CINEMA / TV

Movies, short films, and television series begin with an idea.  Screenwriting classes provide students with the skills for writing a feature film, television series, or short film project. Students will be guided from the initial stage of their ideas, ‘breaking' their stories, outlining them, and then, writing their scripts, beginning with "FADE IN," and ending with "FADE OUT." 

Our faculty bring their professional experience to the classroom to help you realize your dreams of writing for film and television.  

Cinema Certificate: Screenwriting

If you love the idea of finding stories, developing them, and working on the project until it is released,  producing might be for you.  There are many types of producers and our program helps you to understand the different roles while developing the skills to become a producer.  Students will develop skills in writing, pre-production, production, and knowledge of the business of motion picture and television, including new media platforms.

Cinema Certificate: Producing

The Cinematography courses are designed to provide students with advanced skills in below-the-line supervising, single-camera cinematography, production and post-production. Technical skills are emphasized for the jobs of cinematographer, camera operator, camera assistant, and data manager, as well as coloring and post-production processes.

Cinema Certificate: Cinematography

Post Production competency prepares students for careers in film, video, audio and special effects editing, as well as post-production management. Cinema and television students master procedures and techniques for picture and audio editing using non-linear software and other elements of sound design to create final soundtracks for media production. 

Students will learn Adobe Premiere Pro and Avid Media Composer. 

Cinema Certificate: Post Production

The director is the lead creative vision for the film. Directing students are trained in the craft of directing primarily for single-camera film production. Students learn a broad array of directorial skills with emphasis on the role of the director as storyteller, visualization of the script, and rehearsing and directing scenes with actors. Directing skills also prepare individuals for careers as producers, especially in episodic television productions. 

Cinema Certificate: Directing

Students earning the Sound for Film certificate of achievement will have received the hands-on training, technical competence, historical context, and principles needed to enter the entertainment work force and launch a career in audio post-production. The classes offered prepare students for a number of industry careers including audio and video technician, sound engineering technician, film and video editor, dialogue editor, ADR recorder/mixer, foley recorder/mixer, re-recording mixer, and sound designer.

Cinema Certificate: Sound for Film

The Television Production certificate of achievement provides students with hands-on skills in multiple-camera studio pre-production, production, and post-production. Students may successfully transition into the entertainment industry with this certificate, both in scripted television sitcom and drama series, and in reality programming. The careers for which LACC helps its students prepare include producers, writers, directors, camera operators, lighting directors, grips and electricians, picture and sound editors, colorists, sound engineers, and production assistants.

Associate Degree: Television Production

Television Certificate: Production

As you prepare for your area of focus, you will take a group of core courses. 

• Cinema 001: 
• Cinema 002: 
• Cinema 003:
• Cinema 004:

or

• Cinema 018:

The Film, Television, and Electronic Media Associate in Science transfer degree is designed to prepare the student for transfer to four-year institutions of higher education and is specifically intended to satisfy lower division requirements for a baccalaureate degree in Cinema and/or Television and/or Media Arts at a California State University, and may apply to other baccalaureate programs.

The AS-T degree coursework provides students with a comprehensive learning environment of both class work in film and television history and theory and hands-on experiences to provide students with the technical skills and creative guidance to prepare them for both for transfer and careers in the entertainment industry.

Associate Degree for Transfer