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Film

What will I learn?

After completing some courses in Film, you will be able to:

  • recognize the tension between film as an industry and film as an art, and thus between film as a pleasurable experience and film as an ideological experience
  • demonstrate an understanding of the process of creating film artistically and technically, through major film terms and concepts, including mise en scene, montage, subbing, framing, and so forth
  • identify the differences among the classical Hollywood narrative, the avant garde, and the international cinemas
  • understand the impact of the cultural and historical backdrop against which motion pictures are constructed
  • demonstrate an active and critical evaluation of films as a spectator and as a consumer
  • demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of the creative, artistic, and technological development of films through time and through the various streams of developments both inside and outside the mainstream film industry

What is the occupational outlook?

A film background serves as a basis in a variety of areas. Those who earn a bachelor’s degree in Film enter the occupational fields of journalism, broadcasting, film production, entertainment writing, organizational education, public relations, media studies, and teaching.

The number of jobs in broadcasting operators, editors, and sound engineering technicians is predicted through 2014 to grow as fast as the average for all occupations.1

What are my options?

You can earn credits in Film at HCC to transfer to a four year school toward a Film major.

You can take various kinds of Film courses at HCC to explore the field and consider which area of Film interests you the most: creative production, technical production, documentary journalism, public relations, advertising, or media studies.

You can take Film courses simply to develop your ability to judge films on artistic merit and to develop your ability to critique the use of the visual in presenting ideas.


  1. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2006-07 Edition, Television, Video, and Motion Picture Camera Operators and Editors, on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos091.htm (visited July 9, 2007)