GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN THE BUSINESS OF

ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM

Fall 2017

The World of the Producer: CNTV 521 (17841D) Monday 7-10pm

SCA 214

This class is a seminar-style look at the function of the producer in film, television, and new media. Bringing a diverse group of professional executives and producers to campus to discuss the various aspects of their role in developing, selling, financing, budgeting, staffing, marketing, and creating projects. Study includes breaking down scripts, estimating general costs and schedules for projects, understanding the scope of producing from start to finish and figuring out if producing is the right job for you.Taught by Torrie Rosenzweig, who has spent the past 20 years working as a freelance producer and directorin television and documentary films.In addition, she produces events for the Office of Industry Relations at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

Entertainment Marketing in CNTV 525 (17808D) Tuesday 7-10pm

Today’s Digital Environment: SCB 104

A Broad Overview of Entertainment Industry Marketing Disciplines in Motion Pictures, Television, Music, DVD’s, & Video Games.

Taught by David Weitzner, Director of the USC School of Cinematic Arts Summer Program and former President of Worldwide Marketing for 20th Century Fox and Universal Studios. Professor Weitzner is responsible for some of the most noteworthy feature marketing campaigns in history including the original STAR WARS, E.T. THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL, ALIENS and Ingmar Bergman’s FANNY AND ALEXANDER. The focus of the class will be on the various marketing technologies employed by the industry and will feature senior level studio executives as weekly guest speakers.

The Business of Representation CTPR 563 (19143D) Thursday 7-10pm

Agents-Managers-Lawyers-Public Relations Off-Campus

Taught by Alan Berger, former head of Television Packaging at ICM, and currently a top executive at Creative Artists Agency. This class will discuss the inner workings of the specific roles of various representation teams for artists. The focus will be on deal making, career planning, and the application of representative structure to the lives of various clients.

NOTE: This course will be held at CAA, 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

**Please note: All classes are 4 units. Graduate students completing four classes in this concentration will receive an Entertainment Concentration Certificate from the School of Cinema. New classes are offered each semester and the same class cannot be taken twice. ***MBA students receive clearance through the Marshall School of Business; all non-MBA students please contact Ali Sarafoglou – Student Industry Relations office at 213-740-4432 for “D” clearance.

Cinematic Arts (CNTV/CTPR) Early D-clearance Instructions

If you are interested in taking a CNTV or CTPR course for The Business of Entertainment Graduate Certificate, you must obtain D-class clearance before you will be able to register through USC Web Registration. Our office will forward your request to Cinematic Arts for D-clearance. D-class clearance requests are usually processed within three business days.

D-clearance Timeline

  • If you submit your request before April 6, 2017at 12:30 pm, you will be able to register for CNTV and CTPR courses using USC Web Registration between Monday, April 10, 2017at 12:30 pm and Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 12:30 pm.
  • If you submit your request after April 6, 2017 at 12:30 pm, you will be able to register for CNTV and CTPR courses using USC Web Registration during MBA Open Web Registration on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at 2:00 pm.

Important for Fall 2017

D-clearances will be effective until Friday, August 18, 2017, at which point, in order to register, students will need to obtain the instructor’s written permission on a Change of Program form and submit it to the contact the School of Cinematic​ Arts Student Affairs Office in SCA 235, (213) 740-4432.

Instructions

To request clearance, copy and complete the following form into the body of an email message to . Please be sure to include your name, 10 digit USC Student ID number and the semester you are requesting clearance (example: Fall 2017). Additionally, please indicate the Course (example: CNTV-599) and the Section # (example: 12345) of the course you are requesting clearance:

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Semester: Fall 2017

CNTV/CTPR courses for which you would like to receive D-class clearance:

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Section #:

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Student agrees to the following:

I understand that I am allowed to apply to my degree, without special permission, only 9 units of CNTV/CTPR course work selected from the list of pre-approved courses published by the Marshall School of Business. If I plan to either (a) complete the Entertainment Concentration by completing more than 9 units of CNTV/CTPR course work or (b) complete the CNTV certificate, I must petition for permission to apply the additional units to my MBA.

If you have any questions or concerns, please give our office a call at (213) 740-5424. Thank you!