SWAN 390 - Special Topics in Producing

3 Credits
3 lecture hours.

Topics in this seminar range from legal aspects of filmmaking to the producer’s role in merging art and commerce in the entertainment industry. Overviews options, trade and craft union negotiations, music rights, product placement, licensing, development, finance, production, and distribution of feature films and multimedia entertainment such as electronic games. Includes applied approach to the evaluation and development of screenplays through writing coverage. Also considers the legal issues surrounding the making of documentaries and narrative films from original material and acquired sources such as literature, bios, and comics.

Prerequisite(s) SWAN 220 or SWAN 225 or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)