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Digital Media: Digital Filmmaking Certificate Communications Studies Total Units: 28
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Term Effective: Fall 2014

Description:

The Digital Filmmaking Certificate of Achievement is designed to provide students with a foundation in film history and film form as well as in field production and postproduction techniques for digital filmmaking. The program will prepare students for broadcast and commercials, digital photography, documentary/biography production, legal and forensic video production, duplication and transfer, DVD authoring/mastering, videos for websites, online advertisements, public service announcements, industrial and corporate training videos, live internet streaming, live seminar capture, music videos, post production/editing, sports/performance events, media tech work on live events (including video production troubleshooting), and we video production/encoding.

Program Student Lerning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, the students will be able to:

  1. Produce a professional quality video project using industry standard non-linear editing software and audio editing software; and
  2. use DVD authoring software to create a project with multiple menus and special features for playback on the Web or DVD.

Recommended Sequence of Courses

Students interested in a suggested order for taking classes in this program, please view the recommended course sequence (PDF opens in a new window).

Program Requirements:

The requirements for the Digital Media: Digital Filmmaking Certificate program are:

  • Complete 28 units from
    • Digital Media: Digital Filmmaking Core Requirements

Digital Media: Digital Filmmaking Core Requirements - complete 28.00 units
CS 50.32Web and Digital Media Projects4.00
CS 74.11Introduction to Digital Media3.00
CS 74.21ADigital Video Post Production Techniques 11.50
CS 74.21BDigital Video Post Production Techniques 21.50
CS 74.21CDigital Video Post Production Techniques 33.00
CS 74.21DDigital Video Post Production Techniques 43.00
MEDIA 10Film Appreciation4.00
MEDIA 20Introduction to Digital Filmmaking4.00
Complete any combination totaling at least 4.00 units from the following:
CourseDescriptionUnits
APTECH 43Computer Modeling and Animation with 3D Studio Max3.00
APTECH 633D Animation: Modeling and Rigging4.00
APTECH 643D Animation: Visual Effects, Character Anim. & Compositing4.00
CS 50.11ACreating Webpages Using HTML and CSS 11.50
CS 50.11BCreating Webpages Using HTML and CSS 21.50
MEDIA 19Multi-Camera Studio Production4.00
MEDIA 21Intermediate Digital Filmmaking4.00
MEDIA 22Screenwriting3.00

Term Effective: Fall 2014

The requirements for this program of study are effective beginning the semester shown above. If you began working on this program before the effective semester, you may not be affected by the changes. Consult with the program contact person or the department chair to determine your eligibility to complete the program under previous requirements.

Term Inactive: Fall 2015

Previous Versions:

Digital Media: Digital Filmmaking - effective Fall 2012
Digital Media: Digital Filmmaking - effective Spring 2011

Course Prerequisites and Advisories:

Courses in a program of study may have prerequisites or advisories; that is, courses that must or should be completed before taking that course. Please check for prerequisites or advisories by clicking on the course numbers in the Program Requirements section.

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