--- title: Around Campus - Directing Video and Film description: Around Campus - Directing Video and Film image: https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/Image_015-Feb-07-2025-07-13-40-4517-PM.jpg --- [![Fitchburg State](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/FitchburgStateUniversity/logo.png)](http://www.fitchburgstate.edu/) [![burg-blog-logo-1](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/burg-blog-logo-1.png?width=238&height=113&name=burg-blog-logo-1.png)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/) # Around Campus - Directing Video and Film Posted by [Andy Cunningham](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/author/andy-cunningham) on February 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM ![](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/Avatar2.jpg) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Students in [Communications Media's](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/academic-schools/school-arts-and-sciences/communications-media-department) Assistant Professor, [Film and Video](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/programs/filmvideo-production-concentration-communications-media-bs), [Rachelle A. Dermer's](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/faculty-profiles/rachelle-dermer), Directing Video and Film course discuss director preparation in the Conlon Building. Topics covered in the class include script analysis and breakdowns, casting, blocking the camera and the actors, acting and directing actors. 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