Producing

  • Covers Each Step of the Creative Process
  • Builds Skills Across All Media
  • Provides a Solid Business Foundation

These courses have been developed to expose aspiring as well as seasoned producers to the full spectrum of the entertainment business and the creative development process for all media—film, television, and interactive. From script to screen, budgets to marketing, and studio management to legal issues, you will gain an insider’s view of the creative, entrepreneurial, and managerial skills it takes to work in producing. Learn more about the Certificate in TV and Film Producing.

This semester, study in-person or from anywhere in the world from the safety and comfort of your home through online or remote instruction.

Film and TV Development as a Producer

Learn the mechanics of developing new film or TV projects by using a work of your own or by optioning and acquiring existing intellectual property.

2023 Fall
1 section

Budgeting, Financing, and Casting for Film and TV

Gain an understanding of film budgets and the casting process from a creative as well as a practical, boots-on-the-ground perspective.

Building a Career as a TV or Film Producer

In this hands-on workshop, explore the numerous facets of a producer’s role by producing a real or hypothetical film or TV project of your own.

Fix It, Sell It, Deliver It: A Producer's Survival Tactics for Postproduction, Distribution, Sales, and Marketing a Film

Gain a comprehensive understanding, from a producer’s perspective, of all the essential elements of postproduction.

The Producer on Set: Principal Photography and Production

Gain a detailed understanding of the requirements, role, and expectations of a producer when preparing for and embarking on a film or TV shoot.