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Video Production Technician CC
Digital Media and Communications Department | C.P.C.C. Career Pathway Certificate of Completion | 6 months
Clackamas Community College offers a wide variety of classes in the fast-paced field of digital media communications. In less than one year, earn a Video Production Technician certificate and gain skills in video creation, editing and even animation.
Lights! Camera! Career! The Video Production Technician certificate prepares students for positions in multimedia productions. Work behind the scenes in film and television to make dreams a reality in positions such as audio and video equipment technician, broadcast technician, camera operator, film/video editor, media and communication equipment worker, multimedia artist or animator.
Video Production Technician CC
You will develop some exciting new skills in this program. Among these new skills, you should be able to:
- Capture and edit video
- Create digital effects and animation video for web-based applications
- Design, shoot and record audio for movie post-production
Careers
Career opportunities include:
- audio and video equipment technicians;
- broadcast technician;
- camera operators;
- film/ video editor;
- media and communication equipment workers;
- media and communication workers;
- digital media artists and animators.
Job Market
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PROGRAM CODE: CC.VIDEOPRODTECH
The Video Production Technician certificate prepares students for entry level positions in the field of video production. Students attain knowledge and learn skills to seek careers in creative and support professions related to video production, such as visual and audio editing, production, post production, sound design, duplication production assistant, camera operators, digital media artists and animators, titling, and motion graphics.PROGRAM OUTCOMES
Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:
- create and produce a work by logging and capturing raw video, cutting video sequences into individual shots, generating text to place into video and using skills with software to produce a professionally edited video;
- demonstrate skills and understanding in visual editing by assembling shots into cohesive and meaningful order within a timeline and use effects such as video transitions and color correction;
- demonstrate skills and understanding in audio editing by adjusting audio levels and apply audio crossfades;
- demonstrate competency in entry-level positions in the field of video production;
- display skills and knowledge of software used in the digital media industry by using the software to create the work and using advanced techniques like, compositing multiple video clips together.
Video Production Technician Core Requirements
Complete COMM-100Z or PSY-101
- COMM-100Z
- Introduction to Communication
- 4
- PSY-101
- Human Relations
- 3
Complete DMC-247 or MUS-247
- DMC-247
- Sound for Media
- 3
- MUS-247
- Sound for Media
- 3
Complete DMC-291 or DMC-292
- DMC-291
- Digital Media Communications Portfolio Project I
- 4
Complete the following Core Requirements
- BA-101
- Introduction to Business
- 4
- DMC-100
- Introduction to Media Arts
- 3
- DMC-104
- Digital Video Editing
- 4
- DMC-106
- Animation & Motion Graphics I
- 4
- DMC-242
- Field Recording for Media
- 1
- DMC-264
- Digital Filmmaking
- 4
- WR-121Z
- Composition I
- 4
- WR-262
- Introduction to Screenwriting
- 4
