Course Name: Diploma in TV and Film Production
Course Category: Diploma
Department: School of Visual Arts
Duration & Structure: 8 Terms (2 Years). Built around a comprehensive curriculum combining high-end narrative cinema engineering with deep commercial media monetization frameworks.
Tuition Fee: Ksh 39,000 per term
Detailed Course Outline/Structure:
Term 1: Cinematic Theory, Screenplay Architecture & Creative Development
- Advanced Narrative Screenwriting: Writing compelling feature-length and episodic structures, character psychology, high-stakes dialogue, and script polishing.
- Visual Literacy & Film History: Structural analysis of international directorial styles, camera positioning language, and semantic visual storytelling.
- Creative Project Initiation: Pitch deck construction, securing initial creative treatments, and developing target audience blueprints for distribution.
Term 2: Advanced Pre-Production Planning & Creative Arts Law
- Production Logistics & Sourcing: Formulating industry-standard budgets, specialized talent contracts, cast/crew scheduling, and equipment rental insurance frameworks.
- The Business of Entertainment Law: In-depth study of legal asset protection using KECOBO copyright lines, synchronization licensing, and managing clearances.
- Location Architecture: Advanced location scouting, securing filming permits from local municipal bodies, and managing physical set safety regulations.
Term 3: Master Class Cinematography & Optics Engineering
- Advanced Cinema Sensors & Formats: Deep dive into full-frame, anamorphic, and raw 4K/60p acquisition systems. Lens selection mechanics for character focus and dramatic perspective compression.
- Advanced Set Lighting Infrastructure: Operating heavy-duty continuous lighting arrays, configuring overhead grids, manipulating gels for creative color choices, and managing high-contrast ratios.
- Complex Motion Manipulation: Executing advanced camera movements using heavy-duty dolly systems, jib cranes, and high-speed multi-axis tracking stabilizers.
Term 4: Direction of Photography & On-Set Production Management
- The Director-Cinematographer Dynamic: Converting text descriptions into unified visual themes, organizing daily call sheets, and setting strict production timelines.
- On-Set Production Control: Directing talent blockings, maintaining multi-angle scene continuity, and supervising camera, sound, and lighting crews during live sets.
- Multi-Camera TV Studio Setups: Configuring multi-cam positions for live-to-tape television setups, broadcast tracking lines, and managing live switcher arrays.
Term 5: Production Audio Engineering & Field Recording Systems
- Multi-Channel Location Audio Tracking: Operating advanced field recorders, syncing multi-track wireless microphone receivers, setting boom pole parameters, and managing signal gain staging.
- Timecode Jamming & Sync Protocols: Mastering SMPTE timecode setups across independent cameras and multi-channel field recorders for absolute sync alignment in post-production.
- On-Set Acoustics: Troubleshooting environmental audio issues, minimizing background room reflections, and balancing signal-to-noise ratios.
Term 6: Advanced Post-Production Editing & Narrative Architecture
- Elite Non-Linear Editing Environments: Advanced project configuration, data management, offline/online editing workflows, and master pacing inside DaVinci Resolve and Adobe Premiere Pro.
- Advanced Visual Effects & Titling: Integrating basic composite visual elements, smooth greenscreen keying, and sophisticated opening title design sequences.
- Multicamera Assembly Workflows: Editing multi-camera concert footage, panel talk shows, and fast-paced live television production assets.
Term 7: Advanced Sound Design, Color Grading & Commercial Mastering
- Cinematic Color Grading Masterclass: Precision primary color correction, targeted secondary tracking windows, match-grading across diverse cameras, and styling unique cinematic color palettes.
- Audio Post-Production & Mixing Elements: Recording automated dialogue replacement (ADR), crafting rich Foley elements, and mastering immersive stereo sound design pipelines.
- Broadcast & Streaming Technical Compliance: Outputting video files to exact delivery metrics (EBU R128 audio standards and strict digital compression formats for global streaming platforms).
Term 8: BTEC Capstone Project, Corporate Media Placement & Board Exams
- Master Graduation Film Portfolio: Writing, directing, shooting, and editing a final broadcast-grade short film, documentary, or commercial media asset.
- External Media Industry Internship: Guided technical placement within leading regional television networks, commercial ad houses, or prominent film production companies.
- Pearson BTEC Portfolio Validation: Global educational verification of all technical project outputs against international assessment frameworks.