Entertainment Law, Business Practices, and Negotiation Strategies

4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

Lecture, three hours. Course 294A is not requisite to 294B. Introduction to feature-length motion picture business and law from perspective of independent and studio producer. Students establish working knowledge of entertainment law and business practices through basic understanding of important legal concepts and business considerations in connection with development, production and distribution, material terms of fundamental rights and talent agreements, and negotiation strategy. S/U or letter grading.