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Digital Media: Digital Filmmaking Certificate Communications Studies Total Units: 21
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Term Effective: Fall 2021

Description:

The Certificate in Digital Filmmaking is designed for students interested in pursuing media production as a career or creative pursuit. The Certificate provides students with a basic overview of production with flexibility to pursue individual interests. Students will learn the language of cinema, how to use technology to capture images and sound, and how to edit digital media and craft stories. Students can choose to focus on fiction or non-fiction modes of production, and will work in teams using a variety of cutting-edge technologies to create original works.

The program prepares students for careers in the film and television industries by giving them a variety of hands-on opportunities, including: using industry standard technologies in the production of student-created content; working in crews and with industry professionals; contributing to SRJC’s award-winning student newspaper “The Oak Leaf” on important local and national stories; and participating in the Petaluma Cinema Series and Film Fest Petaluma.

State-of-the-art facilities include: a fully-functioning multicamera broadcast studio, student accessible digital media suites & VR lab, Petaluma Campus’ elegant 250-seat 4K motion picture theater -- the Carole L. Ellis Auditorium, and Santa Rosa Campus’ brand new 50-seat screening room.

Program Student Learning Outcomes:

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

  1. Analyze visual media from a technical, aesthetic, historic, and cultural point-of-view;
  2. Demonstrate fluency in the language of film production and criticism;
  3. Plan, organize, and execute the production of digital media projects;
  4. Collaborate effectively in production teams.

Program Requirements:

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

  • Complete 21 units from
    • Digital Media: Digital Filmmaking Core Requirements

Digital Media: Digital Filmmaking Core Requirements - complete 21.00 units
CS 74.21ADigital Video Post-Production Techniques 11.50
CS 74.21BDigital Video Post-Production Techniques 21.50
MEDIA 10Film Appreciation4.00
MEDIA 20Introduction to Digital Filmmaking4.00
MEDIA 51Audio for Film Production3.00
Complete any combination totaling at least 7.00 units from the following:
CourseDescriptionUnits
JOUR 55Multimedia Reporting4.00
MEDIA 19Multi-Camera Studio Production4.00
MEDIA 21Intermediate Digital Filmmaking4.00
MEDIA 22Screenwriting3.00

Term Effective: Fall 2021

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 2022

Previous Versions:

Digital Media: Digital Filmmaking - effective Fall 2020
Digital Media: Digital Filmmaking - effective Fall 2019
Digital Media: Digital Filmmaking - effective Fall 2015
Digital Media: Digital Filmmaking - effective Fall 2014
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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Communications Studies