Digital Cinema Production Certificate

Division: Visual and Performing Arts

PROGRAM CODE: 1C30289N
Financial Aid Eligible

The Digital Cinema Production certificate provides production knowledge and skills used by digital artists to perform a variety of production duties in the live-action areas of motion picture and time-based media creation. This certificate is the second certificate in a sequence of skills based certificates for Digital Cinema. To earn a certificate, complete the required courses as listed with a grade of C or better. At least 50% of all course work must be completed at Cypress College. This certificate requires a total of 21 units.

Required Courses are listed in suggested sequence (21 units):
MAD 188 CBeginning Single Camera Production3
MAD 108 CDigital Video Production (formerly Digital Video Production I-Windows)3
MAD 182 CCinematography3
MAD 185 CDocumentary Film Production (formerly Documentary Digital Cinema)3
or MAD 186 C Film and Video Field Productions (formerly Live Event Video and Audio Production)
MAD 189 CCinematography II3
MAD 191 CFilm Noir Genre3
or MAD 192 C Great Directors of Cinema
or MAD 198 C Horror Film Genre
or MAD 195 C Science Fiction Film Genre
or MAD 126 C Crime Film Genre
or MAD 128 C Comedy Film Genre
MAD 295 CMedia Arts Design Internship3
Total Units21

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Outcome 1: Acquire the workforce preparation skills including production basics, camera production, lighting, motion design and film theory skills necessary for a career in the field of digital film production.

Outcome 2: Acquire real world skills with client-based work necessary in the field of digital film productions.


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