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UCLA Extension, Entertainment Studies and Performing Arts:
One of the nation's largest and most comprehensive institutions of continuing higher education, UCLA Extension in the University of California, Los Angeles, has served students in Southern California since 1917. Our performing arts & entertainment courses are open to all adult learners, regardless of previous levels of study. Program fields include Acting, Visual Effects, Production Design, Music Technology, and many more. Each year, Extension offers 4,500 courses, linking 65,000 adults of diverse backgrounds to enhanced career, academic, and personal growth opportunities through lifelong learning.

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Photo of Performing Arts, Film, Make-Up Artist Training in Los AngelesPerforming Arts & Entertainment Certificate Courses:

Art and Business of Music

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- A&R: Making Music from Acquisition to Release
- Audio Editing and Sound Design with Soundtrack Pro
- Audio Recording Theory
- Digital Audio Editing with Pro Tools: A Studio Workshop
- Electronic Composition for Film and Television
- Film Scoring II: 20th-Century Compositional Techniques
- Harmonic Principles in Tonal and Nontonal Music
- Introduction to Independent Music Production
- Introduction to Logic Pro (Apple Certified)
- Introduction to Orchestration
- Introduction to Pro Tools 
- Legal and Practical Aspects of the Music Business
- Producing Professional Demos
- Put Your Music to Work: Creating Music for Commercials
- Secrets of Composition: The Process of Creating Music
- The Art of Counterpoint
- Touring, Tour Accounting, and Merchandising
- Workshop in Music Notation Using Sibelius and Finale
- Writing Lyrics That Succeed and Endure: Master Class with Marty Panzer

Art and Craft of Entertainment 
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- 35mm Camera Workshop: Panavision and Arriflex
- Acting for the Camera
- Acting for the Non-Professional
- Acting Techniques: The Fundamentals
- Acting Workshop: The Meisner Technique
- Adapting to Massive Media Change: Technology Fundamentals and Industry Trends
- Adobe After Effects Fundamentals: A Workshop (Adobe Certified)
- An Overview of Final Cut Server
- Apple iLife Applications
- Audio Editing and Sound Design with Soundtrack Pro
- Cinematography II: Visualization and Exposure
- Composition and Framing for the Motion Picture Camera
- Digital and Interactive Entertainment: Issues, Technologies, and Opportunities
- Direct and Produce Reality and Documentary Television
- Directing Actors for the Screen
- Directing Workshop II: Storytelling
- Documentary Filmmaking Workshop
- Editing with Final Cut Pro: An Advanced Workshop (Apple Certified)
- Editing with Final Cut Pro: An Introductory Workshop (Apple Certified)
- Final Cut Pro Overview: A One-Day Seminar (Apple Certified)
- Getting Your Dream Job in Hollywood (Online)
- Introduction to Color Correction Using Final Cut Studio's Color
- Introduction to DVD Studio Pro: A Workshop
- Introduction to Final Cut Studio Applications
- Introduction to Motion: A Workshop (Apple-Certified) 
- Making Your First Short Film (Blended)
- Maya for 3D Animation Level I: A Workshop
- Performing Stand-Up Comedy
- Post-Production for Film and Television
- Pursuing a Career in Voice Overs
- Story Analysis for Film and Television (Online)
- The Aesthetic Choice: Understanding Motion Picture Editing (Blended)
- The Casting Game: A Comprehensive Overview
- The Director as Storyteller: A Practical Preparation
- The Language of Filmmaking (Online)
- This Business of Acting
- Understanding Genre: How to Develop a Hollywood Classic
- Workshop in Sound Design for Film and Television (Blended) 

Media Psychology and Social Change
- Global Media and Social Change (Online)
- Media Psychology (Online)

Producing and The Business of Entertainment
- Artists' Advocacy
- Beyond YouTube: Making Mobile and Internet Movies That Sell
- Digital and Interactive Entertainment: Issues, Technologies, and Opportunities
- Documentary Filmmaking Workshop
- Feature Film Financing
- Licensing and Merchandising for Film, Television, and New Media
- Low-Budget Filmmaking
- Making and Marketing the Short Film: A Step-by-Step Guide (Online)
- Pre-Production and Production for Film and Television
- Production Accounting for Film and Television
- Risky Business: Financing and Distributing Independent Films
- The Art of Line Producing
- The Business of Entertainment (Blended)
- The Business of Hollywood: An Industry Immersion Experience (Online)
- The Business of the Film Industry

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- Sneak Preview: Contemporary Films and Filmmakers

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Colburn School of Performing Arts:
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• Study for 1, 2 or 3 semesters at the UK’s No. 1 arts university!

• Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) is a leading university specialising in arts, performance, design, and media education. Easily accessible less than 2 hours south of London by train, AUB provides study abroad BA (Hons) courses for US / international students & professionals who wish to spend time abroad in pursuit of careers in creative arts, graphic design, interior design, textiles, fashion, makeup, animation, visual communication, event management, architecture, dance, acting, film production, photography, & more.

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