Producing Intensive
X34.9149
/ $1,095
FALL 2009
Continuing Education:
Film, Video and Broadcasting
Beginning and prospective producers chart paths toward their goals in this intensive course. Understand producers' core functions and responsibilities through an overview of the creative, executive, and technical (line producing and production management) aspects of production and distribution. Grapple with challenging questions: how to determine a story's artistic and financial worth; how to define the target audience; and how to accurately project production and marketing costs. Learn to analyze scripts and stories to gauge costs; develop budgets; structure funding and raise funds; and enter into contracts with actors, executive producers, distributors, and others. Find out how to get started as a producer and how to identify opportunities.
AREAS COVERED
- Development.
- Scheduling.
- Budgeting.
- Financing.
- Pre-production, production, and post.
- Festivals and screenings.
- The state of the industry.
WHO SHOULD ENROLL
This program is designed for aspiring producers and filmmakers.
FACULTY
Noah Harlan, co-founder, 2.1 Films; producer, Tehilim, 2007 Official Cannes Film Festival selection; Apartment #5C, 2002 Cannes Film Festival--Director's Fortnight; and Avanim, Panorama Special selection, Berlin Film Festival 2004, and France Culture prize for best director, Cannes Film Festival, 2005.
Susan Leber, producer of over 10 feature films and shorts, including Adrift in Manhattan, 2007 Sundance Film Festival Official selection; The Speed of Life, 2007 Venice Film Festival award winner; and The Roost, 2005 South by Southwest Film Festival Official selection.
This course is also scheduled for:
Related Subject Areas: Entertainment Management, Producing, Film Industry, Career Resources
Course Materials
Section 1
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 9:00am-5:00pm
November 16 - November 18
Thursday, Friday 9:00am-5:00pm
November 19 - November 20
5 Sessions
Instructor:
Kenneth Waddell
Location: Woolworth Building, 15 Barclay
