Elon Student Film-Related Organizations

  • FreshTV is an accelerated training program that introduces first-semester students to narrative film production, documentary filmmaking and non-fiction storytelling. Students receive instruction on cameras, video editing, studio production, story design, and pre-production planning. Contact Bryan Baker (bbaker3@elon.edu) for more information.
  • Elon Student Television was created in 1992. Hundreds of students work in some capacity each year in the production of programming for ESTV. ESTV currently represents five student-run television shows. ESTV is always looking to showcase student work and encourages students to pitch new ideas. Kai Swanson (kswanson8@elon.edu) serves as the organization’s faculty mentor.
  • Cinelon Productions is Elon’s only student-run film production company. It provides a forum for students to study cinema outside the classroom, focusing on narrative storytelling and the production of short films, music videos and commercials. Cinelon hosts an annual showcase in Turner Theatre highlighting Elon’s best student works. For more information, contact adviser Youssef Osman (yosman@elon.edu) 
  • elondocs, a documentary production program, is a faculty-directed cohort of students interested in making audio, photo and video documentaries. The one-year program provides technical training and support as they create documentary work. As a part of the program, students create service-project videos for a local nonprofit organization.. For more information, contact Nicole Triche (triche@elon.edu).
  • Women of the Elon Entertainment Empire (WEEE) serves as a support and networking group for Elon alumni working in Los Angeles and Elon undergraduates seeking careers in the entertainment industry. The mentorship program creates opportunities and programming where female students and alumni can create connections across the university’s schools, departments and majors.
  • Elon Sports Vision partners with Elon Athletics to live stream university sporting events at an ESPN-quality level. Students gain hands-on experience in live broadcasting, content creation, sports business and marketing, in-venue productions, and studio shows. Students produce “Elon Phoenix Weekly,” a sports magazine show, and “One on One Sports,” a sports debate talk show. For more information, contact Annika Cronin (acronin9@elon.edu).
  • Turner Theatre is a 220-seat movie theater located in Dwight C. Schar Hall in Elon University’s School of Communications. The theater has regular programming four days a week during the academic calendar, as well as special events throughout the year. All events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise stated.