FTP 566 - Story Development for Producers

Prerequisites, FTP 560, graduate film and television producing major. An overview of development, from idea through production draft. The course will teach students practical and critical skills for evaluating and developing film, television, and web projects. Students will learn to create, assess, critique, and develop ideas and stories ranging from original ideas, existing literary material, non-fiction, and news stories/current events. Students will learn the role of the producer as he or she works in collaboration with writers, executives, financiers, directors, and line producers during the development of the script. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits