Outcomes
Langara College’s Film Arts Program combines theoretical groundwork with a practical focus on:learning by “doing it” with a hands-on approach. This is achieved by producing festival quality videos, lighting the fire of creativity, and encouraging independent film-making. Students are encouraged through writing, directing, and acting, and then doing it in reverse, then doing it again … and again …
All Film Arts students will learn how to: demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of the film-making process and the film industry. They identify and clarify the chain of command of crew members on set and in the production office and prepare a career path with clear goals and an action plan to see it through.
Here's what we offer:
- Fully integrates writers, directors, and actors. Highly collaborative environment.
- Guaranteed to write, direct, or act (depending on stream) in a minimum of two festival quality films. Actors often cast in 5-8 films.
- 8-month advanced and intensive certificate program.
- Extremely low cost at $5,000 for the entire program, including cost of production.
- You own copyright & distribution rights in the films you produce.
- Strictly drama-based program.
- Focused on the business of film and career preparation. Program includes two professional certifications through BCIFP.
- Collaborate with professional Production Designers, build sets and shoot in a studio.
- Directors immersed in visualization techniques, cinematography, editing, sound design, script analysis, how to communicate effectively with actors.
- Writers write features, shorts, television scripts, develop series, write adaptations and learn story-editing skills. They’re hands on in production too.
- Actors hone on-camera and audition skills, practice scene study, script analysis, create material for acting and voice demo tapes.
- Active Advisory Committee with representatives from funding agencies, television stations, production companies, filmmakers’ cooperatives, artists’ agents and more.
- Hands-on training with passionate instructors and working professionals. Every day.
Film Arts conducts surveys every year after the program ends. Here are what our graduates say about their 8 months with us.
Here is what our ACTING Alumni say about our program:
“The program covers a lot and offers a lot and is, overall, fantastic.”
“I honestly loved everything about this program. If everything stayed the same it would be perfect.”
“I will recommend this course to others!”
“It was empowering to know that we as a student body could work collaboratively and professionally to achieve a good end product.”
Here is what our WRITING Alumni say about our program:
“I have rarely encountered such friendly, accessible and endlessly helpful instructors in any course of study I’ve undertaken.”
“This film program was extremely rewarding and provided an amazing education both in writing and producing. It certainly stretched my understanding of what I can and will be able to accomplish as a filmmaker and boosted my confidence as a filmmaker significantly.”
“This has been an amazing eight months!! Many thanks to all of the instructors for making this program what it is.”
“An amazing program all around. Truly the most effective hands-on program in the world. That’s right, the entire world!”
Here is what our DIRECTING Alumni say about our program:
“I loved this program – it was everything I had hoped it would be.”
“Great program. Even though I had a grasp on the technical, I improved my directing and editing skills by an un-measurable amount. Thanks!”
“Overall a fantastic program with a dynamic industry representative structure focusing on the collective through a consideration of the various roles in producing a film.”
