Cinema and Video Production
The Cinema program is designed to give you professional training in all phases of motion picture production. Our program has gained a national reputation because it teaches all aspects of film and video production, including directing, editing, camerawork, sound, and lighting. The program will also prepare you for a career in still photography.
Curriculum Highlights
- Freshman
- Basic Photography
- Production Fundamentals
- Professional Film & Video Camera
- Sophomore
- Basic Sound Techniques
- Editing for Film & Video I & II
- Fundamentals of Television
- Intermediate Sound Techniques
- Junior
- Video Production Seminar
- Cinema Directing
- Digital Imaging Techniques
- Screenwriting
- Senior
- Production Seminar
For further details see complete major information:
Cinema and Video Production Personal Opportunity Profile
You may also contact Admissions (1.800.BJ.AND.ME) to receive a printed copy of this information.
Key Courses
Production Fundamentals This course surveys the production process in both film and video, with attention to scripting, directing, shooting, sound recording, and editing concepts. You will learn the basic operation of small motion picture and video cameras, along with an introduction to non-linear editing.
Digital Imaging Techniques In this class you will learn to use digital imaging software that is quickly becoming the norm in this industry, with particular emphasis on PhotoShop as it applies to motion picture and video production.
Cinema Directing Here you will deal with the problems and responsibilities of the director in preparing a shooting script. The course includes pre-production planning and integrating of the various functions of the motion picture production and principles and methods in composition of films.
Career Opportunities
Our graduates are represented in a variety of related fields including:
- Working with the aerospace industry
- Successfully setting up still photography firms
- Photography directing for leading industrial firms
- Corporate media departments
- Advertising (through film, video, and multi-image)
- Professional studio photography
- Working with the Atomic Energy Commission
- Working with NASA
- Working with the U.S. Public Health Service
- Independent business communication specialists
- Video or audiovisual managers for Christian missions and other ministries
- Independent filmmakers in Christian film production and the business world