FILM TV 414A
Tools and Techniques: Cinematography I
Grades
3.93
Average grade awarded in FILM TV 414A. Not a student rating: this is what the grades were.
In the A range
94%
of the 50 letter grades
D, F or W
0.0%
of every letter grade awarded, plus withdrawals
Taken pass/no pass
-
the registrar has this letter grade only this term
The registrar's own records: 50 grades over 2 terms, Fall 2021 to Fall 2025. Every instructor is pooled here.
What is inside that record
No summer session is in that record.
The table below splits them, and term averages across those 2 terms ran 3.86 to 4.00.
Historical grades for all professors, across recorded terms. The course summary above includes all professors.
- A+ 39 · 78.0%
- A 8 · 16.0%
- B 1 · 2.0%
- B- 2 · 4.0%
Percentages are of the 50 letter grades. Grey bars are non-letter outcomes.
How the non-letter outcomes are counted
They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.
By instructor
| Instructor | Predicted GPA | Raw | n | Terms | A range | Workload | Spring 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELIZONDO, LESLEY reviews ↗ | 3.92 | 3.93 | 50 | 2 | 94% | - | not teaching it |
Why Predicted is not the Raw average
“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department, so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.
Grade records describe outcomes. For what a course is like to take, read student reviews written on dibs below or follow the separate external review link.
Workload and assignments
Work types reported in BruinWalk reviews of this course, across recorded instructors and terms. They may differ from this term's syllabus.
dibs has not read this course’s reviews, so it cannot say what kind of work it sets. That is dibs not having looked. It is not a course without papers or exams, and the reviews linked below are the answer until dibs catches up.
From the registrar's catalog
Laboratory, three hours. Introduction to design elements of cinematography with special emphasis on support for course 411A. Tools and techniques required for motion picture capture including lens choice, camera settings, composition, movement, lighting design, and color design to use as visual art forms. Assignments train students on proper set etiquette and production procedures, as well as allow for experimentation and technical growth. Experimental films are more often transformed in post-production process, requiring an open-minded approach for filmmaking in this course. Hands-on exercises and workshops of increasing complexity designed to understand skills used for visualizing and executing design, compositional balance, and exposure of cinematographic storytelling. Study of documentary filmmaking techniques such as vérité filmmaking, documentary coverage, and interview setups. Exploration of simple lighting concepts for documentary. Creation of micro- and short-form experimental and documentary films in variety of aesthetic and conceptual modes. Letter grading.
Sections in Spring 2026
From the people who took it
Student reviews
What taking FILM TV 414A was like: the work, the teaching, and what students wish they’d known.
Your experience could be the first.
No student reviews are available to read on dibs for this course yet. Took it? Tell the next person what helped, what was hard, and how you spent your time.
Looking for more perspectives?
External reviews are separate and do not count toward the dibs rating.