Entertainment Courses & Certificates

Study in the entertainment capital of the world.

Direct a movie. Score a film. Learn how to make it in Hollywood.

UCLA Extension's Entertainment Studies programs are recognized worldwide.

Our students, faculty, and alumni have won Oscars, Emmys, and Grammys. Our instructors are professionals in the entertainment industry. They will guide you, help you hone your skills, give you up to the minute advice, and open doors to industry connections.

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Entertainment

Courses

Put Your Music to Work: Composition for Commercials

Learn how to develop and fine-tune your musical skills for scoring TV commercials with weekly assignments, discussions, and critiques. Finish this course with a successful body of work to be put on your reel or website.

Recording, Mixing, and Editing Techniques for Film Composers

Geared towards film composers, this course teaches you the basics of professional applications and workflows for composing, recording, mixing, and editing in the modern DAW environment.

Score like the Masters: Contemporary Techniques

Gain an understanding, and learn to emulate, current compositional techniques and their enhanced possibilities of expression. Learn to sound like a contemporary composer, as many professionals are asked to do on assignment.

Short Cuts: Editing Dynamic Promotional Videos

Students will utilize the skills learned to create short form content that will serve as a calling card to prepare them for jobs as a short form audio-visual editor for the entertainment industry.

Sibelius and Dorico Notation Software Seminar

For Film Scoring students who are taking orchestration courses, this will be an overview and introduction to Sibelius and Dorico Notation Software. This one-day seminar is open to all students who are interested in learning more about these notation software for orchestration.