporary Practices in scriptwriting & story design
  • Business of scriptwriting
  • Acting and directing for writers

Practice-based doctoral program for scholars and practitioners in media, design, and creative disciplines. 

Choose from three streams:
  • Media and culture
  • Politics and policy
  • Technology in practice


  

Why are our grads successful?

They're taught and mentored by a diverse faculty of academics and media makers

They take on internships with high profile industry professionals looking for upcoming talent

They graduate having already built a robust portfolio and professional network

  

Make & create with professional grade equipment

A large 4,500sq.ft. studio space with a variety of professional lighting systems, product tables, fabric backdrops, rolling studio stands, grip and support systems, softboxes, and a variety of light modifiers.

A 3,000 sq. ft sound-insulated workspace with a full light grid, camera dolly, and green screen.

Film editing benches for completing analog assignments and digital suites equipped with editing software.

Labs for developing photographic film — the labs support historical and alternative film processes like tin types, glass plate negatives, B&W Fibre and analogue colour printing.

Open Space (opens in new window) 

The Open Space is a production facility for developing, fabricating and testing multimedia projects, with the assistance and consultation of technical staff.

Design + Technology Lab (opens in new window) 

The LAB is a technology-based workshop with a wide range of tools and equipment for fabrication, including:

  • 3D printers
  • Woodworking equipment
  • Metalworking equipment
  • Laser cutters
  • Robotic tools
  • Drones
  • AR/VR equipment

Share your work & stand out

  

Gallery exhibits, festivals and live events give students the opportunity to collaborate, build confidence and have their voices heard.

An annual, student-run festival that premieres the thesis films made by students

A year-end exhibition showcasing student work and featuring a curated selection of photography, installation, moving image and digital arts.

A visual art and culture publication that is curated, designed, and produced by a team of 4th-year students


In good company

  

Image Arts grads are...

  • Curators
  • Educators
  • Art directors
  • Digital content creators
  • Filmmakers
  • Photographers
  • Videographers
  • Event managers
  • Magazine editors
  • Creative entrepreneurs


You belong at
The Creative School

As an Image Arts student, you'll be part of The Creative School, a dynamic faculty offering 27 degree programs in media, design and creative industries. Through global experiences and transdisciplinary opportunities, our students emerge as some of the most in demand and employable graduates anywhere.

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