Transfers ToNot transferableDescriptionCSU This course will enable students to gain a practical knowledge of how mass media is created, produced and marketed. It will enable the student to develop their own original concept, or other source material for a fil, TV or internet project into a professional written proposal and oral "pitch". The course will survey the art and business of major media production, including network, cable, studio and independent film production. It will discuss the creative steps and commercial practices of project development from the creation or acquisition of source material through script development, production, marketing, distribution and exhibition. The course will survey the power and influence of mass entertainment on society, and its place in popular culture. 