FTV 227 Screenwriting Fundamentals
An introduction to the building blocks upon which all film and television writing are based: visualization, dialogue, scenes, sequences, and basic dramatic structure. Students begin with short writing exercises and proceed to longer scenes and sequences, culminating in a 12-page script. Workshop approach is augmented by lecture, readings and video excerpts. 3 credits.

FTV 304 Survey of International Film
Students will be introduced to the classics of international cinema.  European cinema (especially French, German, Italian, Swedish, Hungarian, and Russian), Chinese, Japanese, Hong Kong, and, Middle-Eastern cinema will be analyzed within historical, social, and aesthetic contexts. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits.

FTV 317 Creative Producing and Development
An introduction to the creative process of finding and developing material for film and television. The course will examine evaluating and developing existing literary material; developing news stories/current events and developing fictional material. Students will learn about the role of the producer in working with writers, agents and studio/network executives during the development process. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits.

FTV 327 Intermediate Screenwriting
An initial study of the problems and possibilities presented by the feature length screenplay.  Students will write three or more ideas for feature stories, develop one of these into a 10-20 page treatment, then complete the first thirty pages of a feature screenplay based on the treatment.  Viable projects can be completed in FTV 427. May be repeated for credit. 3 credits.

FTV 334 Production Management
Analysis of procedures and problems in preparing a script for film or television production. Emphasis on the role of the production manager in breaking down scripts, setting up shooting schedules, preparing budgets, and planning post–production. (Offered fall semester). 3 credits.

FTV 351 Business Presentations
Provides insight into the corporate world and the communication skills and techniques, including creating computer generated graphics, needed to be successful in today's business environment.  A practical look at organizing and creating visual communication for the board room, trade show, and business meeting. 3 credits.

FTV 357 Feature Analysis
Feature films are analyzed from a storytelling viewpoint, with emphasis on the wide range of problems and possibilities a screenwriter and director face in the process of managing the audience's emotional involvement in a story. 3 credits.

FTV 360 Overview of Producing
Presents a comprehensive introduction to producing for contemporary moving image formats. Examines various entertainment companies including large corporations, independent production companies, television companies, computer companies, and startup ventures. Methods of production, marketing, distribution, and exhibition are examined in a variety of platforms including motion pictures, network television, cable, interactive communication, video, pay-per-view, record, and CD-ROM. 3 credits.

FTV 370 Internet Communications
An overview of the ways in which the Internet has transformed the practice of public relations and advertising.  Analysis and evaluation of programs using electronic communication tools and the effective use of the Internet in managing relationships with key target audiences in support of organizational goals and objectives.  3 credits.

FTV 371 Location Filmmaking
A group experience in which students participate in the production of a department-sponsored 16mm narrative film.   Class members will be organized into production crews with each student performing the duties associated with a specific crew position.  Special attention will be given to collaboration and pre-production planning, as well as photographic and sound recording problem-solving necessary for location filming.  May be repeated for credit. 3 credits.

FTV 389 Cross-Cultural Documentary
This course is designed to give students a practical and theoretical understanding of how the cross-cultural (ethnographic) documentary film can be used as a creative medium to explore and document a foreign culture. Throughout the course of the semester the students will research and produce a short cross-cultural documentary about an aspect of a local culture that is different from their own. 3 credits.

FTV 419 Entertainment Marketing and Promotion
An examination of how marketing and public relations practices are applied in the fields of entertainment, including film promotion, celebrity representation, merchandising and product placement, and sports sponsorships. 3 credits.

FTV 424 Producing for Broadcast
An introduction to the key business and management issues involved in contemporary television programming. This course will examine programming, marketing and distribution trends in broadcast, cable and satellite networks. Topics covered will include the series production, domestic and international market, financing issues, co-productions, and special event programming. 3 credits.

FTV 425 Producing the Independent Film
Designed to help creative producers understand the particular exigencies of independent productions, this course will provide an in-depth case study of an independent film.  Students will develop an appreciation for creative alternatives to financing, location selection, production design, publicity, and marketing, including the value of Internet promotions. 3 credits.

FTV 449 International Marketing and Distribution
An examination of the role of marketing, distribution and exhibition in the international motion picture and television industries. Students will investigate domestic and major international marketing areas and learn how publicity and advertising campaigns, distribution platforms, distributor-exhibitor relations, distribution deals, release patterns and campaign design/implementation differ from area to area. 3 credits.

FTV 451 Production Rights and Contracts
A study of the international legal and ethical issues facing creative producers as they seek to obtain the rights to material and to protect the rights of individuals associated with their productions through contracts, intellectual property, chain of title and copyright. 3 credits.

FTV 458 International Co-Productions
Examines the process a producer or production entity undergoes to bring a motion picture project into the international marketplace with the explicit goal of funding the production of the project utilizing multi-source financing from more than one country - possibly in combination with production services and/or resources indigenous to those countries. 3 credits.

FTV 467 Production Financing
An overview of the various financing structures used in film and television production. Students will learn about bank financing, studio financing, network financing, IPO’s, limited  and international co-production partnerships, debt swap financing, negative pickup deals, foreign and domestic  presales. 3 credits.

FTV 493 Senior Project: Producing a Film
Working with student writers, directors and crews, the creative producing student will be responsible for all aspects of producing a film or television project, from script development through post-production. 3 credits.

FTV 494 Senior Project: Creative Development Portfolio
Creative producing students will draw upon coursework in creative development, production, marketing, and finance, along with their understanding of current international markets, to develop an original creative property and accompanying business plan for a specific global region. 3 credits.