Business of the Business

Catalog description

This course is designed to familiarize students with the basics of the business of writing for theater, film, and episodic television. The course will include an overview of those industries: from off-Broadway to Broadway theater, independent to studio film, streaming/web series' to network and cable TV. Case studies and examples from across the three mediums will be used to illustrate financing, development, contracts, rights, unions, production, and distribution.