Narrative Film Production

This certificate will introduce and develop core single-camera production skills including producing, directing, filming, and editing videos for narrative short form and feature film productions. Upon completion of this certificate program, students will be eligible for entry level employment as Production Assistants, Editors, Videographers, Assistant Directors, and Project Managers.

Prerequisite skills or enrollment limitations: none

Student Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify individual roles of a production crew and demonstrate the ability to work and communicate in a production crew environment

2. Demonstrable ability to set up, run, and breakdown professional cameras, audio gear, lights, and other equipment associated with a film production

3. Write visually for scripts

Program Goals- Successful completion of this certificate will prepare student to work in the film industry, or content creator on social media and other streaming platforms. The student will also be able to operate professional digital cameras and be able to compose a shot, film it so that it meets all professional standards for: focus, white balance, composition, color and texture. The student will be able to operate professional video editing software so that he/she can ingest digital footage, arrange files on a timeline to tell a meaningful story, and export the finished product to common digital file for playback.

2022-2023 / 8-10

2023-2024 / 10-12

2024-2025 / 12-14

Career & Technical Education.

A unique blend of Theater and Digital Media production courses, which will provide the graduate with a clear path towards independent and large-scale film productions, or content creator on social media and other streaming platforms. The student will also be able to operate professional digital cameras and be able to compose a shot, film it so that it meets all professional standards for: focus, white balance, composition, color and texture. The student will be able to operate professional video editing software so that he/she can ingest digital footage, arrange files on a timeline to tell a meaningful story, and export the finished product to common digital file for playback.

Built according to Advisory Board recommendations. Foundational film production classes are the first step in the pathway with Introduction to Video Editing and Postproduction, Single-Camera Production, Motion Graphics with Adobe After Effects, and Editing, and Beginning Screenwriting for Digital Media. That sets the stage for more advanced and production and craft oriented classes like, Cinematography, Introduction to Directing, and Acting for the Camera. The capstone class where all of these learned skills are applied and further developed is Motion Picture Technical Production.

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
DM 112	Introduction to Video Editing and Postproduction	3	Y1/S1 or S2
DM 115A	Single-Camera Production and Editing	3	Y1/S1
DM 140	Cinematography	3	Y1/S2
DM 193	Motion Graphics with Adobe After Effects	3	Y1/S1 or S2
DM 120	Beginning Screenwriting for Digital Media	3	Y2/S1
DM 142	Acting for the Camera	3	Y1/S1 or S2
THEA 153	Introduction to Directing	2	Y1/S1 or S2
DM 255	Motion Picture Technical Production	3	Y2/S2

Digital Media

Compton, El Camino, Glendale, LA City, LA Pierce, LA Valley, Long Beach, Mt San Antonio, Pasadena, Cypress, Fullerton, Orange Coast, Saddleback

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