Digital Filmmaking Introduction Short Course

Program Overview

This part-time, 8-week digital filmmaking course provides a comprehensive overview of filmmaking, from direction to editing. Led by an award-winning film director, the hybrid format includes online directing and screenwriting sessions and on-campus camera and editing classes. Students will develop their own film projects and gain skills in visual storytelling, sound, camera, and post-production techniques. The program is ideal for those interested in filmmaking as a career or for creating high-quality short videos.

Program Outline

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Description of the program:

• The program is a part-time, 8-week digital filmmaking course.
• The course is dynamic and highly practical.
• The course provides a comprehensive overview of filmmaking, from direction to camera, production, and editing.
• The course is led by an award-winning film director, producer, and screenwriter.
• The course is taught in a hybrid format with initial directing and screenwriting sessions taught online followed by camera and editing classes at City's main campus in central London.
• The course includes each student having access to a camera for their weekend shoot and individual editing stations at the University.

Key features:

• The course focuses on the pre-production, production, and post-production stages of digital filmmaking.
• The course will help students develop their own film projects.
• The course will help students understand the creative use of sound, camera, and post-production techniques.
• The course will help students become skilled in visual storytelling.
• The course will help students practice writing a pre-visualized scene.
• The course will help students learn how editing further develops a story through pace and point of view.

Additional information:

• The program is ideal for those with a personal or professional interest in filmmaking.
• The program is ideal for those looking to build a career in film or wish to gain skills to create their own short videos to a high standard.
• The program is not accredited, but students will be awarded an official City, University of London certificate if they attend at least 70 percent of the classes.