Cabrillo College · Film, Television & Electronic Media
Make films here.
You learn camera, sound, lighting and editing by making films. By the end of the fall you have finished one, with your name on it.
Two courses, taken together.
Video Art I and Preproduction run alongside each other every fall, with the same students in both. One teaches you to shoot and cut; the other teaches you to run a production.
Video Art I
Single-camera video as a lens-based art form, open to complete beginners. You make two films: a team documentary you cut yourself, then a scripted narrative short.
Preproduction for Video, Photography, and Media
The filmmaking process taught through project management. The class takes one narrative short from idea to finished film, and every student holds a real job on it.
Students are provided the equipment to complete their projects: cameras, lights and microphones from the photo lab, and lab machines running Premiere Pro. See what the degree requires →
Nyctophobia
Narrative · Fall 2025
Audience Choice for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Cinematography.
By the end of
Your film goes in front of a room.
Everyone finishes a film. The class then votes on which ones play the festival at the end of the fall, and the audience there picks the winners.
About the festivalWhere to next
Program Degrees, certificates, the people who teach, and the gear you get to use. Courses What the degree actually requires, course by course. Student work Finished films, and the awards the audience voted for. Screenings The festival at the end of the fall. Casting & crew How to get on a student set, on camera or behind it.
Interested in taking a class?
Admission, registration and fees are handled by the college. Start there, then come find us.
Already enrolled?
Your productions, paperwork, equipment and documents live in the Film Hub.