Ist-Year:
Diploma in Principles and Techniques of Television and Film Production.

2nd-Year:
Advanced Diploma in Production and Post-Production for Television and Film.

3rd-Year:
Internship Programme

The Mohamed Amin Foundation established the MoFORCE Training Centre in 1998 in memory of the late Mohamed Mo Amin and offers a 2-Year set of Diploma courses in Television & Film Production and a 3rd-Year Internship Programme for selected students. Professionals from the TV industry deliver the coursework and hands-on training.

Courses are full time and very technical in nature. Graduates will be qualified to take up employment in the television and film industry. Based on merit and performance, 1st-Year Diploma graduates are selected for study in the 2nd-Year and graduates from the 2nd-Year Advanced Diploma may be selected for the 3rd-Year Internship Programme.

See Tuition Fees for the 1st and 2nd-Year Diplomas. Limited Scholarships are available, based on need and merit.

The 1st-Year Diploma in Principles and Techniques of Television & Film Production will include:

• Understanding Video: Signals, Formats, Systems Eng.
• Understanding Video: Signals, Formats, Systems Eng.
• 100% Hands-on-Learning in all phases of television.
• Program production: camera work, sound, lighting, scripting, video editing, producing & directing.
• Television Journalism: dynamic news production, news copy writing, interviewing techniques and ethics.
• Single Camera Drama.
• Film Appreciation.
• Personal Skills Development.

ELIGIBILITY
Applicants must comply with the following:

• Minimum O levels or equivalent.
• Minimum B grade English and Science and /or experience in the TV Industry / or post graduate study.
• GOOD computer literacy. (You will be tested).
• GOOD English writing/ speaking ability.
• A keen desire and utmost dedication to enter the world of broadcast television.
• Ability to meet the fees and the requirements.
• Recommended age of 21 years and above.
  

NOTE:

• We do not offer still photography or print journalism at the present time. No accommodation or meals are provided.
• Re-application is permissible only after consultation with the Director or when you have been requested to re-apply.
• 2nd-Year Advanced Diploma courses are only available to graduates of the 1st-Year Diploma.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• 2 recent passport photos, copy of ID/Passport, typed CV, certificates, 2 reference letters with reachable telephone numbers.
• Typed essay (approx. 400 words), stating why YOU should be one of the candidates selected to enter this prestigious course. DO NOT write an essay on the value of TV.
• Fee paying candidates: A letter of guarantee for enrolment fee and tuition fee payment.
• Scholarship candidates: A one-page plea with proof of financial need and guarantee letter for the enrolment fee.
• The guarantor must present him/herself at the Training Centre together with the applicant, to verify the guarantee (bring ID/Passport please).

LOCATION AND CLASS TIMES

MoFORCE Training for Television & Film,
3 Mzima Springs Road (off James Gichuru Rd, opposite Strathmore School), Lavington, Nairobi.

Monday – Friday students are expected to arrive by 08:45.

Classes 09:00 sharp to 16:30. Punctuality is enforced.

(Download the MOFORCE Training for Television & Film Application form)