Managers - publishing, motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts

Producers, directors, and film editors

Directors of photography

Film and video camera operators

Other technical and coordinating occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting and the performing arts

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to communicate dramatic information, ideas, moods, and feelings through the making and producing of films and videos. These programs include courses in theory of film, film technology and equipment operation, film production, film directing, film editing, cinematographic art, film audio, techniques for making specific types of films and/or videos, media technologies, computer image making, multi-media production, and the planning and management of film/video operations.

Cinematography and film/video production

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Film/video and photographic arts.

Film/video and photographic arts, other

Cinema and Film Bachelor's Degrees

Film Diplomas

Managers in publishing, motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate operations within publishing firms, film, theatre and record production companies and broadcasting facilities. They are employed by radio and television stations, by newspaper, periodical and book publishing firms, and by film, theatre, record and video production companies.

Film and video camera operators operate motion picture and video cameras and related equipment to record news, live events, films, videos and television broadcasts. They are employed by television networks and stations, motion picture and video production companies and in-house communications facilities of large corporations.

Workers in other technical and coordinating occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting and the performing arts coordinate and perform specific activities for television, radio and motion picture productions, news broadcasts, theatre and stage productions, and other live or recorded productions. They are employed by television and radio stations and networks, recording studios, motion picture and video production companies, concert promoters and theatre, stage and dance companies.

Film Certificates

The BCIT’s Television & Video Production diploma program helps you develop all of the skills necessary for a career working on film, broadcast television, live events, and video production crew. Immerse yourself in every aspect of TV and video production, including writing, directing, producing, shooting, editing, lighting, and audio mixing. Through practical, hands-on experiences on sets, in studios, and on location, you’ll learn the technical and aesthetic skills needed to tell stories visually and impact audiences.

Television and Video Production: Diploma

This Indigenous Digital Filmmaking Diploma program offers creative and technical training for Indigenous students interested in film and TV production. You'll learn from Indigenous industry professionals and take courses in production design, Indigenous cinema studies, screenwriting, documentary, directing, and more. Graduates have gone on to crew across all production departments or work on their own productions.

Indigenous Digital Filmmaking Diploma

The Visual Effects for Film, Streaming and Immersive Media DIploma will help you develop your skills in digital compositing, modelling and texturing, 2D & 3D animation, visual effects software, matte painting, lighting and rendering, VFX shots and more.

You can gain a solid understanding of production schedules & methods and developing distinctive content while learning on the same equipment used by the VFX pros who create engrossing visual worlds on the big screen.

Visual Effects for Film, Streaming & Immersive Media Diploma

The Film Production Diploma is for students with a post-secondary degree interested in filmmaking, screenwriting and producing. You will learn theory and techniques of motion picture production with options to study more deeply in areas of documentary filmmaking, alternative cinema, screenwriting and producing. Additionally, you are expected to work collaboratively and create your own short films in your final year.

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