COMM 3506 - Pre-Production Planning for Film and Video

3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.

This course considers the intent and purpose of a message as a first step in media production. The social and cultural implications of media storytelling are examined. The course focuses on clearly defining message content, intent and audience as a precursor to an exploration of how particular film and video techniques communicate and are interpreted. Teams will subsequently develop the pre-production planning needed for a short film or video work, including idea development, script treatments, story development, script writing, rewriting, storyboarding, script breakdown, production scheduling and resource planning. An “adaptations” version of this course will ask students to find and use existing short stories or 10 minute plays to use for their projects.

Prerequisite(s): COMM 3505