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Submitter's Information
Geri Ulrey
Professor and Chair of Film, TV and Media Arts
Los Angeles
Glendale Community College
CTE Dean
Dr. Freddy Saucedo
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Program Details
Documentary Film Production (Certificate)
New Program
Television (including combined TV/film/video) (060420)
01/01/25
This degree is designed to help students gain the breadth of knowledge, appreciation and understanding of cinematic language that is necessary for documentary film production and to seek employment in the field. These film and TV courses are designed to help students learn the aesthetics, craft and techniques of the documentary film language as they tell meaningful stories through the documentary medium.
3-5
Program Proposal Attributes
- Certificate of Achievement: 16 or greater semester (or 24 or greater quarter) units (C)
To serve students interested in studying and learning the art, craft and technical skills for participating in the field of documentary film production or to drive their own documentary film projects.
Course Units and Hours
17
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Course Report
Students will demonstrate an understanding of documentary film aesthetics and documentary film language as it applied in a documentary film. They will also demonstrate an effective ability to work as a member of a documentary team to achieve the challenges of technical and conceptual goals of a documentary project from origination to the completion of the high quality final deliverable documentary media productions.
| Course | Title | Units | Year/Semester (Y1 or S1) |
|---|---|---|---|
| FTVM 108 | Documentary Film Aesthetics | 3 | S1 |
| FTVM 120 | Media Writing | 3 | S2 |
| FTVM 130 | Cinematic Storytelling Pathways | 2 | S2 |
| FTVM 132 | Introduction to Film Production | 3 | S3 |
| FTVM 271 | Documentary Filmmaker | 3 | S4 |
| FTVM 135 or FTVM 139 | Introduction to Audio or Introduction to Editing | 3 | S3 |
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Glendale Community College District
Glendale Community College
Dr. Freddy Saucedo
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New Program
Film, Television and Media Arts
To our knowledge, there is no similar program in community Colleges. However, there is a Documentary Production Track in the TV Option at California State Northridge.
3-5
ICT Media Sector
N/A
Submission Details
09/29/24 - 11:24 AM
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Gray Rakow Super User · 10/02/24
As required by the LARC Program Recommendation Process, which is outlined on the LARC Program Recommendation webpage (https://losangelesrc.org/program-recommendation/), the LA Workforce Council Voting Members must be included in the collegial consultation process for new programs. If you have not already done so, please reach out to the LAWC voting members at colleges with similar programs (per your issued LMI report from LA COE) within the next week to ensure that any concerns or questions may be addressed prior to the upcoming business meeting. The current voting members are always available in the Resources section of the LARC Program Recommendation webpage. Please feel free to reach out with any questions (grakow@pasadena.edu).