Certificate In Film Production
The Certificate in Film Production is designed to help students develop expertise in all the areas of film, including screenwriting, acting, directing, producing as well as the technical aspects of film and digital video production.
Students participate fully in the production structure of film-making in a variety of positions, such as camera operator, cinematographer, director and screenwriter, in addition to gaining hands on experience in the post-production process of picture and sound editing.
The program also covers basic film studies, including the history of film, because students making films learn from watching other films and analyzing how they work.
The broad range of the program not only prepares students for a variety of positions, but also helps them in making informed choices in pursuing opportunities or specialized training.
The Certificate in Film Production can be taken as a stand-alone certificate program or in conjunction with a degree program, with the approval of the appropriate faculty. Students interested in majoring in Film Production should consider instead the Film Production option in the Media Arts & Cultures program.
Candidates for admission to the Certificate Program must meet the university's requirements for admission to the Bachelor of Arts or for admission as a mature student. Enrollment in the Certificate in Film Production is limited. The stand-alone certificate is a part-time program. Students with limited or no university background who are enrolled in the stand-alone certificate should bear in mind that some upper-level courses have prerequisites that must be met, and where appropriate should consider taking advantage of the university’s writing and skills development programs.
Some courses for the Certificate in Film Production may be scheduled in late afternoon or evening time slots.
Program Structure
The Certificate in Film Production program consists of 30 credit hours. Of these, 21 credit hours are from required courses; the remainder is from electives. Normally a grade of C or better is required for each course in the program.
Required Courses
FILM 2909 / ENGL 2909 International Film History (3 ch)
FILM 3903 / ENGL 3903 Film Theory (3 ch)
FILM 3999 Video Production (3 ch)
Selected Core Courses (12 credit hours of core courses must be selected. If students choose to take all 18 credit hours the courses from this group, the extra credit hours will be counted toward their electives.)
FILM/ENGL 3183 Screen Writing and Writing for the New Media (3 ch)
FILM 3998 Film Production (3 ch)
FILM 3980 Directing and Acting for Film (6 ch)
FILM 3981 Introduction to Directing and Acting for Film and Video (3 ch)
FILM 4001 Advanced Production (3 ch)
Electives (9 credit hours must be selected)
ENGL 2263 Shakespeare and Film (3 ch)
ENGL 3906-9 Film Genre (3 ch)
ENGL 3916-9 National Cinemas (3 ch)
GER/WLCS/FILM/MAAC 3066 Trauma and Seduction: Early German Cinema (3 ch)
GER/WLCS/FILM/MAAC 3072 (Re)constructing National Identity: Contemporary German Cinema (3 ch)
HIST 1315 Canadian History on Film (3 ch)
HIST 3415 America at the Movies (3 ch)
HIST 3803 War through Film (3 ch)
MAAC/FILM 2022 The Art of Film (3 ch)
MAAC/FILM 2998 Digital Filmmaking I (3 ch)
MAAC/FILM 2999 Digital Filmmaking II (3 ch)
MAAC/FILM 3075 Framing Reality: Theory and Practice of Documentary Media (3 ch)
FILM/MAAC/WLCS 3082 History of Canadian Cinema (3 ch)
MAAC 3212 Lens Media (3 ch)
MAAC 3362 Sound Design (3 ch)
SPAN/WLCS 3455 Latin American Cinema (3 ch)
SPAN/WLCS 3456 The Cinema of Spain (3 ch)
WLCS 4053 Culture and Film: The Cinema of Transitional Democracies (3 ch)
Other film-related university courses may be approved as electives by the Film Production Certificate Advisor.
