COMM 6893 - Producing for Film

Credit Hours: 3

Description The goal of this course is to acquaint the student with the overall film/video making process through the lens of the producer - how to take a film idea from conception to completion; examine in depth the world of the producer as s/he finds and sells a concept, budgets, schedules, assembles a crew, oversees post-production, and markets his/her project; explore how the producer operates in the “Hollywood” system – from dealing with agents and managers to finding talent and developing screenplays; hands-on approach the learning essential tools of an aspiring executive/producer in Hollywood. Standard Letter