Core Filmmaking is SOCAPA's most popular intensive. Each SOCAPA student writes, directs and edits one film of their own per week of attendance. Students also work as crew members for one another, providing each young filmmaker the opportunity to work as a Director of Photography, Sound Technician, or Production Assistant each week. Core Filmmaking introduces students to the Hollywood method of dual-system, sync-sound production where the image and the sound are recorded by separate crew members, the cinematographer and the sound recordist, on separate devices. Most students take the course for the full three weeks but there is also a shorter two week option where they do not make the final 'Kubrick' project.