F/TV 23

About this course

This course introduces the theory, terminology, and operation of a multi-camera television studio and control room. Topics include studio signal flow, directing, theory and operation of camera and audio equipment, switcher operation, floor direction, and video playback, fundamentals of lighting, graphics, video control, and video recording, and real-time video production.

No section is scheduled at De Anza College for Fall 2026. The course can still be offered in a later quarter.

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.”

Transfer pathways that use F/TV 23

ASSIST maps F/TV 23 to a requirement in 11 published pathways from De Anza College.

• Broadcast and Electronic Communication ArtsDe Anza → San Francisco State
• Bilingual Spanish JournalismDe Anza → San Francisco State
• Cinema and Television ArtsDe Anza → CSU Fullerton
• GLOBAL ARTS STUDIES, Visual Studies EmphasisDe Anza → UC Merced
• GLOBAL ARTS STUDIES, Performance Studies EmphasisDe Anza → UC Merced
• GLOBAL ARTS STUDIESDe Anza → UC Merced
• CINEMA AND TELEVISION ARTS, B.A. - Option in Entertainment Media ManagementDe Anza → CSU Northridge
• CINEMA AND TELEVISION ARTS, B.A. - Option in Film ProductionDe Anza → CSU Northridge
• CINEMA AND TELEVISION ARTS, B.A. - Option in Television ProductionDe Anza → CSU Northridge
• CINEMA AND TELEVISION ARTS, B.A. - Option in ScreenwritingDe Anza → CSU Northridge
• CINEMA AND TELEVISION ARTS, B.A. - Option in Media Theory and CriticismDe Anza → CSU Northridge