The Carolina Film Institute (CFI) is a film school, founded in

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in 2008. It is affiliated with

Seattle Film Institute The Seattle Film Institute (SFI) is a private for-profit film school in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1994, SFI offers part-time classes, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and certificate programs in film and digital video production. ...

founded in

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in 1994. CFI offers both part-time classes and certificate programs in film and digital video production, and film history.

Curriculum

CFI offers both full-time and part-time programs. The 40 Week Total Immersion Filmmaking Program awards a Certificate in Film Production upon the completion of all classes. The Program includes the production of 10 group and individual film and video projects, the writing of a complete feature-length screenplay and a comprehensive grounding in Film History. Classes meet 5 days a week, 4 hours each day. The core classes are: Film History and Analysis, Screenwriting, The Production Process, Documentary and Non-Fiction Filmmaking and Digital Post Production. Part-time program classes are offered individually both evenings and weekends. As of the Spring 2009 term, CFI began offering a new part-time certificate program in filmmaking, that allows part-time students to earn a certificate by enrolling in classes over time, or to combine with courses in the full-time program. Part-time classes cover film production, video production, film history, editing, lighting, and audio editing, among others. CFI is licensed by the

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Facilities

The school occupies a building used for administration, classrooms, editing labs and film equipment checkout. Production equipment includes

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and Super16mm, and

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cameras; Digital Video and HDV cameras, Final Cut Pro editing stations, lighting, grip equipment, and audio gear.

References

*Carolina Film Institute Catalog, 2008 Film schools in the United States Education in Greenville, South Carolina Universities and colleges established in 2008 2008 establishments in South Carolina {{film-org-stub