The Los Angeles Film School Online

Bachelor of Science in Digital Filmmaking

The Digital Filmmaking degree program immerses students in the art of digital video and film production for a variety of outlets. By utilizing the latest tools available to today’s media developers, students learn how to create professional content for broadcast television, online media, mobile applications, independent films and more.

The Digital Filmmaking Bachelor of Science degree program is a 120 semester credit hour degree program that is delivered 100% online through our unique Learning Management System (LMS)—a secure web-based platform that employs modern multimedia technologies and is accessible 24 hours a day via the Internet. Online students use this system to view video content, receive and submit project work and assignments, take tests and quizzes, communicate with instructors and classmates, and review grades and course progress. Our online learning environment utilizes a combination of interactive and web-based media to create a variety of instructional materials in support of dynamic, self-directed, and collaborative learning activities. These activities can provide students with a more diverse range of learning options and promote more meaningful collaboration between students and instructors.

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Our Mission, Your Education

Our program challenges you to grow and discover your unique artistic voice. We want you to become a “preditor”. That is one of the industry’s most sought after positions: the producer/director/editor. Our students learn the entire scope of production. We prepare you to have the aesthetic values, critical thinking, problem-solving and analytical skills needed to help you pursue a long and productive career in the entertainment industry.

We offer classes in:

• Producing
• Cinema History
• Directing
• Cinematography
• Sound
• Editing and more!

How it Works

Our degree program is delivered 100% online through our Learning Management System, a secure web-based multimedia platform that is accessible 24 hours a day.

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Gear and Software

First, there is your camera package. Lightweight and location-ready for the indie filmmaker, you’ll be the owner/operator of a Sony FS-5 Digital Cinema Camera with short shotgun microphone and windscreen and a 600 XB Bicolor LED Panel with barndoor and carrying case. Then you’ll receive a MacBook laptop loaded with the entire Adobe Creative Cloud application suite with programs like Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, Audition and more.*

*Specific types of gear and gear info subject to change without notice. Entertainment Business Completer program does not receive a laptop.

Objectives

The Digital Filmmaking degree program immerses students in the art of digital video and film production for a variety of outlets. By utilizing the latest tools available to today’s media developers, students learn how to create professional content for broadcast television, online media, mobile applications, and independent films. Throughout the program, students take courses that help them build a comprehensive understanding of digital content creation and storytelling, with a curriculum that strikes a balance between traditional film foundations and the latest production and postproduction techniques. Students learn how to master essential visual communication and video production methods for digital photography, HD video production, lighting, audio mixing, and nonlinear editing. Supporting classes also cover complementary career skills in computer business applications, finance management, production budgeting, and networking. Class projects will help students apply this knowledge as they craft their own visual and narrative pieces for different media. Students learn to take a story through the entire creative process, including developing a script, planning the logistics of production, working on location to capture their story on camera, as well as file management, editing, and distribution. To help students make the transition into their career after graduation, we’ve also got a team of Career Development professionals that can help students polish their interviewing skills and get them ready to enter the industry.