14424 Friar St.
Van Nuys, CA 91401

Cinema Arts Tech, located in Van Nuys, California, is a vocational school providing students with training in the film and television industries. Training programs at Cinema Arts Tech range from two to six months in length.

Instructors at Cinema Arts Tech include Steven Spielberg's production managers, committee chairmen from the Directors Guild of America, and vice presidents of feature film production from Warner Brothers and Disney Studios.

The script supervisor course at the California school trains students in maintaining continuity of the film and the post-production process. Cinema Arts Tech also offers students training in costume and wardrobe supervision; location managing and location scouting; computer scheduling and computer budgeting; and line producing, production management and production accounting.

The California school's line producer program trains students in a wide range of skills, including story acquisition, motion picture development, industry computer operations, contract negotiations, and assembling a filmmaking team. Cinema Arts Tech's location manager program prepares students to negotiate location fees, request filming permits, coordinate legal issues, coordinate with safety departments, and design and implement street closures and traffic plans.

Quick Facts:

Many courses at Cinema Arts Tech are offered in the evenings and on weekends, allowing employed students and film students to enroll at the California School.

Graduates from Cinema Arts Tech have worked on many films, including "The Notebook," "The Thomas Crown Affair," and "The Fast and the Furious." Graduates from the California school have also worked on television shows, including "The West Wing" and "Gilmore Girls."

The California State Employment Development Department, Rehabilitation Claims Counselors, Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, NBS, CBS, and many independent film companies serve as vocational training sponsors.

Cinema Arts Tech offers ongoing seminars with prominent people in the film and television industries. Past seminars have covered sitcom production, digital script supervising and computerized film budgeting.

The California school recently offered a two week class in film business plan writing, covering topics such as researching budgets, projecting income and cash flows, articulating production strategies and tax incentives.

Cinema Arts Tech holds free sessions in script supervising for potential students to observe the instructor's teaching style and learn more about the California school and its programs. Sessions are ongoing and have no specific start date.

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