CCF: Film Studies for the Career Focused
Greenlight your film career in one year.
The 30-credit Certificate in Collaborative Filmmaking at Maine Media College provides participants with an intense hands-on, creativity-driven entry route into the film, television and web media industries. Students are prepared to work as independent filmmakers or for film-production positions in the areas of cinematography, lighting, directing, sound, editing, visual effects, writing, and the like. Graduates of the program can apply these skills to work in a number of media arts genres including narrative film, documentary, corporate video, and web-based media creation, to name just a few.
A Film Certificate Program Instructed by Industry Professionals
Throughout the program, students will explore new modalities of expression in order to broaden their artistic range, strengthen their skills and techniques, and experience the dynamics of collaboration. Students work at close range with instructors who are also experienced professionals in the craft areas they teach, and they will have access to standard industry equipment with which to work. Instructed by accomplished industry directors, writers, cinematographers and editors, students will also learn the nuances of navigating the industry as a professional.
View our Jan 19, 2023, CCF Open House to hear from current students and the Maine Media team.
The many filmmakers who have trained in workshops and classes at Maine Media include Academy Award-winning directors Alejandro González Iñárritu (back-to-back Best Director Oscars for Birdman and The Revenant) and Laura Poitras (Best Documentary Feature – Citizenfour); Emmy-winning director Michelle MacLaren (Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, The X-Files, and The Walking Dead), actor/writer/producer John Leguizamo (Bloodline, Ice Age), and Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto (Brokeback Mountain, Babel, The Wolf of Wall Street).
Financial Aid & Goals & Objectives
This program has financial aid options available to students. Learn more about our financial aid options. You can also learn more about the programs goals and objectives here.
“I was a junior cinematographer in Thailand and I came to Maine Media to learn from professionals. I had good technical understanding of the camera, but I wanted to learn how to better tell a story. In CCF I got to work with great cinematographers and filmmakers who taught me new ways to think about visual language and how to develop an artistic voice.The best benefit of the program is you work very closely with lots of other filmmakers and become close to each other. You share ideas and become friends and you learn how to work together. You get to know each other on a deeper level. My collaboration with these classmates and instructors has continued beyond Maine Media.”
“Before studying at Maine Media Workshops + College, I was largely self taught. This was good for a while but I eventually decided that I needed more. The CCF program provided all the support and hands-on experience I could have ever wanted. The one-on-one mentoring I received went well beyond my expectations. With the work I was able to do in the CCF program, I was accepted into a competitive graduate program on a significant scholarship. I came away from the program with a stronger portfolio, larger network, and the knowledge and confidence to continue my creative career.”
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