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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.

Writing the Feature Film 1 (Fall)

Gain the skills to generate feature film ideas, develop characters, craft an outline, and begin your screenplay. (This course is cross-listed with WRI 660.)

Making the Music Video

Discover what it takes to create a music video. After you focus on breaking down and timing out a song and presenting initial concepts, you will concept, storyboard, shoot, edit, and complete a music video. (This course is cross-listed with MPT 805M.)

Development: Finding Material and Influencing Writers

Learn how to find, option, and develop material for feature films and television. Practice composing effective script notes to help writers, and learn to evaluate the appropriate marketplace for your developed content. (This course is cross-listed with MPT 688 and MPT 888.)

Directors Rehearsing Actors

You will learn to capture incredible performances from actors by thoroughly analyzing your script and mastering the technique of holding auditions. Actors have a special language, and your job as a director is to know how to guide them to get their best performance on screen. This is the first… 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

Documentary Editing

Editing a story without a script is the documentary editor’s greatest challenge. This course will teach you practicalskills to discover and craft compelling stories in all documentary genres. (This course is cross-listed with MPT 806D.)

Fall Production Central

This two-semester portfolio course feels like a real-world production company, where you will write, direct, or produce at least 2 different projects: an assessment scene, and a thesis film. In this hands-on advanced production environment writers, directors, and producers collaborate to develop scripts in the first semester along with writing… Read More