FALL/SPRING: Your required 12-credit Los Angeles academic FALL/SPRING: Your required 12-credit Los Angeles academic experience is built around registering for an 18-to-30-hour entertainment industry practicum (1-3 credits); a vast array of LA-based course offerings (3 credits each); five-week master seminars (1 credit each); and online Arts and Sciences classes.
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- Student Internship Practical Experience
- Classroom meetings throughout the semester
- One to One meetings with the program director / assistant director during the semester
This course will serve as a complement to the student’s hands on experience in the professional workplace. In class, we will offer a forum to discuss any challenges, concerns and questions that may arise regarding student’s internships. We will expose students to entertainment industry decision makers and influencers, thus giving students a chance to interact with working professionals in a more intimate setting. Students are expected to research the background of any guest speakers so as to thoroughly engage in the in-class conversation. Through this and an exploration of current news gathered from the industry trade papers (Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles Times, Deadline, etc.) , students will sharpen their critical perspective of the business part of show business.
BAN 454: Music Business, Technology & Emerging Opportunities (3 cr.)
The class explores how technology has had an impact on the music industry and how the current tech space changes the music industry almost daily. The class explores the opportunity that this creates for entrepreneurial and forward-thinking students in the music and creative spaces. Offered in the fall semester only.
COM 350: Topics in Media, Diversity, and Inclusion (3 cr.)
This course is an introduction to fundamental issues related to diversity and inclusion in the media industries as approached through the lens of topics, industries, and/or media products. Current themes include SOCIAL CHANGE IN LOS ANGELES and DISNEY ANIMATED FILMS
COM 506: Communications Law for Television, Radio, Film (3 cr.)
This course is intended to prepare students for a number of specific legal problems they are likely to encounter in their jobs in the broadcasting and film industries, including those that will emerge as technology and business organizations change. Preference is given to Bandier, Graphic Design, Photography (Illustration track) and Television-Radio-Film seniors and PC minors.
COM 509: Communications Law for Communicators (3 cr.)
This course is an integrated communications law course that covers a broad range of legal issues and is available to most majors.
ENG 464: Classical Hollywood Cinema & the Studio System (3 cr.)
This course will study the aesthetics, historical context, economics, censorship, technological developments of Hollywood studio filmmaking. Students will leave the course with an understanding of the history of studio era Hollywood against the wider backdrop of the cultural history of Los Angeles and the United States. This course will examine Hollywood narrative cinema from the beginning of the sound era in the late 1920s to the demise of the studio system in the late 1950s. Topics will include the emergence of genres, the star system, changing audiences, the innovations of sound and television, and controversies over film content. Students will also acquire some advanced skills for film history research using local archives in the Los Angeles area.
PHI 293: Ethics & Media Professionals (online) (3 cr.)
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PRL 530: Special Topics in Public Relations - Entertainment PR in LA (offered during spring break only)
In-depth look at different public relations specializations, including media relations, government relations, investor relations, crisis communications, employee communications, and sports within the Los Angeles landscape. Course public relations that promotes individuals or entities operating in some capacity within the entertainment industry. The main goal is to create a positive image and manage reputation. In addition to generating media coverage, Entertainment PR builds mutually beneficial relationships with critical media outlets and individual journalists. It can involve organizing interviews or events to showcase a client or their work to the public, managing social media, or researching how to enter a market or bring out a new product. Particular specificities of entertainment PR include event and product promotion, social media management, crisis management, handling fan communities, and product endorsements.
This course is open to PRL juniors, seniors and grads. Class meets 3/10-3/13, during spring break. Mon 3/11 6:00-9:00pm, T-Th 3/12-3/14 9:00-5:00. There will also be Zoom orientation meetings prior to the class, dates TBA.
Note: There is a $900 course fee that will cover hotel (2 students per room), transportation around LA to and from agency visits and class special events, and most meals. Single room requests will be considered on a space available basis.Extra charges will apply.
TRF 400: The Art of Producing (2 cr.)
Many students express their desire to become producers. But who is the producer and what do they do exactly? How do you become a producer? This course will provide answers to these questions as it explores the many different facets of the producer’s art. Offered in the summer only.
TRF 415: Acting for Writers, Producers, and Directors (3 cr.)
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TRF 430: Topics in Entertainment Business: Marketing for Entertainment (3 cr.)
Given the rise of streaming (both related and unrelated to the pandemic) another variable has demanded more attention from marketers – theatricality. It’s always been part of the marketing equation but rather than simply solving how we as marketers amplify this variable, we are now faced with the question of whether a movie is considered theater-worthy at all. Ultimately the goal remains – make audiences choose your movie over something else; convince them that the movie is worth the effort or the money to see it wherever it is being made available.
TRF 465: CAPSTONE - Hollywood: Game Changers (3 cr.)
The Television/Radio/Film Capstone course in Los Angeles will take students on an up-close immersive journey through the ever-changing ecosystem of the Los Angeles media industry, including traditional TV, feature films, cable TV, the syndication business, social media and the new digital guys on the block.
TRF 471: TV Nation (3 cr.)
We are truly a nation of TV watchers, whether by way of traditional networks or streaming (OTT) services. TV NATION explores the business and creative process that leads to and includes the pitch for new television shows. It will explain and demystify how programs are created, developed, and sold, as well as the jobs that are responsible for all of these functions.
TRF 510: Artist Representation & The Creative Process (1 cr.)
This course will explore the significant role agents and managers play in the television, film & digital media creative process. Agents and managers who represent talent like actors, writers, directors, producers, musicians, etc. can have a profound impact on the careers of their clients. They can be involved in the projects their clients choose and the development, packaging and financing of those projects. Managers can also be producers and are frequently involved in the actual production of their client’s films and television shows. This class will help you discover the pivotal contribution agents and managers make to the Hollywood media creative ecosystem. Offered in the summer only.
TRF 510: Anatomy of a TV Series (1 cr.)
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Learn the secrets to navigating the “new media” ecosystem and how to face real world challenges with creative, insightful and analytical solutions from leading industry producers, creative executives and talent agents.
This course will expose students to the ever changing landscape of the Los Angeles media industry, including traditional television and movies, cable TV, the syndication business, social media, the digital space and more. Students will gain insights into how these different platforms are now thoroughly interconnected and how they impact each other. Students will study the history of how the media business worked, how business models are being turned on their heads on an almost daily basis, and how the student’s career goals and aspirations might fit in to how the business will evolve in the future.
SMC 422: Sports Production (3 cr.)
An exploration of sports production. The course examines the way promos, long form, studio and live sports production utilizes storytelling, shooting and editing techniques. Offered in the spring semester only.
SMC 424: The Sports Media Pitch (3 cr.)
The Sports Media Pitch is a collaborative project with students executing a marketing and/or branding challenge assignment from a real-world sport entity. Offered in the spring semester only.
International students: Non-immigrant visa regulations require that F-1 students and J-1 exchange visitors be registered as full-time students in the fall and spring semesters. Students are limited to one online class if they are registered for a total of 12 credits or two online classes if they register for a total of 15 or more credits.
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