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  • COM FT 730: Screen Adaptation I
    More than half of Oscar nominated films are literary adaptations. This course analyses the current commercial and artistic reasons behind the surge in adaptations, touches upon adaptation theory, and studies novels and short stories that have been adapted for film. Students present papers on film adaptations and begin the adaptation of a short story.
  • COM FT 731: Screenwriting IV
    Restricted to Graduate Screenwriting students. Through a rigorous writing schedule, the students complete a feature-length screenplay. A solid first draft of a new feature-length screenplay and two sets of revision.
  • COM FT 801: Avid Film Composer
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  • COM FT 808: Line Producing
    CMP students only. This course will focus on the steps and procedures involved in the physical production of a project from development to wrap. We will review general production management tools and techniques; staffing the production; working with directors, cast and crew; choosing and managing locations; and dealing with the unexpected. We will use software to breakdown a script, schedule and budget the project and create a production binder. We will review contracts, union basic agreements, ethics, safety and risk management.
  • COM FT 810: Web Promotion and Development
    The course introduces students to entrepreneurial concepts and provides the practical tools needed to take a creative work to market. Students will learn about online funding sources, Web distribution platforms, social media marketing, legal issues relating to protecting creative work and the business side of the industry.
  • COM FT 812: CORE 1
    CMP students only. This section of Core 1 is an intensive workshop that will focus on Script Analysis, Performance, and Visual Story Telling. It is comprised of demonstrations, workshops, and a scripted project shot outside of class. It is attended by Directors, Producers, Cinematographers, and by invitation, Screenwriters who work with the program. Midway through the semester the class will be joined by a group of professional actors who will perform in the filmed exercise. Working together, this workshop seeks to foster a truly collaborative spirit of filmmaking.
  • COM FT 813: Core 2
    This course is designed for student preparing to shoot their thesis projects. There are many elements that go into preparing to shoot an award- winning film or media production. This course will cover all pre-production elements, including the casting process, rehearsing with actors, scene preparation, location scouting, production scheduling, conducting test shoots, equipment preparation, blocking and lighting diagrams, and a variety of pre-visualization techniques. Guest speakers will join the class to discuss topics such as production design, sound design and color grading. By the end of the class, students will have all the elements in place to begin production of their thesis film.
  • COM FT 814: Production Lab 1
    CMP students only. Production Lab 1 is a workshop-driven section of the CMP program that addresses the artistic and technical challenges of working in the modern filmmaking landscape. Students will work on developing 6 non- dialogue visual short films. In additional, they will be given weekly tasks and real on-set problems to solve as a team. These tasks will add up to a list of advanced technical skill sets that they will be able to employ on their short films. Students will also be able to tap into the Advanced Cinematography class as a crew resource.
  • COM FT 815: Production Lab 2
    CMP students only. Students will start to workshop the potential technical problems that they will face in their thesis projects. Each week, students will bring their ideas and issues of their thesis projects to the table and the class will work together to solve them. The Cinematographers will be given the additional tasks of doing the in-depth technical tests to achieve the look and quality of the thesis film.
  • COM FT 816: Weekly Review & Critique
    A vital part of exploring and developing as a filmmaker is to look critically at your work and the work of others. In the first semester of the program, there will be weekly screenings where all of the students and key faculty members will gather to view the results of the targeted filmmaking exercises. In the second semester, the weekly screenings will focus on practice segments from the thesis films in progress. The weekly critiques are designed to allow all students to share the process of solving cinematic story problems, and to allow them to directly or vicariously explore different strategies and styles. Both students and faculty will also take turns introducing scenes from notable films to demonstrate effective, inspiring or innovative filmmaking.
  • COM FT 817: Weekly Review & Critique 2
    A vital part of exploring and developing as a filmmaker is to look critically at your work and the work of others. In the first semester of the program, there will be weekly screenings where all of the students and key faculty members will gather to view the results of the targeted filmmaking exercises. In the second semester, the weekly screenings will focus on practice segments from the thesis films in progress. The weekly critiques are designed to allow all students to share the process of solving cinematic story problems, and to allow them to directly or vicariously explore different strategies and styles. Both students and faculty will also take turns introducing scenes from notable films to demonstrate effective, inspiring or innovative filmmaking.
  • COM FT 825: Thesis Project
    Creation of an original work in any one of four areas: producing; scriptwriting; directing/production; or a research paper. One-on-one advisor supervision throughout the entire process.
  • COM FT 851: Thesis Preparation
    This course, required of second semester film production graduate students, explores the aesthetic and technical parameters of the short film format with the goal of celebrating the short form as a genre unto itself. Students also develop and write their thesis scripts in preparation for thesis production the following year.
  • COM FT 852: Thesis Project
    Devoted to completion of thesis projects in film production and film studies.
  • COM FT 855: Telecommunication Seminars
    Seminars by individual faculty members on topics of their choice, normally ones in which they are engaged in research or special study. Not more than two such seminars are offered in any one semester. Subjects and instructors announced before registration.
  • COM FT 856: Telecommunication Seminars
    Seminars by individual faculty members on topics of their choice, normally ones in which they are engaged in research or special study. Not more than two such seminars are offered in any one semester. Subjects and instructors announced before registration.
  • COM FT 951: Directed Studies
    Individual projects: opportunity for advanced graduate students who have completed a major portion of their degree requirements to engage in in-depth tutorial study with specific faculty in an area not normally covered by regular curriculum offerings.
  • COM FT 952: Directed Studies
    Individual projects: opportunity for advanced graduate students who have completed a major portion of their degree requirements to engage in in-depth tutorial study with specific faculty in an area not normally covered by regular curriculum offerings.
  • COM FT 953: Internship 1
    This course description is currently under construction.
  • COM FT 954: Internship 2
    This course description is currently under construction.

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