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Directing & Producing for Television: How the Partnership Works

3 Topics • 6 Lessons

A self-paced masterclass in one of television's most important partnerships. Director Patrick Cady, ASC and producer Jamie Boscardin Martin (Bosch, Bosch: Legacy, Ballard) show how a producer builds a schedule around anchors, how a director cracks a hard day, and how the two keep a series on track for the story, paired with a StudentFilmmakers Magazine reading and two graded quizzes.

What you'll learn

  • How directors and producers divide the work on a television series, and why the writers drive the show
  • How a producer builds a schedule around anchors and avoids costly company moves
  • Why a producer offers a director two or three vetted location options
  • How early scripts help a show plan big set pieces, like a plane built on a gimbal
  • How a director shot lists to the schedule and cracks a 12-scene day
  • Block shooting, daily timelines and keeping the cast informed
  • How to tell a producer what you really need, keep a show's look and speak up early

How the course works

  1. Start Here: goals, the course path and your instructors
  2. The Masterclass: Patrick Cady, ASC and Jamie Boscardin Martin's 67-minute session with a chapter guide and field notes
  3. Masterclass Quiz: 25 questions, 70% to pass, up to 3 attempts
  4. The Reading: Dispatch: A True-Life Creative Collaboration from StudentFilmmakers Magazine
  5. Reading Quiz: 23 questions, 70% to pass, up to 3 attempts

Lessons unlock in order. Plan on about 2 hours.

Level: Intermediate · Format: Self-paced · Instructors: Patrick Cady, ASC and Jamie Boscardin Martin

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