Overview

The School of Communication's Master of Fine Arts in Production prepares students with the necessary skills for success in the moving image profession. The M.F.A. in Production includes critical studies, professional development, and production techniques and skills. The production specialization allows students to concentrate in narrative film, documentary, animation, or experimental filmmaking using 16mm motion picture and digital formats.

Coursework includes aspects of contemporary cinema, American movie genres, women and popular culture, film and society, nonfiction film, the structure of dramatic art, and analysis of the screenplay. Also, professional development and production courses offer topics on legal aspects of motion pictures, motion picture marketing and distribution, scriptwriting, and motion graphics and composition, among others.

Special facilities for the Motion Picture program include the campus movie theater, the Bill Cosford Cinema, film and video sound stages, state of the art editing and digital post-production suites and one of the nation's largest privately held collections of 35mm and 70mm films, The Raymond J. Regis Moving Image Archives.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
Students enrolled in the M.F.A. Production program must complete a minimum of 42 credit hours at the graduate level.

Critical and Analytical Studies {9 Credits}
CMP 502 Aspects of Contemporary Cinema . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CMP 503 Film Directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CMP 506 American Movie Genres. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CMP 507 Film, Society, and Culture. . . . . . . . 3
CMP 508 Women, Film, and Popular Culture. . . . . . . . . . . 3
CMP 529 Nonfiction Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CMP 565 The Structure of Dramatic Art. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CMP 645 Analysis of the Screenplay . . . . . . . . 3
CMP 666 Film Culture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CMP 667 Film Culture II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
COM 598 Special Topics in Communication:
Creative Problem Solving . . . . . . 3

Profesional Development { 9 Credits}
CMP 509 Legal Aspects of Motion Pictures. . . . . . . . . . . 3
CMP 552 Motion Picture Marketing and Distribution. . . . . . 3
CMP 553 Advanced Motion Picture Marketing. . . . . . . . . 3
CMP 555 Producing the Motion Picture. . . . . . . . . . 3
CMP 566 Character and Dialogue. . . . . . . . . . . 3
CMP 594 Special Topics in Motion Picture:
Producing the Independent Feature. . . . . . . . . 3
CMP 627 Scriptwriting* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CMP 628 Rewriting the Screenplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CMP 638 Writing the Short Film. . . . . . . . 3
CMP 639 Writing for Series Television*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CMP 661 Directing the Film. . . . . . . . . 3
*Prerequisite: CMP 126 and CMP 326 or permission of instructor

Production Courses { 9 Credits}
CMP 550 Motion Graphics and Composition. . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CMP 551 Graphic and Animated Film. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CMP 558 Documentary Production. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CMP 605 Production Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CMP 637 Motion Picture Workshop I
Production for Screenwriters . . . . . . . . . 3
CMP 651 Cinematography** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CMP 652 Advanced Cinematography**. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CMP 656 Motion Picture Post-Production Procedures. . . . . 3
**Prerequisite: Permission of instructor

Electives { 9 Credits}

Production Courses { 6 Credits}
CMP 734 M.F.A. Project - Production. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
CMP 736 M.F.A. Project - Screenwriting. . . . . . . . . . . . 3