Film & Music Business Program

This program examines the film and music industry from a promotional, legal and financial viewpoint. In the film portion we discuss basic film making, film industry jobs, film promotion, film industry contracts, film financing, film history, film tradeshows and film festivals, film administration, film production, film production accounting etc. The music industry section studies record production, concert promotion, entertainment business skills, music industry contracts, artist development, artist management, music festivals, an introduction to the modern recording studio, music promotion and marketing and many other topics.

The Film & Music Business program also covers publishing and copyright, running an independent label, music industry and film industry business contracts, the history of the music industry and film industry, road managing, film making budgets, record production budgets, National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), the Audio Engineering Society, the International Music Market (MIDEM), Cannes Film Festival, Berlin and Venice Film Festivals, Sundance Film Festival, Toronto and Vancouver Film Festivals and much more.

Film & Music Business is a one-year, three-semester program consisting of 920 hours of hands-on and classroom instruction. The program includes 12 courses, with four courses taught per semester. Students may take advantage of 2250 hours of computer lab time over and above their classroom hours. We also offer an optional Internship Placement Program. This gives students the opportunity to gain practical experience in the industry.