Creative Video
Department Information
Departments of Art, English, Communication,
Theatre and Dance
College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
Office: Robinson Hall 220
Phone: (510) 885-3118
Professor
Thomas C. Hird (Theatre and Dance), M.F.A. University of California, Los Angeles
Program Director: Thomas C. Hird
Program Description
The field of video production, for television as well as for corporate and educational uses, is expanding rapidly and there is much demand by employers for people with these skills. Other programs and courses at Cal State East Bay feature documentary and news production (COMM); stage acting (THEA); fiction writing for the printed page and the Internet (ENGL). This program introduces a new dimension to each of these areas: fictional or creative video. The new minor enables these departments to collaborate and actually create several videos of broadcast quality each year, giving students the opportunity to learn skills by practicing them.
Minor Requirements
Complete 31 units from the following:
- ART 3820 Digital Video (4)
(has prerequisites that are not included in the program) - COMM 3100 Television Production/Direction (4)
- ENGL 2070 Beginning Workshop in Fiction (4)
- THEA 1020 Discover Acting (3) or THEA 2005 Acting Fundamentals: Improvisation (3)
- THEA 3052 Acting for the Camera (4)
- Select 4 units of lower division COMM coursework with consent of department (4)
- Select 4 units of upper division COMM coursework with consent of department (4)
- Select 4 units of upper division THEA coursework with consent of department (4)
Certificate Program
The certificate program in Creative Video consists of 27 units.
- Required Courses (11 units)
- COMM 3100 Television Production/Direction (4)
- ENGL 2070 Beginning Workshop in Fiction (4)
- THEA 1020 Discover Acting (3) or THEA 2005 Acting Fundamentals: Improvisation (3)
- Electives (16 units)
- ART 3820 Digital Video (4) (has prerequisites that are not included in the program)
- THEA 3052 Acting for the Camera (4)
- Select 4 units of upper division THEA coursework covering teleplay acting and production, with consent of department (4)
- Select 4 units of upper division COMM coursework with consent of department (4)
