MFA in Producing for Film, Television and New Media

• Understanding the history and present realities of the entertainment industry landscape with understanding and awareness of the dynamic evolving nature of the field.  The faculty of working professionals brings up-to-date information and strategies to the classroom, enabling students to develop a current and savvy skillset, knowledge base, and network of contacts.
• The primacy of ideas and story (the “Art”) is our focus.  We also teach how to navigate the business to bring your ideas to life (the “Commerce”).
• Broad and deep practical knowledge of the profession of producing for the variety of arenas within the entertainment industry (features, television, digital media). plus, knowledge of other creative roles in content creation, thus enabling the students to choose a specific direction and also remain flexible and broadly-skilled.
• Always practical, especially as it pertains to their own specific career path, including internship experience, individual and group projects (from short films to film and television show pitches) culminating in the conception, development and completion of an individual thesis project. The individual thesis project is comprised of a detailed plan for a film, documentary, television or webseries project including a developed script and notes for improvement, a schedule, budget assumptions and a marketing/distribution plan. Students defend their projects to a panel of industry professionals with expertise in the disciplines a thesis project encompasses.