OKLAHOMA CITY (OBV) – Oklahoma City Community College is looking to help students become ready for careers in the film industry with direct-to-industry cinema production training this summer.
The non-credit digital cinema production “intensive” courses will provide participants career-ready training in a workforce development-focused format, according to OCCC officials.
“Oklahoma City Community College provides training to help meet the demand for a highly-skilled workforce in the film industry,” said OCCC Professor of Digital Cinema Production Sean Lynch. “Our summer Intensive courses offer participants a chance to learn all the skills they need to be career-ready in various specialty areas of digital cinema production in a focused timeframe.”
The Gray Frederickson Digital Cinema Department at OCCC will offer the four different course options starting on May 28.
The direct-to-industry intensives will be taught by filmmaking professionals.
The intensives will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily throughout the summer. The intensives and their dates are as follows:
- Set Construction: May 28-June 14
- Scenic Painting: June 12-21
- Set Dressing: June 17-28
- Grip and Electric: July 8-August 9
The Grip and Electric course also includes certifications in scissor lift and condor operations.
Non-credit micro-credentials for each course will be awarded after successful course completion.
“These credentials indicate to employers that completers have obtained skill sets that translate directly into the workforce,” OCCC officials said.
Film and television production has grown in Oklahoma in recent years, with productions of hit shows Reservation Dogs and Tulsa King, and major films, including Killers of the Flower Moon and Twisters, the sequel to the 1996 box office smash, Twister.
The Oklahoma Film + Music Office (OF+MO), a business development unit of the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, partnered with the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group (UFEG) to provide a traineeship program during the Twisters production, giving increased access and opportunities within all film production areas.
Prairie Surf Studios in Oklahoma City was used for the Twisters film production.
