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Producing Independent Cinema (CINE 2130)
Total Credits:
3
Lecture Credits:
2
Lab Credits:
1
Description:
Producing Independent Cinema introduces you to business and producing practices as they apply to Independent film-making. You will explore methods of pre-production and prepping, scheduling, production, post-production, and get an introduction to the business of marketing and distribution. You will learn about copyrights, financing, grant writing, budgeting and Independent film-making business structures. Must be taken A - F.
Topical Outline:
1. Different producing roles (exec, line-producer, co-producer, associate); the producer and relationships with director, production team and crew; the producer’s team
2. Financing sources and strategies, grant writing, competitions, contests, crowd-funding
3. The legal aspects of production. Acquiring intellectual property, copyrights, royalties, profit points. Business structures and choices, small business operations
4. Budgeting: above and below-the-line, accounting and cost control
5. Pre-production: Proposal, script-breakdowns, scheduling, casting, agents, releases, locations, permits, sets, unions, contracts, call sheets, logs and reports, safety
6. Post-production, marketing and distribution
Learning Outcomes:
1. Analyze and Breakdown a short film script
2. Write budgets, explore funding and distribution opportunities
3. Collaborate with production team in managing productions
Prerequisites:
CINE 1110 and
CINE 1120