Television, Filmmaking and Digital Content Creation

Learn a variety of skills, from television production and digital filmmaking to web streaming and interactive content creation. Access to digital cameras, audio, lighting, and grip equipment, you can tell stories with impressive production value and add to your portfolio.

 

Find your career

Gain the knowledge and skills needed to find employment in the film and TV industry: 

  • Production designer
  • Videographer 
  • Assistant camera operator 
  • Camera operator (multi-camera and field) 
  • Audiovisual (AV) technician 
  • TV/film editor 
  • Graphic effects operator 
  • Film/TV sound technician 
  • Video and sound recorder 
  • Video recording technician 
  • Lighting technician 
  • Boom grip 
  • Camera crane operator 
  • Television assistant (TVA) 
  • Production assistant 
  • Grip (camera and lighting support) 
  • Assistant director 
  • Film/TV director 
  • Film producer 
  • Scriptwriter 
  • Production designer

 

Is it for you?

You may enjoy broadcasting, television filmmaking, and digital content creation if you are the kind of person who: 

  • Gets excited about multi-platform content creation. 
  • Enjoys working on short-term projects. 
  • Likes to travel and work in a variety of locations. 
  • Is available and flexible to work odd hours. 
  • Keeps up to date with current industry equipment and new technologies. 
  • Recognizes the importance of marketing, networking and relationship building, interacting and collaborating with other industry professionals.
  • Is a self-starter who enjoys being in control of their own earning potential and the other benefits that come with being self-employed.

 

How you'll learn

Learn how to meet the needs of the television and digital media broadcast industry by applying industry-standard production equipment, using strategies that enhance work performance: 

  • Create engaging content and deliver it through any medium. 
  • Operate industry standard production equipment, in-studio and on location, to create television, video, and/or web content for multiple platforms. 
  • Keep current with the needs of the television and digital media broadcast industry using strategies that enhance work performance and guide professional development. 
  • Plan and prepare interviews, scripts, and reporting content for use in television, video, or digital media productions. 
  • Participate in marketing activities to promote independent productions and/or a station’s brand and products. 
  • Evaluate the artistic and technical success of filmmaking and multimedia projects to build a toolkit of strategies to meet client and audience needs. 
  • Conduct work safely in accordance with all applicable acts, regulations, legislation, and codes to ensure personal and public safety. 

 

Experiential learning 

  • Participate in the planning and preparation of television, mobile, and/or web productions. 
  • Monitor and maintain the technical quality of productions during recording and broadcasts using resources, equipment, and protocols. 
  • Use business skills and accepted industry practices in the creation of television, video, and/or web productions. 
  • Deliver television, video, and digital or web content via multiple platforms in formats that meet current broadcast industry standards. 
  • Use creative solutions in filmmaking and multimedia projects to complete projects to client and audience expectations.