Hello! ^_^
Registration can be such a pain in the fanny, especially if you don't get the classes you want or you don't know what classes to register for. I've taken a bunch of COMM production courses and I think you all should consider registering for it if production/making a film is your thing. It's a lot of fun. Best part is, you don't have to be a COMM student to register for these classes.
COMM 3201 Introduction to Electronic Media Production
Introduction to production stuff, such as equipment and terms. You get to shoot (remake) a scene from an existing production (i.e. Harry Potter, A Few Good Men, etc.).
COMM 3204 Advanced Electronic Media Production
(prereq 3201)
In this advanced class, students have two main productions that they'll focus on throughout the semester: a PSA (for an existing nonprofit organization) and the teaser AND title sequence to a pilot of a show you and your group created.
COMM 4204 Producing for Television: Theory and Practice
(prereq 3201, 3204)
In this advanced, ADVANCED production course, you come up with an original television series, write the story and script, hold auditions and cast a crew, plan, shoot, and edit your production (all in ONE semester). It's a one-person team. I'm currently enrolled in this course this semester. I did my senior project in this course and I have to admit, it was the death of me. But, if I can do it, you can too. :)
hey I think you were gone the day we took the tour of the studios in the regis building, but they talked about the COMM 3201 class, and after that I looked into it online, but could only find it as a summer class not as one for this spring. do you know if this is right? or is it maybe just a fall and summer course. please let me know!
Thanks,
Oliver
Hey Oliver,
I just checked and it's full. There's 7 sections in total and they're all full. Sorry. 3201 and 3204 is available for both fall and spring semester. There's about 7 sections for 3201 but only 2 for 3204. And as for 4204, there's only one section and it's only offered once a year. I was going to post this blog up earlier before registration started but got caught up in my senior project. You can try contacting one of the professors that teaches it and maybe they can squeeze you in?
Mark Neuman-Scott
neuma168@umn.edu