Oct 07, 2024  
2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Film and Video Production Technical Certificate

Location(s): Macon Cove Campus, Union Avenue Campus


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The Film and Video Production Technical Certificate is designed to introduce students to the technical skills required to work in the entertainment industry: television/video directing, editing, production knowledge, narrative directing, narrative screenwriting, etc. Students will perform all essential tasks in a television studio environment, including equipment operation, and work through rotating assignments on studio crews. Upon completing this program, a certificate holder will be qualified to work in the industry as an entry-level videographer, video editor, sound technician, floor director, basic script writer, switching/graphics operator, teleprompter operator, or sound engineer.


Program Learning Outcomes

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

  • perform all basic tasks in a television studio environment, including the operation of equipment, and work through rotating assignments on studio crews.
  • perform all basic tasks in video editing, including editing videos, mixing sound, using transitions, and creating motion using still images and text.
  • identify and utilize the components and settings of cameras; microphones; three-key, studio, and outdoor lighting; and live studio and on-location directing. 
  • demonstrate technical competence, visual composition, cinematic exposure standards, and thematic relevance in both television and narrative film production. 

First Semester: 9 Credit Hours


Total Credit Hours: 18


*GART 2516 has prerequisites of GART 1040 and GART 1070, GART 2512 has a prerequisite of GART 1000, and GART 2522 has a prerequisite of GART 1070, so a “prerequisite waiver” permit will be required. Only the Communication Department can distribute this permit. Contact Patsy Fancher, (901) 333-4151; Cathy Levine, (901) 333-5346; or Bill Turner, 901-333-5350.


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