RTF X48 RTF 348 Topics in Media Industries 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Examination of the economics and the production, research, management, and distribution practices of the film and electronic media industries. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Semester in Los Angeles: Telling and Selling the Story. Explore the development of skills in the process by which literary material makes it from page to screens. Restrictions: Restricted to students admitted to the Semester in Los Angeles Program.
Topic 2: Semester in Los Angeles: Development Process of Film and Television. Examines the development process in both film and television; preparing pitches, coverage, and development notes; identifying strengths and weaknesses of literary material typical of that submitted to studios, networks, and production companies. Taught in Los Angeles, California. Only one of the following may be counted: Communication 324 (Topic: Development Process of Film and Television), 324 (Topic 2), Radio-Television-Film 348 (Topic: Development Process of Film and Television), 348 (Topic 2). Same as: COM 324.2 Restrictions: Restricted to students admitted to the Semester in Los Angeles Program.
Topic 3: Semester in Los Angeles: Inside the Music Industry. Examine how the music industry really works, how it relates to other divisions of the entertainment industry, and the effects that changing technologies have on it. Only one of the following may be counted: Communication 324 (Topic: Inside The Music Industry), 324 (Topic 3), Radio-Television-Film 348 (Topic: Inside The Music Industry) and 348 (Topic 3). Same as: COM 324.3 Restrictions: Restricted to students admitted to the Semester in Los Angeles Program.
Topic 4: Semester in Los Angeles: New Media and Emerging Entertainment. Explores burgeoning areas of digital entertainment including broadband, video-on-demand, interactive television, mobile entertainment, and interactive digital gaming. Taught in Los Angeles, California. Only one of the following may be counted: Communication 324 (Topic: New Media and Emerging Entertainment), 324 (Topic 4), Radio-Television-Film 348 (Topic: New Media and Emerging Entertainment), 348 (Topic 4). Same as: COM 324.4 Restrictions: Restricted to students admitted to the Semester in Los Angeles Program.
Topic 5: Semester in Los Angeles: Working Hollywood Writer Radio-Television-Film 348 (Topic: Working Hollywood Writer-LA) and 348 (Topic 5) may not both be counted. Restrictions: Restricted to students admitted to the Semester in Los Angeles Program