Fundamentals of Television: Behind the Scenes of Program From Rolling Stone, IndieWire, NYU Tisch
0It’s not easy to get to a classroom and study filmmaking these days — but that doesn’t mean that you can’t learn about the craft straight from pros in the entertainment industry. That’s one of the reasons why Rolling Stone joined forces with IndieWire, New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and the online-education platform Yellowbrick to launch “Film and TV Industry Essentials.” The online certificate program offers introductions and insight into multiple, interlacing careers in film and television, with a roster of contributors that includes everyone from filmmakers such as Judd Apatow, Ang Lee, Alrick Brown (Kinyarwanda), and Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl), to a range of craftspeople and influential executives from across the industry. The program began enrolling students earlier this fall, and the curriculum is composed of five easily digestible course modules. Each of the concise lessons lasts between three and five hours, and includes a range of veteran filmmakers, executives, NYU professors, alumni, and other experts discussing topics that matter to people in the field. The Fundamentals of Television is now live! Join us and experts like Ang Lee, Maisha Closson, Yahlin Chang, Kevin Bray, Rolling Stone’s Christopher Cruz, Rob Dubbin, Harry Winer, and more. Check out highlights from the film module below: Click Here to Register or Find out More Information About the Course Ang Lee on How to Tell a Story With Film The director, also an NYU alumnus, is known for blending delicate character studies with ambitious, boundary-pushing CGI in such movies as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain. Lee’s insights come into play with the later modules of the course, “Understanding the Production Process” and “The Production Business.” Alfonso Gomez-Rejon on Storytelling History The first module of the course includes a history of early film language and how it emerged out of the experiments made by filmmakers at the time. It also explores the potential future of cinematic storytelling in new media. Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon speaks about early storytelling decisions and outlines new ways of experimenting with the medium through emerging technologies. Judd Apatow on Commercial Filmmaking and Comedy Apatow has a distinctive perspective on comedic filmmaking since he started his career in TV before launching his commercial studio career with The 40 Year Old Virgin. Apatow also learned how to navigate the unpredictable landscape of releasing a movie in 2020 when his latest effort, The King of Staten Island, was forced to go from a wide-release plan to VOD. In the first module, students learn how the distribution landscape has changed in recent decades. Alrick Brown on Birth of a Nation Filmmaker Alrick Brown (Kinyarwanda) is an assistant professor of film at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and is featured heavily in the first module. Brown discusses his approach to film history and how he naviga