Certificate of Achievement (Transcripted): Agency Film Production
Below is a sample academic plan that shows you how you can complete your Certificate in a timely manner. Your path may look different depending on your circumstances?for example, if you attend part-time, choose to take Intersession or Summer courses, or have earned prior credit (Credit for Prior Learning, Dual Enrollment, Transfer Credit). You are required to meet with a counselor to set up a comprehensive education plan that is tailored to your individual circumstances and goals.
This certificate will introduce and develop core single-camera production skills including producing, directing, filming, and editing videos for clients. Students will use the same production process used for narrative and documentary filmmaking, but learn how to do so to meet client business needs for marketing and training. Upon completion of this certificate program, students will be eligible for entry-level employment as Producers, Production Assistants, Editors, Videographers, Assistant Directors, and Project Managers.
The core competencies for an agency filmmaker include: communication skills: writing, interpersonal, business and organizational; digital visual acumen to visualize, compose, and film a scene; digital organizational and assembly of storytelling images and sounds; technical acumen for both digital cameras and editing software. The Student Learning Outcomes include: an ability to communicate with clients and determine a visual and aural product that meets the clients' goals and objectives. Concepting a finished product that will meet the clients' needs and budget, and will meaningfully convey the intended message. The student will also be able to operateprofessional digital cameras and be able to compose shots and film scenesthatmeetall professional standards for: focus, white balance, composition, color and texture. The student will also be able to operate professional video software so that theycan ingest digital footage, arrange files on a timeline to tell a meaningful story, and export the finished product to common digital file for playback.