Critical literature supplemented by written analyses of selected films, television programs, and other appropriate material. Cable Communications Legal, technical, and programming aspects of cable and satellite communications. Services offered by existing systems and the complexities of developing systems. How technology develops and is assimilated into mass media. As Business American film industry's structure, policies, and relations with foreign governments and other segments of the entertainment business, including financing, distribution, and exhibition.
Selected students work in production departments of radio and television stations and film studios.
Guided research and reading. I Introduction to forms, techniques, and types of dramatic screenplay and television writing. May be taken more than once for credit, depending on changes in topic. Film Production Techniques and technologies of 16mm filmmaking from initial conception to completed motion picture. Survey of techniques used for film, video, experimental audio, and radio production.