Higher Certificate in Digital Film Production
Your Dream Career in Film is Only Limited by Your Imagination
Available at
Cape Town,
Johannesburg
Duration
1 Year, 3 to 4 Sessions a Week (including 1 Virtual Session)
Higher Certificate in Digital Film Production
Course Durations
1 Year, 3 to 4 Sessions a Week (including 1 Virtual Session)
Type of Study
Part-Time
Admission Requirement
National Senior Certificate with Higher Certificate entry, or equivalent. Communication in English at NQF 4. Maths/ Maths Literacy NQF 4. Computer Literacy NQF 3.
Qualification
Higher Certificate in Film Production (SAQA ID: 87006, NQF Level 5)
Intake per Year
March & July
Fee Schedule
Your Career in Film Production Begins Now
COURSE OVERVIEW
Higher Certificate in Digital Film Production is designed to provide students with experience in the many facets of digital film production, fostering creative confidence and artistic independence within a hands-on learning environment.
The programme covers the technical and creative components of digital film making including: conceptualisation, screenwriting, project development, digital camera operation, lighting, production management, directing, editing, sound design, motion graphics and VFX. In creating their own projects, students develop the necessary skills to become film makers.
Course Aims
This curriculum is very specifically designed to impart the necessary skills for an individual to be employable in the global film industry, through exposure to the many technical and creative aspects that are components of motion picture story-telling in all of its shapes and forms.
Unlike many other creative media schools, SAE’s students have access to film and sound gear for use on personal projects on top of the normal requirements for course assignments.
Skills You Will Learn
Cinematography
Editing
Screenwriting and adaptions
Production management
Directing
Motion Graphics and Visual Effects
TV commercial production
Documentary production
Narrative film production
Multicam production
Film studies
Creative projects
Career Opportunities
- Editor
- Grip
- Camera operator
- Lighting operator
- Assistant Director
- Screenwriter
- Producer
- Boom Operator
- Compositor and Visual Effects Artist
