Film Post-Production

This program offers students the opportunity to earn a certificate of achievement in film post-production,which prepares students for a career in film, television and media industries.Students develop skills in three of the core aspects of post-production: video editing, sound design and editing, and motion graphics. Students will participate in a collaborative team-oriented learning experience that mirrors the post-production process. The program goal is to provide relevant,industry-standard skills necessary to enter this dynamic and creative field.

 

Some examples where students might find employment using their post-production skills are working at a film or television post-production company as an assistant video editor, assistant sound designer or sound mixer, working at a visual effects studio, working in the video game industry, or at an advertising agency.

 

To earn the certificate of achievement students must complete the required courses with a minimum of grade of “C” or higher. Some courses are available in both online and traditional formats. The certificate can be completed in 1 year full-time or 2years part-time study.

Program Learning Outcomes

1. demonstrate a working knowledge of industry-standard graphics, video and audio editing software.

2.create motion graphics projects.

3. create samples for an online portfolio.

4. qualify for entry-level employment in the film and television post-production industries.

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The goal of the program is occupational. Many jobs in the film post-production industry seek applicants who are able to demonstrate basic post-production skills and knowledge. Students who would like to prepare for careers in the film post-production industry, but are not pursuing a degree, will be able instead to earn a certificate of achievement. The certificate will demonstrate they have had abroad introduction to film-post production, including video editing, sound editing, and motion graphics. This certificate demonstrates that students have studied these skills, including producing work samples for an online portfolio.For students looking to re-skill in the film post-production area, the advantage of this certificate is they can achieve it in as little as two semesters of focused work that gives them a broad range of skills in video,graphics and sound post-production.

The proposed certificate of achievement meets the mission of DVC by adding a new opportunity for career education for students who wish to go into the film post-production industry.This fits with the mission of California Community Colleges by contributing to continuous workforce improvement.

DVC currently offers an AA and AS-T in Television Arts as well as a Certificate of Achievement in Television Studio and Certificates of Accomplishment in Film Production, TV Studio, and Writing for the Digital Medium. This new certificate would be DVC’s first certificate to focus on post-production. The certificate brings an interdisciplinary approach with classes in FTVE, ARTDM and MUSX and is our only degree or certificate that has MUSX courses in the required courses.

Course	Title	Units	Year/Semester (Y1 or S1)
ARTDM-105	Introduction to Digital Imaging
ARTDM-140	Motion Graphics
FTVE-165	Digital Editing
FTVE-166	Digital Editing
MUSX-178	Music and Sound for Film, Games, and Digital Media
Plus 3 units from:
ARTDM-130	Introduction to Digital Audio
MUSX-174
Plus 3 units from:
ARTDM-149
ARTDM-160
ARTDM-165
ARTDM-180
FTVE-150
FTVE-160
FTVE-295
FTVE-296

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There are four colleges offer degrees and certificates with the Film Production TOP codes, which are graduating a total of 148 students annually. The workforce data report indicated an annual undersupply of 175 students in the Bay Region for Film and Video editors. Since there were no new courses developed for this certificate, there should be no adverse impacts to other programs in the region. This new certificate merely adds an option for DVC students.