Course Code: FMTV 250
Academic Year: 2025-2026
This course is directly related to the research, development, planning, practical organization, project management, delivery, and screening of the Studio Drama Film Projects. This course continues the comprehensive study of producing films. Emphasis is placed on adapting professional production organizational methods to studio drama productions. Students are introduced to increasingly complex production paperwork, with a view to understanding pre-production processes and paper flow. Over the course of the semester students will model a professional union crew. Working as a team they will build their crew's distinctive plans for budgeting, production and postproduction schedules as well as crafting marketing strategies for the short film genre while working to strict delivery deadlines. Students will learn to work with clients by developing a Public Service Announcement creative strategy for a non-profit agency.