West Los Angeles College
Tenure Track Portfolio
Assistant Professor, 2025
Handouts:
Please see my 2024 - 2025 handouts. I am working hard to ensure that these handouts meet LACCD District accessibility criteria. Please scroll down to Summer and Fall 2025 for my most exciting examples, including Regular Substantive Interaction (RSI) and the Climate Across the Curriculum (CATC) Initiative. Some handouts include YouTube tutorials that I have made for my students to help them learn concepts and retain information. Please enjoy my captioned Canvas Studio videos, as well:
Fall 2024:
Cinema 3, The History of Motion Pictures:
Please see this handout for my Ánimo High School students:
Cinema 4, The History of Documentary Film:
Please see my Final Exam Study Guide:
FLM PRD 101, Production Skills:​
Please see my Midterm Study Guide:
FLM PRD 201, Unreal Engine:
Below is my handout of videos uploaded to Canvas, for students to gauge how their landscape assignments should look based upon previous projects for this in-person Unreal Engine class:
FLM PRD 285, Directed Study:​
This handout contains my ePortfolio tutorials that have been used in all Directed Study and Work Experience classes and have become the standard of WLAC / Hollywood CPR student portfolios since 2020. Please note that I added directions for embedding images, since Canvas changed this procedure. Also, I have since perfected the tutorial captions in Canvas Studio.
Winter 2025:
Cinema 3, The History of Motion Pictures:
This handout includes an IndieWire excerpt explaining the many successes of female directors from the beginning of the medium, and was inspired by a misconception held by many of my Cinema 3 students that all film directors were and are men. Please read the article linked above, if you have time:
FLM PRD 200, Digital Art - Photoshop:
Below is a link to one of my many helpful tutorials on YouTube:
FLM PRD 200, Digital Art - Photoshop:
I enjoy inspiring students with beautiful images, and these are featured in all of my FLM PRD 200 classes.
Spring 2025:
FLM PRD 101, Production Skills:
Please enjoy this excerpt of a video handout, featuring Ken Nakada, Head of Virtual Production & Creative Innovation at Amazon MGM Studios, that I shot in 2024 and share with all of my Production Skills and Virtual Production students. Ensure that you watch at least the first 3 minutes.
Amazon Virtual Production Tour
FLM PRD 202, Visual Effects - Adobe After Effects:
I made this tutorial based upon an actual advertisement and it has
helped students to obtain paid gigs.
FLM PRD 203, 3D Camera Technology for Immersive Media:
Please see our explanation of Virtual Production Workflows:
FLM PRD 203, 3D Camera Technology for Immersive Media:
In addition to providing world-class Virtual Production education, Eric Rigney and I have hosted top Virtual Production expert Zoom guests in the Virtual Production field, including Cinematographer, Erik "Wolfie" Wolford, recorded with closed captioning, and uploaded to Canvas:
FLM PRD 207, CG Production:
Please see this excerpt of my handout regarding the importance of Maya in the entertainment industry:
FLM PRD 207, CG Production:
Please see this excerpt of my Blender Shortcuts handout:
FLM PRD 901 and 911, Work Experience for Film Production:
As this was the "Maiden Voyage" of Work Experience classes, we were not originally intending to use Canvas. However, Canvas proved to be necessary and a great resource, as can be seen by the Fall 2025 Work Experience handout at the bottom of this page. Please see this helpful handout from Spring, 2025:
Summer 2025:
FLM PRD 201, Unreal Engine​:
Below, please see an excerpt from the Virtual Production Field Guide Volume II handout, written by Virtual Production pioneer Noah Kadner, who was also a guest speaker in our class:
FLM PRD 202, Visual Effects - Adobe After Effects​:
Please click on the closed-captioned Stabilize and Clone Tutorial that I created for my students using my own video:
Fall 2025:
All Classes​:
Laura created a new pdf outlining all Certificates of Achievement and AA Degrees of interest to our students. I prioritized embedding this handout into all Modules of all Fall 2025 classes and discussed these programs with the students:
Cinema 107, Understanding Motion Pictures​:
This excerpt from my welcome handout contains my fully accessible Regular Substantive Interaction (RSI) welcome video, captioned in Canvas Studio:
Cinema 107, Understanding Motion Pictures​:
This is an accessible handout that lives in Canvas. I spent hours captioning the movie in Canvas Studio, and ensuring that my Analysis page is accessible for screen readers:
FLM PRD 101, Production Skills​:
Please note that this Study Guide for the Midterm is completely accessible for screen readers and contains preparation for a Regular Substantive Interaction (RSI) online essay question:
FLM PRD 101, Production Skills:​
Within a short time, Kenia Mendoza rose to be a star student and NBC Universal trainee. When she came to speak to our Fall 2025 students, she made a this presentation and agreed to allow me to share it in Canvas. Kenia's love for the color pink has helped her to network:
FLM PRD 200, Digital Art - Adobe Photoshop:​
Please see this accessible Climate Across the Curriculum (CATC) Initiative Photoshop handout. All videos are correctly captioned.
FLM PRD 201, Unreal Engine:​
I created this completely accessible handout embedded in Canvas, to help students export a quick, silent video from Unreal Engine:
FLM PRD 901, Work Experience for Film Production:
This completely accessible handout provides inspiration and guidance:
