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2010/11 Programs

Post-Production

Application Program Code: 10371

Ontario Graduate Certificate
Postgraduate
School of Media Studies & Information Technology
3 Semesters
2010/11 Availability
North CampusSeptember - WAITLIST

Three consecutive semesters, beginning in September

Your Career

Toronto is home to many world-class post-production facilities. In this program, you will become qualified to pursue opportunities as a video or audio editor or assistant, or special effects designer or assistant with a variety of employers, including: post-production houses (video and audio), special effects and animation companies, television networks, independent film producers, independent audio and picture editors, and multimedia producers.

Our Program

Humber offers a comprehensive approach to post-production, focusing equally on creative abilities, technical knowledge and management skills. Areas of study include video editing, sound editing/mixing, and two- and three-dimensional visual effects design. Students are exposed to emerging technologies that play an increasingly important role in post-production, such as web streaming, DVD authoring, HD video, 3D motion capture, and multi-channel surround sound. Students also study visual and aural language, and the practice of structuring a story in an audio/visual medium.

A substantial part of the program is devoted to post-production supervision and management - budgeting, scheduling, workflow models, deliverables, technical and personnel assessments, element management, facility relations and contracts. Project partnerships with outside producers allow students to experience the authentic pressures of demanding directors, eleventh-hour re-cuts, flakey suppliers, and immovable delivery deadlines.

Given the largely freelance nature of the post-production business, the program stresses the critical roles of career research and communications. Students become familiar with the use of trade publications, online resources and contact databases, and learn to market themselves through resumés, covering letters, show reels, and websites.

Our Facilities

The Ontario Post-Production Training Centre is comprised of a number of state-of-the-art learning laboratories, suites and machine rooms using up-to-date hardware and software from the leading industry suppliers: Avid, Apple, Adobe, Autodesk, Digidesign, Sony and Panasonic. Students work on dedicated systems and have 24-hour access to gear and workspaces.

Work Placement

The program is highly regarded in the industry, and many post facilities are regular placement sites for students in the program. Faculty are well connected, and freely share tips and references with students. However, in keeping with the program's mandate to prepare students for the freelance world of post-production, students are required to secure their field placement themselves - to close the deal, as it were. Each student is required to complete 150 internship hours, paid or unpaid, which may be spread over more than one placement.

Our Industry Partnerships

For in-house post-production projects, students make use of a great deal of unedited material and post documentation provided by some of Canada's largest and most respected production companies including: CBC, Alliance-Atlantis, Rhombus Media, Indian Grove Productions and Muse Entertainment. This includes episodic television dramas, documentaries, commercial spots, musicals, music videos, and corporate promos.

It is also common for the program to take on the post duties on one or more projects for outside producers, giving students critical real-world experience and screen credits.

Admission Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree or postsecondary diploma in a related discipline
  • Applicants who have not completed a postsecondary credential, but who have a combination of postsecondary education and substantial industry experience, may be considered for admission.
  • Attendance at an information/interview session, which includes:
    • submission of a current resumé
    • submission of two letters of reference
    • submission of a portfolio of original work, showing samples of work done in one or more areas of creative interest (e.g., film or video work, or anything from writing to web design to music).
  • If English is not your first language, refer to the English Language Proficiency Policy in this publication.

Note: Refer to the Selection Procedures section for more information

Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission to the program.

Fees

The 2010/2011 fee for three semesters is
- domestic $7,347.39
- international $17,595.

For further information, refer to Fees and Financial Assistance in this publication.

Financial Aid

Additional Costs

$100 - materials (non-refundable).

Alternative Course of Study

Humber also offers the Film and Television Production advanced diploma program 04831 and the 3D for Production: Computer Animation graduate certificate program 11632.

Curriculum

Semester 1
COURSE Code Course Credits
PPFT 500 Post-Production Supervision 1 3
PPFT 501 Tools, Techniques and Design 3
PPFT 502 Non-Linear Picture Editing 1 4
PPFT 504 Audio Post-Production 1 4
PPFT 506 Visual Effects 1 4

Semester 2
COURSE Code Course Credits
PPFT 503 Editing Theory 3  
PPFT 507 Post-Production Supervision 2 3  
PPFT 508 Working with Streaming Technologies 3  

Select Two of the Following Three Course:		  
PPFT 509 Non-Linear Picture Editing 2 5  
PPFT 510 Audio Post-Production 2 5  
PPFT 511 Visual Effects 2 5  
  Hours/week: 19  
Semester 3
COURSE Code Course Credits  
PPFT 505 Post-Production Business 2  
PPFT 512 Post-Production Supervision 3 3  
PPFT 513 Field Placement 2   

			      		

		

	              
      
      

	

	
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