The Core Curriculum is the set of classes all CFS students take in their first year.

FVM 105 , FVM 160  and FVM 136 are all taken together, usually in the first semester .  Students develop characters and script outlines in 136 that they use in 105 to create their productions. The projects are edited in FVM 160.  These classes are designed to be taken together to develop cinematic storytelling skills and original productions.

FVM 150 is an analysis of film language course examining how directors use technical and aesthetic choices to create subtext.  FVM 117 is an introduction as to what constitutes real or believable behavior (“acting”) for the screen that is surprising, original and true.

Some students choose to take 117 and 150 before they go into the Prod I sequence so that their Prod I projects are as good as they can be.