CINEMA PRODUCING

The Cinema Producing certificate of achievement is designed to provide the student with advanced skills in writing, pre-production, production, and knowledge of the business of motion picture and television, including new media platforms.

• Students will survey business practices including development, financing, production and distribution of motion pictures and media content.
  
• Students will explain feature production from development through distribution on projects that have attained commercial distribution and construct elements for their own projects.
  
• Students will demonstrate an understanding of major concepts of Business Organization including: Management, Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, Economics, Legal Forms of Business Ownership, and Entertainment Law.
  

(A) Enrollment Data

Course	2018-2019 Total Sections	2018-2019 Total Enrollments	2019-2020 Total Sections	2019-2020 Total Enrollments
BUS 001	24	836	26	948
CINEMA 001	9	353	8	327
CINEMA 002	8	245	8	206
CINEMA 003	18	752	17	797
CINEMA 004	9	327	9	385
CINEMA 005	4	99	4	83
CINEMA 018	3	63	3	89
CINEMA 020	2	79	2	48
LAW 003	2	58	4	96
LAW 033	1	24	1	21
T V 025-1	2	37	2	31

We anticipate 10 projected students or “annual completers” each year (based on enrollment data).

The Cinema Producing certificate of achievement prepares students in the skills needed to be Motion Picture, TV and New Media Producers. Students will survey business practices including development, financing, production and distribution of motion pictures and media content. Students will demonstrate an understanding of major concepts of Business Organization including: Management, Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, Economics, Legal Forms of Business Ownership, and Entertainment Law. Activities include: developing screenplays, researching state of the art media and business issues, analyzing professional production solutions and creating business plans.

The breadth of study required to learn about the craft of producing is far ranging. Producers are present in every single genre of television and film and play major roles in each type of production. The producer has a great amount of power at every stage of the production process. At the pre-production stage, they might secure rights to a valuable literary property, conduct fundraising or negotiate key cast or crew. During principal photography, they may shepherd the production process or maintain relations with the studio and/or distributor. Throughout post-production, they might have creative input in the film’s final outcome or identify distribution outlets. Even though a producer today can have a wide range of roles within the field, there are roles that only fit into different types of "producers". Within the industry, there are many different types of producers who are only designated to specific roles such as controlling the staff and handling the finances. For example, to oversee and manage all aspects of video production the role may be filled by the line producer, but an executive producer would be selected to oversee all other producers’ work. 

LACC maintains a strong relationship within the shakers and movers within Hollywood. Several of the campus alum, have made their mark as Producers and in other capacities. Each year we conduct an advisory meeting with leading industry professionals gain their input on our curriculum and instructional practices, as well as to discern qualities they seek in hiring. Distinguished alumni include Albert Hughes, Mimi Leder, Tamra Davis, Karen Moncrieff, Maggie Greenwald, Kevin Tent and Tarsem Singh, including five Academy Award wins, such as cinematographer Robert Elswit (There Will Be Blood). 

Los Angeles City College offers low-cost, comprehensive, hands-on training to a diverse population, who might not be in a position to afford a 4-year commitment to an LA-area film college or university. Students have the option to complete basic college courses with certificates, receive an Associate Arts Degree in Cinema or Television Production (AA), and transfer to four-year institutions. 

LACC is uniquely positioned to provide excellent entertainment industry training, particularly considering the geographical proximity of the campus to the Hollywood community. 

The LACC Cinema/TV Department was awarded an unprecedented $2 million donation from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The support of the HFPA continues with annual LACC student-awarded fellowships, Golden Globe™ internships, and other interactions special events. (https://www.goldenglobes.com/articles/hfpa-gives-endowment-los-angeles-city-college).

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
CINEMA 001	INTRODUCTION TO MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION	3	S1
CINEMA 002	BEGINNING MOTION PICTURE WORKSHOP	3	S1
CINEMA 003	HISTORY OF MOTION PICTURES	3	S1
CINEMA 004, OR CINEMA 018	HISTORY OF THE DOCUMENTARY FILM INTRODUCTION TO FILM GENRES	3	S1
CINEMA 005, OR T V 025-1	INTRODUCTION TO SCREENWRITING TELEVISION AND FILM DRAMATIC WRITING I	3	S2
BUS 001	INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS	3	S2
CINEMA 025	PRODUCING MOTION PICTURE FEATURES	3	S2
CINEMA 020	BUSINESS ASPECTS OF MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION	3	S3
LAW 033, OR LAW 003	LAW AND THE MEDIA CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE LAW	3	S3

The program will require the existing local Producing skills certificate to be archived, as this new state-approved certificate will replace it.

Long Beach City College has a Certificate of Achievement in Radio/Television, Producer. Although this does overlap with many skills to our certificate, theirs is oriented towards the areas of Broadcasting (Radio & TV) and not Film Studies. LACC has been offering a Producing skills certificate since 2007.

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