Your passion is motion picture entertainment. Movies inspire you. You're inventive, tenacious and dedicated. You're a self-starter who is determined to succeed. You have a visual imagination.

Your goal is to be a top professional in the motion picture industry. You want to be where the action is when the cameras roll—on set, in studio, or on location. You want to work with the best and be the best you can be.

You're always willing to learn. You don't mind hard work or crazy hours. You're positive and energetic. You work well under pressure and can collaborate with a team. Low budgets? No problem, you'll make a plan. Money, fame, and awards? Sure, that would be nice, but it's more about doing what you love in life.

Motion picture production is a fascinating combination of creativity and high technology. It is a truly multi-disciplinary environment and you can expect a wide variety of opportunities and experience working in this business.

This comprehensive two-year diploma program will give you excellent hands-on training in all the basic aspects of film, television, and digital video production techniques. You'll write, direct, shoot, and edit your own student projects. You'll watch the landmark films, and study the history and theory of cinema. You'll learn how to communicate using the medium. We'll teach you how to make motion pictures—not to pass exams. And we'll help you define your artistic identity.

Motion picture production and broadcast television have been identified as growing industries in Ghana and sub-Saharan Africa it is also an enormous industry worldwide. The opportunities are all there: feature films, short films, commercials, documentaries, television work, corporate video production, and more. There are a great many creative and technical skills needed out there.

Broadcast Television is an enormous industry worldwide. As a profession it offers a fascinating combination of creativity and technology. It is an immediate, multi-disciplinary environment which offers a wide variety of work opportunities in television news, sport, drama, music, variety, education, and many related fields.

This comprehensive Two-year Diploma program will give you excellent hands-on training in all the basic aspects of Television Studio Production. You'll acquire the skills necessary to become the studio technician of your choice. You'll learn the different television technologies and formats, and you'll study studio production processes. You'll direct multi-camera studio productions such as dramas, sitcoms, game shows, panel discussions, and others. You'll learn to communicate using the television medium. You'll also study the history, theory, and role of television in society. It will be a packed year of study for participating students.

The qualification is intended to produce TV studio directors, camera operators, lighting technicians, production managers, vision controllers, vision mixers, and sound men - and meet the demand in the industry for skilled technicians.

Television has been identified as a major growth industry in South Africa - not only because of 2010! Broadcast television consumes many hundreds of hours of programming every day. Not surprisingly, the television and video production industries employ, by far, the most skilled technicians in the media and creative arts. South Africa also has a major corporate video industry and together these industries offer a wide variety of job opportunities for anyone with these specialist skills and the desire to work.

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DIPLOMA IN FILM, TELEVISION AND TELEVISION STUDIO PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES
Duration: 2 years

Diplomas are awarded in Scriptwriting, Directing, Camerawork and Lighting, Editing, and Production Management