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School of Business and Applied Technologies - Film Program
Film Crew Training I and II
So You Want to Work in Film?
Student Filmmaking Opportunity!
Read about the New Visions/New Mexico 2009 Filmmakers Program
The program annually awards a total of $160,000 (up to $20,000 per project) to local filmmakers to help fund their original narrative, documentary, animation and experimental film projects. Application deadline is October 16, 2009. Download application here, or pick up a hard copy the Film Office, room 550 on the SFCC campus.
Santa Fe Community College's new Film Crew Certificate program offers classes, internships and entrepreneurial opportunities to help you get there! Film Crew I is the first course to begin the process of getting the experience and training you need to work in the motion picture industry:
- Understand film production process
- Organize crews and production schedules to produce motion pictures
- Understand basic on-set protocols and professional behaviors
- Develop and implement basic on-set safety procedures
- Assist professional producers and directors in pre-production and post-production used in motion pictures
Students successfully completing the Film Crew Training I class may then opt to participate in the internship program or continue on to more specialized classes including Film Crew Training II that looks at the management jobs on a movie set and specialized classes in make-up artistry. All our classes are taught by professionals currently producing work in the film and media industry.
Some examples of recent student work include:
A virtual tour of the Santa Fe Solid Waste Management and Recycling facility. This project was produced and directed by students in SFCC's film crew internship class and edited in collaboration with Santa Fe Digital Post.
Production stills for Fool's Gold, filmed in New Mexico with SFCC student interns.
FILM 140, FILM 140 01 CRN 21038
Film Crew Training I
8/22 to 12/11/09
Saturdays 9:00 - 12:00 pm, Mondays 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Instructors: Matt Page, Monique Anair and Windy Earls
This course will be taught by working film professionals. Content will be lecture and hands-on. Students complete the semester by working as part of an actual film crew. Offered in collaboration with IATSE film union and NM Film Office designed to train below-the-line film crew members. Instructor's note: Anyone interested in working in the New Mexico film industry will find this course valuable. Students wishing to be directors or producers will learn all aspects of how a film is made and the work needed to complete a successful project.
FILM 141, CRN 21039
Film Crew Training II
8/22 to 12/11/09
Saturdays 9:00 - 12:00 pm, Mondays 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Instructor: Vanja Aljinovic
This is the second level of the film crew training program that is designed to train students to become working members of film crews. It will be taught by working film professionals. Content will be lecture and hands-on. Students will learn script breakdown, budgeting and scheduling and the essential tools for managing a successful film shoot. Students complete the semester by working as part of an actual film crew. Offered in collaboration with IATSE film union and NM Film Office designed to train below-the-line film crew members. Prerequisite: FILM 140. Instructor's note: This second class is for anyone who wants to gain the skills to be a successful producer, assistant director, unit production manager, production coordinator or for those seeking to eventually produce and direct their own motion pictures.
FILM 298 CRN 21053
Film Crew Internship
8/22 to 12/11/09
Times: TBA
Instructor: Monique Anair
This course provides students with an opportunity to enlarge and complete their learning experience by taking paid and non-paid positions in a real working environment. Students must have successfully completed Film Crew Training I to participate in the internship program. Instructor's note: After taking Film Crew Training I, students may sign up to take the internship program. We work with productions state-wide to provide opportunities for students to explore jobs in the New Mexico film industry.
For more information, please contact Sandra DuCharme, (505) 428-1421, filminfo@sfccnm.edu.