While the industry is gearing up in Charlotte, the educational scene features only a few options for film and video education. The University of North Carolina at Charlotte offers a studio art degree with a time arts/photo/digital/video concentration. Johnson C Smith University offers a few courses in film as part of its undergraduate communications degree, and the Queens University of Charlotte offers a continuing education course in film studies.
Job prospects in Charlotte are decent with both the film & video editor and camera operator sectors projected to experience growth of 3.39% and 3.14% respectively between 2002 and 2012. This amounts to approximately 20 new film and video editor positions created during this time, with the television, video and motion picture camera operator sector expected to expand by 25 jobs.
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