Film & Media Production, A.S. Degree

The A.S. in Film & Media Production prepares students intending to transfer, upon graduation, to Liberal Arts B.A. or B.S. media-related degree program or enter the workforce in the film and television industry. We also have articulation transfer agreements with select B.A. programs so students can transfer and complete their studies seamlessly.

All Film and Media Production students receive instruction in the necessary skills to complete films from start to finish. Opportunities to show their work include the QCC Youth Reel Film Festival that is held in the Fall and Spring. All students work on numerous short narrative and documentary films in such capacities as screenwriting, cinematography, directing, and editing.

The Film & Media Production major is designed for students to access fundamental coursework in video and audio production within a broad Liberal Arts framework that can lead to careers in a variety of fields such as broadcast journalism, public relations, narrative and documentary production, visual effects, and screenwriting.

Film & Media Production, while based in Creative Arts, is also traditionally a skill-oriented discipline. The portfolio of work produced by the student as well as the mastery of specific skills needed to produce all types of media are integral to entry into the workplace or to continue to a B.A. or B.F.A program.

Students completing the A.S. in Film & Media Production degree fulfill the requirements that prepare them for entry into B.A. programs at a variety of institutions within and outside of CUNY. The B.A. provides a broad base of general knowledge as well as coursework specific to the discipline and complementary to other communications-oriented specializations at the four-year level.

FMP-141: Introduction to Digital Media Production

FMP-241: Digital Media Field Production

FMP-242: Writing for the Screen 

FMP-243: American Film History

FMP-244: Elements of Film

FMP-245: Introduction to Electronic Media

FMP-246: Media Criticism

FMP-341: Editing

FMP-342: Television Studio Production

Upon completion of the program, graduates will be prepared to:

1. Demonstrate progressive development and competency in the technical skills requisite for artistic self-expression in filmed media.
2. Demonstrate a progressive understanding of the various elements and basic interrelated processes of creation, interpretation, and execution in film and media production.
3. Integrate personal observation and objective criticism in the evolution of their artistic work.
4. Employ critical and creative thinking, students will create art, which clearly articulates their evolving artistic vision in editing and post-production of fiction and non-fiction media, and satisfies their drive toward expression.

Program-specific Outcomes

1. Students will demonstrate progressive development and competency in the technical skills requisite for artistic self-expression in the production of filmed media.
2. Students will demonstrate a progressive understanding of the various elements and basic interrelated processes of creation, interpretation, and execution in film and media production.
3. Students will integrate personal observation and objective criticism in the evolution of their artistic work.
4. Employing critical and creative thinking, students will create art, which clearly articulates their evolving artistic vision in producing fiction and non-fiction media, and satisfies their drive toward expression.

You’ll find information about your degree requirements here

A full degree map is at our Film & Media Production A.S. Degree page

The Film & Media Production, A.S. degree currently has articulation agreements with the following colleges and programs that allow graduates of Queensborough to complete a bachelor’s degree in an efficient manner after transfer.

Students graduating with an Associate’s degree are extremely attractive to 4-year colleges. Colleges that may have been out-of-reach financially or academically after high school, now seek to fill vacated seats in the junior year, with many offering substantial scholarships.

Before you transfer, graduate. Completing your Associate Degree first, ensures your courses and credits have lifetime value. If you transfer before you graduate, your community college credits will be evaluated course by course reducing the chances that your courses and credits will transfer. We have agreements that allow graduates of Queensborough to complete a bachelor’s degree in an efficient manner after transfer, with the following:

Brooklyn College
A.S. Film & Media Production to B.A. Film
A.S. Film & Media Production to B.A. TV and Radio

Our graduating students successfully transfer to:

CUNY (Hunter, City College, Queens College, Lehman College, York College)
SUNY (Binghamton, New Paltz, Oneonta, Oswego, Purchase)
Private (Adelphi, Marymount Manhattan)
Out-of-State (Howard University, Montclair State University)

Our bi-yearly QCC Youth Reel Film Festival provides aspiring filmmakers and content creators a forum to showcase their work. Learn more about the festival at our website. 

Our media lab has several models of camcorder and DSLR cameras, enabling students to shoot with documentary-style spontaneity, or carefully craft cinematic visuals with precise lens choices. Our cameras include six Canon XF605 4K camcorders, 3 Canon C100 cameras and 1 Canon C200, plus three Canon T5 and four Canon T8 cameras.

We also have a wheelchair dolly, smartphone gimbal, DSLR gimbal, and a weighted stabilizer. For sound, we have boom poles, lav mics, and wireless lavs, as well as an 8-track field audio recorder. We have several lighting kits available for in-class and at-home use, including on-camera lights, LED panels, and lighting kits.

All video is kept on our Avid NEXIS server, and is accessible to any computer in the media lab. The media lab computers have Adobe Creative Cloud installed, with Premiere, After Effects, and Media Encoder. The full Adobe suite is also available free to all 141 and 241 students for home use. All media lab computers can also run the full version of Avid Media Composer, and we have Avid learning keyboards available for all students. The media lab also has a vocal isolation booth for recording voice-overs.

Our TV studio is a full three-camera studio, complete with a live-switching Tricaster TC1, pedestal cameras, a teleprompter, and light and sound mixing boards. This room is used for our TV studio classes, where students learn how to work in a live broadcast environment.