Cinema Studies
10 courses · Santiago Canyon College · 2025-2026 Catalog
Classes: Summer 2026
CINE 103 History of Film to 1945
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
A survey course exploring film as an art form and developing an appreciation of historical, artistic and technical advances from the 1890s to 1945. Former Title: TV/Video Communications 103, History of Film to 1945 (2018)
CINE 104 History of Film From 1945 to Present
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
A lecture/visual aids course exploring film as an art form and developing appreciation of historical, artistic and technical advances.
CINE 105 Mass Media and Society
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Exploration of the history, effects, and role of mass media in U.S. society. Examines major media forms (TV, radio, film, newspapers, magazines, ads, internet) in our information-conscious culture. Field trips may be required.
CINE 107 Great Directors
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This class involves a survey and critical analysis of films by various film directors within the Film Industry. The class will deconstruct a film director's work (instructor's choice) throughout the course of the semester, focusing specifically on technical, thematic and socio-cultural similarities that span the director's career. Students will be expected to articulate specific insights into the director's work through essay writing and exams. Emphasis on auteur theory, film style and visionary contributions to film history.
CINE 108 Film Genres
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Critical survey of a variety of film genres, including gangster, musical, comedy, film noir, Westerns, and others. Hollywood, independent and international examples, from different time periods.
CINE 122 Screenwriting for Digital Media
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU
Writing scripts for digital media. Scriptwriting fundamentals, format, dramatic structure; and applying skills to use in the form of non-narrative and narrative scripts for clients and employers.
CINE 124 Introduction to Digital Media Production
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 90 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course introduces Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) video acquisition, dual channel audio acquisition, lighting and non-linear digital editing equipment. Students will use professional procedures from pre-production through post-production to develop, produce and execute to completion various commercial and industrial video formats applicable to digital production.
CINE 130 Film Appreciation
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
This course provides a background in understanding the aesthetics used in television, motion pictures, video games, and digital media and explores the development and impact of mediated messages. The interplay and structuring of elements of sight, sound, and motion as message components, and their capacity to generate impressions, stimulate feelings, shape attitudes, and convey information are examined.
CINE 150A Film/TV Producing I
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Transfers to
- CSU
Introduction to all aspects of planning the production of film and TV projects. Students are taught the skills to estimate, calculate, negotiate and evaluate all costs, legal concerns, insurance issues, permits, and pitfalls. Project budgets and organization for shorts, music videos, commercials, documentaries, and low-budget narrative films are examined.
CINE 150B Film/TV Producing II
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 contact hours total
- Advisory
- CINE 150A (Film/TV Producing I)
- Transfers to
- CSU
Continued study of planning the production of feature film and large-scale TV projects. Students are taught the skills to estimate, calculate, negotiate and evaluate all costs, legal concerns, insurance issues, permits, and pitfalls. Project budgets and organization for feature films are examined.