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Communication, Entertainment & Media Arts (CEMA)
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Students are encouraged to enter

The 2008 Backlot Film Festival

The festival is open fiction features and documentaries, fiction shorts and documentaries, music videos and student films. Deadline for entries is March 1, 2008. The Festival will run from April 2-5, at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Culver City, CA.            for more info, click here

 
 

The Communication, Entertainment and Media Arts (CEMA) Division offers courses in Broadcasting, Cinema, Theater and Multimedia Courses in Cooperation with the Fine Arts Division. Students participating in the CEMA program will receive hands-on training and learn industry standards and best practices which will enable students to develop character and gain experience to compete in the professional world of communications and entertainment media.

SKILL CERTIFICATE IN CINEMA 15 UNITS

Students earning a Skill Certificate in Cinema acquire a broad, general understanding of film theory, history, and production. Students will get hands-on experience in film production and be instructed in the mechanics of writing for film. They will have the opportunity to analyze screenplays, write a script, and/or produce their own short video or film. Courses are offered in screen writing, script treatment, content development, film history and analysis, and producing and editing of a digital short film.

Required Courses (units)

  • CINEMA 1 Introduction to Motion Picture Production (3 units)

  • CINEMA 3 History of Motion Pictures (3 units)

  • CINEMA 5 Introduction to Screenwriting (3 units)

  • PLUS 6 UNITS FROM THE FOLLOWING:

    • ART 639 Introduction to Digital Imaging (3 units)

    • BRDCST 1 Fundamentals of Radio and TV Broadcasting (3 units)

    • BRDCST 7 Radio Announcing I (3 units)

    • BRDCST 12 Broadcast Station Operation l (3 units)

    • BRDCST 14 Broadcast Station Management (3 units)

    • BRDCST 25 Radio/TV/Film Writing (3 units)

    • BRDCST 911 Cooperative Education 1

    • BRDCST 921 Cooperative Education 2

    • BRDCST 931 Cooperative Education 3

    • BRDCST 941 Cooperative Education 4

    • CINEMA 18 Main Currents in Motion Pictures (3 units)

    • CINEMA 107 Understanding Motion Pictures (3 units)

    • CINEMA 111 Cinema: Developing Content for Movies (3 units)

    • CINEMA 112 Script Analysis (3 units)

    • CINEMA 931 Cooperative Education (3 units)

    • ENGLISH 240 Literature and the Motion Picture (3 units)

    • MULTIMD 100 Introduction to Multimedia Computer Applications (3 units)

    • MULTIMD 210 Digital Editing (3 units)

    • MULTIMD 320 Web Design (3 units)

  • TOTAL UNITS: 15 or 16

SKILL CERTIFICATE IN RADIO BROADCASTING 15 UNITS

The Radio Broadcasting curriculum is designed to provide study and training leading to an occupation for students seeking employment in the radio broadcasting industry.

Required Courses (units)

  • BRDCST 1 Fundamentals of Radio and TV Broadcasting (3 units)

  • BRDCST 7 Radio Announcing I (3 units)

  • BRDCST 12 Broadcast Station Operation (3 units)

  • BRDCST 14 Broadcast Station Management (3 units)

  • BRDCST 931 Cooperative Education (3 units)

  • TOTAL UNITS: 15

SKILL CERTIFICATE IN THEATER ARTS 15 UNITS

This Certificate offers courses designed to refresh and update play writing, theater history, management, and acting skills for live theater, as well as acting for television, film and the virtual stage of multimedia.

Required Courses (units)

  • THEATER 100 Introduction to the Theater (3 units)

  • THEATER 110 History of the World Theater (3 units)

  • THEATER 200 Introduction to Acting (3 units)

  • PLUS 6 UNITS FROM THE FOLLOWING:

    • SPEECH 135 Storytelling (3 units)

    • THEATER 130 Playwriting (3 units)

    • THEATER 233 Play Production (3 units)

    • THEATER 240 Voice and Articulation for the Theater (3 units) (Same as Speech 111)

    • THEATER 265 Movement for the Actor (2 units)

    • THEATER 271 Intermediate Acting (2 units)

    • THEATER 275 Scene Study (2 units)

    • THEATER 278 Film and Television Acting (3 units)

    • THEATER 285 Directed Study - Theater (2 units)

    • THEATER 300 Introduction to Stage Craft (3 units)

    • THEATER 501 Introduction to Motion Picture Production (3 units)

    • THEATER 505 History of Motion Pictures (3 units) (Same as Cinema 3)

    • THEATER 931 Cooperative Education - Theater (3 units)

  • TOTAL UNITS 15

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Certificate Programs

Skill Certificate in Cinema

Skill Certificate in Radio Broadcasting

Skill Certificate in Theatre Arts

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Chairperson
- John Jordan

SUBJECT FIELDS
Broadcasting
Cinema
Theater Arts

FACULTY

John Jordan


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