Program
Three degrees. Twenty-six certificates. Two departments.
Filmmaking at Cabrillo sits across Art Photography and Digital Media, and draws on other departments around the college: English for story, Music for sound, Theatre Arts for directing. Take the transfer degree, or take one certificate and go to work. Most students end up combining them.
Degrees
Two in Art Photography, one in Digital Media.
Film, Television, and Electronic Media
Associate in Science for Transfer · Art Photography
Guaranteed admission to the CSU system on completion. Producing, script writing, directing, camera, editing, and audio for video, streaming and broadcast.
Art Photography
Associate in Arts · Art Photography
The image-making degree: traditional and digital photography, alternative processes, and using images professionally.
Graphic Design
Associate in Science · Digital Media
Design, typography and interactive work. The degree students take when the finished thing is a screen rather than a screening.
Certificates
Fourteen in Art Photography, twelve in Digital Media. They stack toward a degree, so nothing you finish goes to waste.
Art Photography · Certificates of Achievement 6 awards
Cinema Arts Studies
Digital Photography
Historical and Alternative Photographic Processes
Image Use in Professional Settings
Traditional Black and White Photography
Video
Art Photography · Certificates of Completion 8 awards
Advanced Photography and Visual Media
Basic Photoshop for Photography
Basic Technical Photography
Black and White Technical Photography
Photography Skills for Marketing and Outreach
Photography Technician
Portrait Photography
Video
Digital Media · Certificates of Achievement 7 awards
Digital Illustration
Digital Imaging
Game and Interactive Media Design
Graphic Design
Typography
User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX)
Web Design
Digital Media · Certificates of Completion 5 awards
Art and Maker Entrepreneurship Online
Introduction to UI/UX Design
Motion Graphics
Web Design and Development
WordPress Web Design and Development
Award names as they appear in the Cabrillo catalog. See the requirements for each →
Who teaches you
Working filmmakers and photographers who teach the classes themselves.
Lesley Louden
Program Chair · Art Photography
Leads Art Photography. Teaches beginning photography, and photography as a way into new media and social change.
Greg Mettler
Program Co-Chair · Art Photography
Co-chairs the program alongside Lesley Louden.
Gabriel J. Medina
Instructor · Digital Media and Art Photography
M.F.A. in Film and Television Producing from USC’s Peter Stark Producing Program. Chicano film producer and founder of Calavera Media.
Janet Fine
Photography Lab Technician · Art Photography Instructor
Runs the photo lab where students check out the cameras, lights and microphones they shoot with, and teaches in Art Photography.
Real gear, no rental fee
Once you are enrolled in one of our production courses you have access to the gear you need to finish your film, booked through the Film Hub at no cost. Everything is here for you to use, so you can start these classes with nothing but an idea.
Edit lab
A computer lab running Adobe Creative Cloud. Premiere Pro for the cut, plus the rest of the suite for graphics, sound and finishing. No personal subscription needed to do the work here.
Studio
A space to shoot in, with a green screen when a scene needs compositing, and somewhere your crew can sit down together and plan.
Cameras
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Cameras, a Sony FX3, and twelve Canon bodies, so everyone shoots.
Lighting and grip
LED kits, C-stands, light stands, diffusion and reflectors, matte box, 35mm glass.
Sound
Rode microphone kits and recorders for dialogue and location sound.
Support and movement
Tripods, gimbals and smartphone rigs. The everyday kit that actually gets used.
Photo lab
Darkroom facilities, alternative process capability, digital workstations and studio lighting.
Screening room
Where dailies get watched, cuts get argued over, and the student festival plays at the end of the fall.
Not sure which path?
Not sure which class to start with, or whether this fits around your job? Ask us. A real instructor answers.