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Film

Create a new and exciting future in media and film production. Our program encompasses screenwriting, budgeting, directing, sound design, cinematography, editing, and animation, and can help you get started in this highly competitive industry—introducing you to the latest technologies and filmmaking techniques.

Students at any Maricopa Community College may need to complete courses at more than one of our colleges.

Motion Picture, Television, and New Media Production

Editing
Motion Picture Production
Screenwriting

SCC Program Description

Welcome to the Scottsdale School of Film and Theatre, offering degrees in Motion Picture and Television. Our two-year hands-on program is the only one of its kind among the community colleges in Arizona. You begin learning equipment and techniques from the first day of class. And you learn from professionals. All our instructors currently work in the fields they teach.

Enrichment opportunities, such as special workshops, speakers, new products demonstrations, and a library of screenplays are also offered, as is helpful one-on-one advice when it’s needed. As a culmination of their studies, student work is evaluated by outside working professionals and can also be entered into our annual Student Film Showcase Festival.

Thanks for your interest in our program. We love what we do around here and we think you will too!

Course Format / Textbooks

Classes are offered in various formats: in-person, online, hybrid, day, evening, full-time, and part-time. Most courses use low-cost textbooks or no-cost materials your instructors provide. General education courses may have textbooks that cost more.

Scottsdale Community College was the right fit for me for many reasons, mostly centered around the fact that SCC felt like a warm place to call my second home. The film classes were the most challenging and fun—getting our hands on film equipment and making movies was so rewarding.

Film

Associate Degrees and University Transfer

Certificates