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Securing Rights and Agreements for Film

Learn the business side of show business. You’ll write option/purchase, submission, producer, employment, non-disclosure, and negotiating agreements. Plus, you’ll explore right-to-work laws, insurance requirements, financing, intellectual property protection, negotiating fees, profit participation, compensation, and more. (This course is cross-listed with MPT 867.)

Writing for Production: Shot In A Day

Write and develop material for production. You’ll create and write short films focusing on three-dimensional character development that can be shot on our sound stages as class projects and thesis films. (This course is cross-listed with MPT 498WSD.)

Content Creation: Editing: Advanced Color Correction

This course is designed to teach digital video color correction tips and techniques as performed in a variety of color correction software applications. Learn to adjust poorly exposed shots, create shots with color casts, create looks, match shots, and master secondary color correction techniques. Students will use color correction to… Read More

Organic Blocking for Camera

As the second half of a two-part class joined with MPT 644/MPT 378 Directors Rehearsing Actors, you’ll not only learn how to direct scenes in a professional, efficient manner, you’ll experience the technical side of movie-making by decorating sets, operating camera, lighting performers, and recording sound. Follow that up with… Read More

Certification Preparation for Avid Media Composer

Do you have the chops to work as an editor in Hollywood, and/or to work with professional editors? Avid Media Composer is the industry-recognized standard for nonlinear editing, and Avid itself designed this course to build the skills and competencies needed to become a fluent, professional-level editor. You will prepare… Read More

Shot in a Day

Astronaut training camp for directors! Here, you’ll guide a professional cast and crew through a professional shoot day. Tackling 5-7 page scenes and working within a set time-frame, you will learn industry methods and protocol, taking your directorial skills to the next level. As close as it gets to the… Read More

Shot in a Day

Astronaut training camp for directors! Here, you’ll guide a professional cast and crew through a professional shoot day. Tackling 5-7 page scenes and working within a set time-frame, you will learn industry methods and protocol, taking your directorial skills to the next level. As close as it gets to the… Read More

Crowdfunding and Social Media Marketing for Entertainment

This course will throw you into the game-changing world of crowdfunding and social media. No matter what project you are creating- a film, an app, fashion line, game, product, or another endeavor- you will build a crowdfunding campaign from the ground up, from inception to launch! You will learn how… Read More

Breaking through the Noise of Social Media

No matter what you make-app, fashion line, game, product, film-social media marketing creates an impact. You’ll learn to secure funds, and practice building your brand, attracting supporters, and navigating multitudes of social media channels to bring your dream project to life. (This course is cross-listed with LA 204, MPT 705,… Read More

Writer-Director Intensive 1

Students will generate ideas for a short film. They will acquire the skills necessary to tell stories in a logical and emotionally connective way. Students will develop either original ideas or ideas adapted from existing material, through the outline stage.