Video & Film Production Course Description

Students of Columbia Academy's Video & Film Production (VFP) program do the actual jobs done by today's video, film, and television professionals. Through this unique educational approach, you will graduate trained and experienced.

Columbia Academy maintains contact with members of the industry to ensure the training program offered is practical and relevant.

As video, film, and television production is a collaborative field, students will learn to function as members of an integrated production team on a wide variety of projects.

Through this process, you'll learn the skills required for positions in the video, film and television production industry and develop professional standards and attitudes towards your work.

In VFP, you'll complete six class projects (as well as possible personal or client projects) during your term, gaining experience in a variety of video, film & television production positions, such as:

(depending on the training stream chosen)

The Video & Film Production program is 48 weeks (12-months), comprised of twelve modules. Each module makes available a minimum of 80 hours of practical instruction and supervised Hands-On production training time working in both CA's video production studio, and in the field on production assignments. The learning environment is a simulated production center, where you'll progress through the ranks by working on class projects, individual projects, and real projects for outside clients.

Production assignments explore what really goes on in industry production environments. As a professional, personnel must work under constant deadlines; as such, the program's structure is designed to develop a strong sense of efficient time management.

Texts Include:

Textbook specific to student’s chosen training stream:
VFP Skills Workbook ^©
Columbia Academy Career Planning Workbook^©
(Weekly lecture notes e-mailed to participants)

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