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F/TV 20
Beginning Video Production · 4 units · used in 20 transfer pathways
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Where this page’s information comes from
- De Anza catalogcourse record · 2025-2026
- FHDA class listingsWinter 2027 sections
- Cherrypickercourse matching and pathway links — our analysis
About this course
This course provides an introduction to the theory, terminology, and operation of single-camera video production, including composition and editing techniques, camera operation, portable lighting, video recorder operation, audio control, and basic editing. This course focuses on the aesthetics and fundamentals of scripting, producing, directing on location, postproduction, exhibition, and distribution through the completion of several short video projects.
Sections this term
Winter 2027 · updated Oct 17, 11:21 PM UTCF/TV 20Beginning Video ProductionOpen2 sections · 60 seats reported · 2 instructors
- CRN 37129 · 51YOpen · 30
- CRN 37130 · 01YOpen · 30
Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.
Prerequisites
The De Anza catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.
Advisory: “ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000H or ESL D005.”
What this course unlocks
De Anza courses that list F/TV 20 as a prerequisite.
- F/TV 22Beginning 16mm Motion Picture Production
- F/TV 26Introduction to Film/Television Directing
- F/TV 27Nonlinear Editing
- F/TV 29Lighting for Film and Television
- F/TV 39Intermediate Digital Film and Video Production
- F/TV 48SFilm/Television Production Workshop
- F/TV 48TFilm/Television Production Workshop
- F/TV 48UFilm/Television Production Workshop
- F/TV 48VFilm/Television Production Workshop
- F/TV 56AIntroduction to Visual Effects and Color Grading
- F/TV 57ADocumentary Production Fundamentals I
- F/TV 98GFiction Workshop (The Writer, Producer, Director)
- F/TV 98HFiction Workshop (The Technical Crew)
Transfer pathways that use F/TV 20
ASSIST maps F/TV 20 to a requirement in 20 published pathways from De Anza College.
- CinemaDe Anza → San Francisco State
- Cinematic Arts & TechnologyDe Anza → CSU Monterey Bay
- Communication Design B.S., Game Design & Interactive Media ConcentrationDe Anza → CSU Monterey Bay
- Communication Design B.S., Visual Design ConcentrationDe Anza → CSU Monterey Bay
- Interdisciplinary StudiesDe Anza → CSU Monterey Bay
- ArtDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
- Art and Design: Games and Playable MediaDe Anza → UC Santa Cruz
- Film and Digital MediaDe Anza → UC Santa Cruz
- GLOBAL ARTS STUDIESDe Anza → UC Merced
- GLOBAL ARTS STUDIES, Performance Studies EmphasisDe Anza → UC Merced
- GLOBAL ARTS STUDIES, Visual Studies EmphasisDe Anza → UC Merced
- Art, B.A.: Art & Design ConcentrationDe Anza → CSU Hayward
- Art, B.F.A.: Transdisciplinary Arts ConcentrationDe Anza → CSU Hayward
- Art, B.F.A.: Video & Animation ConcentrationDe Anza → CSU Hayward
- Radio-Television-FilmDe Anza → San Jose State
- Cinematic ArtsDe Anza → CSU Long Beach
- Art HistoryDe Anza → UC Davis
- Art StudioDe Anza → UC Davis
- Cinema & Digital MediaDe Anza → UC Davis
- DesignDe Anza → UC Davis
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