FILM TV 287AIntroduction to Art and Business of Producing I
Film and Television · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Introduction for first-year producers program students to producer’s role in navigating unique dynamic between art and commerce in entertainment industry. Overview of development, production, and distribution of feature films for worldwide theatrical market, including identifying material, attracting elements, and understanding basics of studio and independent financing and distribution.
S/U or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
FILM TV 287A
- FILM TV 287BIntroduction to Art and Business of Producing II
- FILM TV 287CIntroduction to Art and Business of Producing III
2 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 3 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.