jpcatholic's mba in film producing
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Developing the Story
Produce Complex Projects
Business Core
Build your own
Entertainment Company
Feature Film Experience
Studio Support
Los Angeles Quarter
Catholic Culture and
Curriculum
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JPCatholic’s MBA in Film Producing exists for one reason: to Impact Culture for Christ
through compelling mainstream entertainment. That’s an ambitious goal, and one that
requires a program with an innovative focus.
Students here are equipped with a core knowledge in the key areas of both business and
production: story & development; budgeting & scheduling; finance, marketing & distribution,
intellectual property law and more. Throughout the 15 month program, you'll be able to
go deeper by selecting our Creative Producing and Screenwriting Emphasis or our Line
Producing Emphasis. Students are also immersed in a rich sequence of Scripture, Catholic
theology, and philosophy courses. Our unique combination of media, business, and theology
classes is one you won’t find in any other graduate program.
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Developing the Story
Stories impact us in profound ways. Good stories can inspire and touch our souls;
they bring freshness, life, understanding, and clarity to our experience. Story, in short,
lives at the core of what makes a film work, and it’s vital for producers and creative
executives to be able to identify and develop compelling screenplays.
The Creative Producing and Screenwriting emphasis focuses on developing stories
that are marketable and have the power to draw mainstream audiences closer to
love and truth. You’ll learn how to manage the creative development process and
produce works of commercial and artistic value. The program will empower you with
the ability to make crucial creative decisions in the most fundamental and important
aspect of filmmaking: the story.
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The Internet Movie Database cites Prof. Riley as “the foremost authority in
screenplay format for all of Hollywood.” He is the author of The Hollywood
Standard: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style
which is a text used at many film schools.
Chris’ first film, After The Truth, an award-winning courtroom thriller, sparked
international controversy in 1999 when it was released in Germany. Since then,
After the Truth has also received American distribution. Prof. Riley has written
scripts for Junction Entertainment, Touchstone Pictures, Sean Connery’s
Fountainbridge Films, Mandalay Television Pictures, and the Fox television
network. From 2005 through 2008, he served as director of the acclaimed Act
One Writing Program in Hollywood.
Faculty Spotlight // Chris Riley
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In the Line Producing Emphasis, you’ll have the opportunity to dive deeper into master
the details around executing on a complex film or TV project. Students spend time on
set gaining real experience physically producing a production. You’ll master the craft of
orchestrating all the various skill sets and professionals needed to make a story come
to life on screen.
The emphasis culminates in an advanced production project, where you take your
producing skills to the next level and create a project which can serve as a springboard
into the industry. If you’re eager to learn production first hand, you’ll love our
Line Producing Emphasis.
Produce Complex Projects
An award-winning filmmaker, Nathan Scoggins’ list of credits include The Least of These, released in
2011 by Universal and starring Isaiah Washington (Grey’s Anatomy) and screen legend Robert Loggia
(Big, Independence Day), as well as the TV movie The Perfect Summer, starring Eric Roberts. He won the
Doritos Crash the Super Bowl contest in 2012 and 2013 with “Sling Baby” and “Fashionista Daddy.”
In addition, two of his award-winning short films were released by Lionsgate on DVD in 2008. In 2012,
he produced the feature film Red Line with JPCatholic students and faculty, which won an international
distribution deal and reached an audience through Redbox, WalMart, Target, Netflix, as well as other
video on-demand platforms. He has written and developed projects for many companies in Hollywood.
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Faculty Spotlight // Nathan Scoggins
Faculty Spotlight // Shun Lee Fong
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Professor Fong holds a Juris Doctorate (JD) from the University of Iowa
College of Law. After practicing law and teaching at Creighton University
in Omaha, Fong moved to L.A. to pursue acting, writing, and other
creative opportunities. He is currently the CEO and Creative Principal of
Genuine Productions, LLC - a creative media production company with
a focus on film, new media & music. He is also the founder and creative
director for The Greenhouse - a non-profit organization for training,
equipping, and engaging creative artists.
Business Core
Learning the Business Side
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JPCatholic’s Producing MBA program stands apart from so many
MFA degrees because of its business underpinning. Our program
includes critical courses in budgeting and scheduling, finance,
marketing, distribution, and media law. The business class’s focus
on understanding the complex dynamics in the entertainment field of
moving from script to green-light to pre-production, production, and post
and finally to distribution.
There is an abundance of people who aspire to be filmmakers, yet there
is a significant shortage of people who understand the business that
is the driving force behind what gets made and seen by audiences.
Producing a feature film is equivalent to running a small business, and
our broad and applied curriculum prepares you for those challenges.
Numbers have never been my strong suit. I’m far more comfortable in a
world of words and images. Needless to say, I had a fair deal of trepidation
heading into my first accounting class. After all, I’m a filmmaker, not an
accountant! Surprisingly, it soon became one of my favorite classes. Many
of my business classes forced me to grow as a problem solver - a trait any
filmmaker will tell you is an absolute necessity.
The accounting classes have also enabled me to speak with potential
investors and businessmen in their own language, which is a key part of
getting any film greenlit. It may be painful at times, but the MBA program is
giving me the tools to both envision a movie and get it made.
- Alumnus Kevin Kast
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Build an Entertainment Company
Technology has dramatically the entertainment industry and opened up vast
opportunities for entrepreneurship. As an MBA student, you’ll have the opportunity
to utilize our Business Launchpad process to build an a sustainable production
company with your peers. While the process isn’t a mandatory part of the MBA
curriculum, several MBA students have utilized it to pursue their dream of building
an entertainment company.
The Launchpad is our business creation engine which nurtures student ideas
into full-fledged business. The Launchpad walks student companies through
the business creation, planning, and launch processes. It provides mentoring by
faculty and outside professionals. After completion of the Launchpad sequence
if it’s appropriate for your company, you’ll set up your business in our Business
Incubator and you’ll have the office space you need to get off the ground.
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Faculty Spotlight // Vernon Mortenson
Professor Mortenson has a Master of Professional Writing (Screenwriting) from USC,
where he studied under script guru Syd Field and was an Academy of Motion Picture
Arts & Sciences Fellow and an MBA from Alliant International University. He has
worked for the last decade with the motion picture production/distribution company
Rogue Arts as a film and television producer and distribution executive. During
Mortenson’s tenure, Rogue Arts has distributed over one hundred feature films in
addition to producing eight of their own. Their movies have been featured in all major
film festivals and markets around the world including Sundance, Toronto, Berlin, and
Cannes and have been watched by millions of people around the globe.
Capstone Experience
Case Study // Red Line
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The culmination of the MBA program is a thesis project which serves as a
springboard into your career. The thesis can take on a number of different forms
depending on your emphasis and career goals. Many students have created polished
screenplays, web series, short films, and even feature films. Members of the class of
2012, for example, teamed up with JPCatholic students and faculty to film the feature
film Red Line (see case study). While you’re not guaranteed to work on a feature film,
the program gives you the skill set and competencies necessary to thrive on the set of
a commercial feature film. Whatever direction you and your thesis advisor decide for
the final project, you’ll come away with a polished piece which can serve as a major
building block in your career.
In 2012, JPCatholic MBA students teamed up with undergraduate students and
faculty to create the feature film Red Line. Red Line is a thriller starring John Billingsly
(Star Trek Enterprise, True Blood, and Intelligence) and Nicole Gale Anderson (Make
it or Break it, Mean Girls 2) about ten passengers trapped in a subway car after a
bomb explodes. The MBA students played lead roles in developing the script, casting,
financing, executing on the production, and securing its distribution deal. Red Line
received domestic and international distribution in Walmart, Target, Redbox, and in
200 million homes through video-on-demand.
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What I learned in the classroom prepared me for the work I did on Red
Line, but I learned far more working on Red Line than I ever did in the
classroom. Figuring out how to collaborate with so many moving parts
and dealing with unexpected obstacles during shooting-- those are
things that you just can’t get from a lecture or a textbook. You learn
that it’s not just about talent, but hard work and long hours. And the
hard work and long hours pay off when one of the professionals on-set
notices you and decides they’d like to work with you again.
- MBA Alumna Tara Stone, Writer of Redline
Studio Support
As an MBA student, you’ll have access to our cutting-edge film
equipment. You’ll also have talented undergraduate filmmakers
and faculty ready and eager to collaborate.
Create film sets for your productions on our new soundstage.
The soundstage is outfitted with a full lighting grid and
supporting gear. Our portable equipment for on-location shoots
includes cameras that shoot in high-definition digital video, and
an assortment of lighting and sound equipment.
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Watch your masterpiece take shape in our state of the art post-production
lab featuring Macintosh editing stations. The editing stations are loaded
with an assortment of post-production software that enable you to
do picture editing (Adobe Premiere), motion graphics, animation and
compositing (After Effects), 3d modeling (Maya), sound editing and design
(Adobe Audition), and color grading (DaVinci Resolve). We have everything
you need to make your vision become a reality.
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Los Angeles Quarter
In your fifth and final quarter, you will have the opportunity to experience the Los Angeles
entertainment industry up close as part of the LA internship quarter. The experience involves
spending a full quarter living in student housing in the Los Angeles area while working in an
immersive internship for credit. While in Los Angeles, you will gain insight into the industry and
network with established professionals through our “Hollywood Mentor series” class.
In addition to the internship and networking opportunities, you’ll start to build your resume aided
by the career planning process taught in our Career Strategies class. While students are not
guaranteed success obtaining a specific internship, past Los Angeles internships have included:
Alcon Entertainment (producers of The Blindside and The Book of Eli), MPower Productions
(a company run by executive Steve McEveety who produced Braveheart, We Were Soldiers, and
The Passion of the Christ), Motive Entertainment (marketing firm behind Rocky Balboa and The
Passion of the Christ), and the Cortez Brothers (a high end production company whose clients
include The Tonight Show and Rolling Stone).
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Kevin is a television executive with demonstrated experience across a broad range of disciplines with
significant experience in the development and execution of strategic plans, team building and personnel
management, fundraising, project management, and community relations. He has co-founded a
television station and managed multiple TV studios, as well as large editorial, production, operations and
engineering staff. He worked as a studio director at CNN; served as a member of the White House Press
Corps and travelled extensively with President Reagan during his term. Kevin has his undergraduate
degree from the University of Maryland and a Masters degree from Arizona State University.
Faculty Spotlight // Kevin Culbertson
Catholic Culture and Curriculum
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JPCatholic exists for one reason: to Impact Culture for Christ. We’re committed to
creating compelling mainstream stories that draw wide audiences closer to Truth,
Beauty, and Goodness.
We understand that we cannot Impact Culture for Christ if we do not know Christ. This
is why the MBA in Film Producing Program includes Scripture, Catholic Theology, and
philosophy courses. We place a particular emphasis on knowing Christ in Scripture;
the Scripture courses are not purely academic endeavors, and you are encouraged to
incorporate the material in enriching your own prayer life.
As an authentically Catholic institution, we understand the vital role of the Sacraments
in our lives. Daily Mass, Confessions, and Eucharistic adoration are all offered on
campus for the growth and sanctification of our students. If you wish to develop
yourself both professionally and spiritually, JPCatholic is the right place to be.
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