ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines the undergraduate research environment and where the study of film fits into it, reframing some of the excellent creative work already being done in college and university film schools as faculty-mentored scholarship. Within this context, ideas are shared as to the importance of undergraduate research, desired learning outcomes, and how knowledge and audiovisual storytelling are created in the field of film. As readers of this book will realize, conducting research is certainly not limited to the sciences and related fields. Selecting and exploring a film topic, whether for the production of a movie or for the writing of a paper, can in fact be linked to the scholarly process otherwise known as undergraduate research. Undergraduate research is an interactive pedagogy that has been shown to be more engaging and successful than traditional classroom lecture-style learning.
