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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
of telecommunications in various nations; analysis of the impact of cultural, economic, demographic, and political factors on both their internal and external operation. Also explored is the dynamic international telecommunications field, its impact on understanding and commerce between nations, and its meaning for the United States. 4 cr, offered occasionally.
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3.00 Credits
COM FT 303. The responsibilities associated with management positions at radio and television stations and cable outlets. Lectures, readings, case studies, and visits from persons now working in these positions develop the student's understanding of a variety of managerial functions and the challenges these functions entail. 4 cr, 2nd sem.
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3.00 Credits
COM FT 314 or COM FT 310. Intensive exploration in the key elements of the sitcom: character development, story structure, pitching, formats, writing, and polishing. Successful participants will have a completed ?pec script for the current television market. 4 cr, either sem.
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3.00 Credits
comprehensive look into the business of television and radio sales and marketing. Respected professionals occasionally guest-lecture on this important and ever-changing area. 4 cr, either sem.
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3.00 Credits
COM FT 325; grad prereq: COM FT 727. Course takes the student through the process of creating a fictional program or film. The course covers comedy and drama series and movies-of-the-week from development through production and postproduction. The student learns the complexities of the industry, the layers of decision makers to be dealt with, the place of agents, the nature of negotiation, and the requirements of sponsors, networks, and others for commercial time or commercial intent. 4 cr, either sem.
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3.00 Credits
COM FT 456 or CFA DR 123 or consent of the instructor. Students learn all aspects of directing, including script analysis, preproduction planning, casting and rehearsing actors, shooting styles, blocking, composition and camera placement, working with the editor, and use of the musical score. 4 cr, either sem.
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4.00 Credits
COM FT 351. An intensive combination of lecture, demonstration, and hands-on work in lighting. Film and video systems, from the camera to the transfer, are explained, explored, and used. Guest lecturers and field trips to production facilities and shooting locations are part of this course. 4 cr, either sem.
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3.00 Credits
survey of cinema from the past three decades originating outside of the studio system. Though the screening list changes from semester to semester, filmmakers to be dealt with include Elaine May, Barbara Loden, John Cassavetes, Robert Kramer, Mark Rappaport, and Charles Burnett, among others. 4 cr, 2nd sem.
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3.00 Credits
on a particular director (Godard, Hitchcock, Altman, Losey, Bergman, etc.), period, or style ( film noir, suspense), and studies how meaning is structured and perceived in the screen image. Includes viewing and analysis of narrative strategies in selected films. 4 cr, 1st sem.
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3.00 Credits
introduction to classical and contemporary film and media theory. Topics include montage theory, realism, structuralism, post-structuralism, semiotics, psychoanalysis, phenomenology, and cultural studies. The course includes screenings of films that have contributed to critical debate and those that challenge theoretical presuppositions. 4 cr, 2nd sem.
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