Create engaging content and deliver it through any medium. In this hands-on program, you’ll earn a full spectrum of skills ranging from television production and digital filmmaking to web streaming and interactive content creation. With access to digital cameras, audio, lighting, and grip equipment we enable Loyalist College students to tell stories with impressive production values and create meaningful work for their portfolios.
Please note: Students will receive a Ontario College Diploma in Broadcasting – Television, Filmmaking & Digital Content Creation.
Gain the knowledge and skills needed to find employment in the motion picture and video industry:
- Videographer
- Assistant camera operator
- Camera operator
- Studio camera operator
- Television camera operator
- Video camera operator
- Broadcast technician
- Audiovisual (AV) technician
- Multimedia sound technician
- Post-production technician
- Sound technician
- Video and sound recorder
- Video recording technician
- Lighting technician
- Special effects technician
- Boom grip
- Camera crane operator
Is it for you?
You may enjoy broadcasting, television filmmaking, and digital content creation if you are the kind of person who:
- Gets excited about multi-platform content creation
- Enjoys working on short-term projects
- Likes to travel and work in a variety of locations
- Is available and flexible to work odd hours
- Keeps up-to-date with current industry equipment and new technologies
- Recognizes the importance of marketing, networking and relationship building, interacting and collaborating with other industry professionals
- Is a self-starter who enjoys being in control of their own earning potential and the other benefits that come with being self-employed
You will learn how to meet the needs of the television and digital media broadcast industry by applying industry-standard production equipment, using strategies that enhance work performance and:
- Operate industry standard production equipment, in-studio and on location, to create television, video, and/or web content for multiple platforms
- Keep current with the needs of the television and digital media broadcast industry using strategies that enhance work performance and guide professional development
- Plan and prepare interviews, scripts, and reporting content for use in television, video, or digital media productions
- Participate in marketing activities to promote independent productions and/or a station’s brand and products
- Evaluate the artistic and technical success of filmmaking and multimedia projects to build a toolkit of strategies to meet client and audience needs
- Conduct work safely in accordance with all applicable acts, regulations, legislation, and codes to ensure personal and public safety
Experiential learning
- Participate in the planning and preparation of television, mobile, and/or web productions
- Monitor and maintain the technical quality of productions during recording and broadcasts using resources, equipment, and protocols
- Use business skills and accepted industry practices in the creation of television, video, and/or web productions
- Deliver television, video, and digital or web content via multiple platforms in formats that meet current broadcast industry standards
- Use creative solutions in filmmaking and multimedia projects to complete projects to client and audience expectations
Please note that the current program of study for the Television, Filmmaking and Digital Content Creation program is under review. Please check back to this page for updates.
- First Year - Semester One
- MEDI1026 Audio Acquisition
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Audio Content Creation starts your use of live and recorded sound in media. This course addresses what sound is, and how it’s captured and enhanced, before being distributed across multiple platforms. Sound recordings will occur in the studio and on location, using a variety of microphone types. You’ll use Adobe Audition software for recording and editing in single and multitrack formats.
- TVFD1001 Digital Content Creation 1
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Course description not available
- WRIT1024 Introduction to Storytelling and Writing for the Screen
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The fundamentals of writing to inform, enlighten, and entertain audiences are covered in this course that covers a range of media.
- MEDI1034 Multicamera & Technical Operations 1
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In this course, students will explore the issues and emerging trends in the media industry.
- TVFD1000 Professional Practice of Film and TV
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Course description not available
- TVFD1003 Visual Content Creation 1
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Course description not available
- First Year - Semester Two
- MEDI1030 Audio Post Production
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The audio tool kit options will increase as students advance their skills in sound-based stories.
Prerequisite: MEDI 1026
- TVFD1002 Digital Content Creation 2
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Prerequisite: TVFD 1XAF
- ETHI1018 Ethics and Current Affairs
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The complexity of issues and current events affecting content creators will be the focus of this course, helping students to reflect on multiple ethical perspectives.
- WRIT1025 Intermediate Storytelling & Writing for the Screen
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Students will create an array of fiction and non-fiction formatted scripts, copy, and commentary for various media uses.
Prerequisite: WRIT 1024
- MEDI1035 Multicamera & Technical Operations 2
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Students will continue to explore the media industry and begin to identify their own career paths.
Prerequisite: MEDI 1034
- TVFD1004 Visual Content Creation 2
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Prerequisite: TVFD 1XAK
- GNED1100 Becoming a Global Changemaker
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This Loyalist College graduate attributes course will help shape your perspectives, broaden your understanding of important issues affecting our societies today, and equip you with invaluable knowledge and skills that will inform your ability to influence your community in a meaningful and impactful way. By exploring topics such as cultural competency, Indigenous education, entrepreneurship, sustainability, health and wellness, and ecological literacy, you'll be equipped with a powerful toolkit that extends far beyond the classroom.
- Second Year - Semester Three
- TVFD2002 Digital Filmmaking 1
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During the Studio Operations course you will, as part of a group, produce a television series and design all of the elements needed. Individually, you will write and direct one episode in the series. You will continue to use all of the elements involved in the production of a studio television program. The major focus of this course is the enhancement of the basic operation procedures and techniques practised in the television studio during a production. Throughout this term, you will continue to use studio cameras, switchers, camera control, audio mixers and other technical elements of TV production.
- TVFD2011 Digital Filmmaking 1
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Course description not available
- TVFD2000 Documentary Storytelling 1
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Students will tell real-life stories on screen in our communities. This course combines storytelling and field production techniques to create short-form documentaries about issues, people, and places. Students will work in teams to research, pitch, write, film, and edit their documentaries
with guidance from faculty at each step in the process.
- TVFD2001 Factual Entertainment Production 1
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Students will gain industry-relevant skills in reality-based programming by participating in Chef School - a reality-based cooking series featuring students and faculty from Loyalist College's Culinary programs. The series airs on YouTube.
- TVFD2010 Intermediate Production Techniques
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Course description not available
- TVFD2003 Production Planning
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Students will participate in pre-production activities including script development, casting, art direction, location, production schedule, and detailed shot lists.
- TVFD2004 Remote Event Production 1
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Students will explore the production and technical aspects of multi-camera television productions and are introduced to working with external facilities using the YourTV mobile production truck.
- GNED General Education Elective
- General Education Courses
- Second Year - Semester Four
- TVFD2008 Commercial Production
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Students will create short format productions selling products resulting in a television/web series or standalone film. These productions make great additions to a showreel.
- TVFD2012 Digital Filmmaking 2
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Course description not available
- TVFD2005 Documentary Storytelling 2
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Continuing to build on the skills learned in Field Production 1, students will complete the production cycle. Selected documentaries will be screened for the community.
- TVFD2006 Factual Entertainment Production 2
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As Loyalist College's Culinary program works toward its final exam - a multi-course dinner - students will continue to work on the Chef School series.
- TVFD2013 Professional Portfolio
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Course description not available
- TVFD2009 Remote Event Production 2
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Continuing on-location, multi-camera television productions, this course will elevate a student's crew skills.
- GNED General Education Elective
- General Education Courses
*Courses subject to change.
How much will it cost?
Approximate costs (2023 – 24)
- Domestic Tuition: $2,722.08
- Full-Time Ancillary Fees:* $1,308
- Total: $4,030.08
Additional costs, such as supplies, travel and parking, may be incurred during workplace visits, etc.
*Fees related to programs that are less than or greater than two semesters will be adjusted accordingly. Fees are subject to change. Please visit the Tuition and Fees web page for a list of the many services, activities and items included within the ancillary fees, and the related policies.
Bursaries and financial assistance
Loyalist College has a number of scholarships, bursaries and academic awards available to students. Our Financial Aid Office can help you explore your options, or assist you with a student loan.
Admission requirements
Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, mature student status.
Required academic preparation
Grade 12 English (C) level or equivalent.
Recommended
Computer laptop with program-specific software package(s). Specific computer requirements will be recommended.
A College vehicle is available for use on assignment by students with a G-level driver’s license and Driver Abstract (insurance provided).
Prior learning assessment and recognition
Applicants with work experiences or other types of non-credentialed learning may be eligible for credits at Loyalist College. Graded credits (as opposed to exemptions) are granted. Click here for more information about our assessment and credit challenge process.
International students
Click here for information about how to apply, international student fees, and more.
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