TMA 187
Production Management: Beginning
Theatre and Media Arts
College of Fine Arts and Communications
Course Description
Fundamentals of media production; budgeting, scheduling, and management skills.
When Taught
Fall and Winter
Grade Rule
Grade Rule 8: A, B, C, D, E, I (Standard grade rule)
Min
3
Fixed
3
Fixed
3
Fixed
3
Title
Professional Communication
Learning Outcome
Students will be taught to communicate effectively, appropriately and competently in a business environment.
Title
Personal Development
Learning Outcome
Students will learn how to anticipate and prepare for unexpected challenges, develop essential questions and find their answers, manage details and to creatively problem-solve.
Title
Role Responsibilities
Learning Outcome
Students will gain a broad-stroke understanding of the responsibilities of all key crew positions, with an emphasis on understanding what the student is undertaking and what is expected when he/she agrees to accept a department head or other key role - particularly that of Producer or Unit Production Manager; Additionally, the student will understand how all roles work together to create a collaborative and mutually edifying environment.
Title
Producing/Production Management Basics
Learning Outcome
Students will gain a specific understanding and working knowledge of the responsibility of a film's Producer/Unit Production Manager and its accompanying practical application.
Title
Page to Screen
Learning Outcome
Students will discover resources for story development, how to create and develop story ideas at a basic level, learn to comprehensively analyze a script, break it down, to identify both implicit and explicit elements, and determine to which departments the identified elements belong. Students will learn to synthesize the information and how to use that information to develop a budget, schedule, and to generally prepare for production.
Title
Phases of Film Production
Learning Outcome
Students will understand the essentials of the pre-production/planning stage of a film, including budgeting, scheduling and all elements required to ready a film for production [shooting], and also learn the basics associated with production [shooting] and post-production.
Title
Production Wrap
Learning Outcome
Students will understand how to wrap production, including scheduling wrap, the unique wrap requirements for each department in each phase of production, and what activities, reporting, tasks and paperwork must be complete in order to release cast and crew and declare a full project wrap.
