Career Strategies

(2 Credits)

This course is designed to equip students with the essential information, strategies, and skills required to launch successful careers in the film, television, and related industries. Classes focus on the broad range of professional opportunities and the nature of the competitive challenges ahead. Topics of study include making professional contacts, financing your feature, agents and managers, joining a union, legal matters, and survival skills. Students will be encouraged to articulate clear and realistic career goals, develop individual career plans, and devise effective strategies to achieve the necessary competitive edge in launching their careers. Guest speakers will include key producers, managers, agents, distributors, film festival representatives, lawyers, and other key industry figures.