Media & Performance Production

MAPP is a distinctive Bachelor of Arts degree specialization co-coordinated by the Department of Film & Media and the Dan School of Drama & Music.  This program is ideal for students interested in the creative and production aspects of Film, Drama and Music, paying particular attention to the cross-disciplinary opportunities that are becoming increasingly important in today’s digital age. MAPP focuses on all aspects of mediatization from moving image and sound production to the intermedial integration of “media” into live arts.

Students in this program explore the creation and transmission of diverse art projects and the role of new digital technologies in preparing and presenting that work. The performance aspects go well beyond the traditional stage and film traditions often addressing a wider range of embodied action and dramatic storytelling. Students in MAPP have enhanced opportunities to work in both live and recorded presentations that incorporate music, sound, and performance studies.

Like most programs, MAPP plan selection is undertaken at the conclusion of the first year of study in Arts & Science with the following core first-year requirements of: FILM 110 and DRAM 100 or FILM 110 and MUTH 110 & 111.

There are a number of specific MAPP courses, most of which are core to the program and taught by exceptional researchers and creative artists at work today. The fourth-year core MAPP course enables students to undertake a year-long investigation that synthesizes the practices they have mastered over the course of the degree in a capstone major project. The remainder of the plan has a large array of required and elective courses in Drama and Film & Media with an emphasis on production taught in the context of critical, theoretical, and historical approaches. 

Many of the courses taken by MAPP students are held in the award-winning Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, located right on Lake Ontario.  With state-of-the-art production facilities, Digital Lab, large screening room, black-box theatre, concert hall and recording studio, it is easy to be inspired and motivated when at the Isabel.

Top 5 Reasons to choose Queen’s Media and Performance Production:

1. MAPP specialization students take more courses focused on production activities than students enrolled in any Drama, Film or Music Major plan. 
2. By obtaining a broad range of knowledge covering many artistic disciplines, MAPP graduates have an incredibly diverse skill set that is easily adaptable for a variety of professional careers in cultural industries.
3. MAPP students are exposed to a wide range of course options and professional opportunities and can apply to take a practical internship in media production.
4. Courses emphasize a balanced approach in which historical and theoretical research informs creativity and practise.
5. Queen’s has state-of-the-art facilities, including the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts.