COMM 166
Inside Hollywood
Description: Lecture, four hours. Identification of how motivation and creativity interact with business interest, research, and policies in producing entertainment for media market. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Summer 2025 - This is by far one of my favorite classes I have taken at UCLA. If you're a Comm major interested in the entertainment side or someone interested in entertainment in general, I highly recommend it. It's only offered during the summer (6 weeks)and is in-person, but if you are able to attend it's definitely worth it. Wish more people knew about it. Class was very small this quarter so Professor Peterson adapted it to a seminar style and really took the time to engage with each student and adapt around our needs/interests. You can tell he really enjoys teaching this class and is knowledgeable about the field of entertainment. Class was a mixture of weekly readings, a research paper, final pitch project, discussions, and several guest speakers with invaluable insights. You'll basically get a crash course in the stages of producing film and tv, relations between industry players, and some of the psychology behind different types of content. What's great about this class is you can really tailor it to your interests with the independent research project/pitch and keeping up with entertainment-related events, which we were invited to discuss in class. If you are an active participant and put effort into the projects throughout the quarter, you will do great and hopefully have more than a few takeaways from this class!
Summer 2025 - This is by far one of my favorite classes I have taken at UCLA. If you're a Comm major interested in the entertainment side or someone interested in entertainment in general, I highly recommend it. It's only offered during the summer (6 weeks)and is in-person, but if you are able to attend it's definitely worth it. Wish more people knew about it. Class was very small this quarter so Professor Peterson adapted it to a seminar style and really took the time to engage with each student and adapt around our needs/interests. You can tell he really enjoys teaching this class and is knowledgeable about the field of entertainment. Class was a mixture of weekly readings, a research paper, final pitch project, discussions, and several guest speakers with invaluable insights. You'll basically get a crash course in the stages of producing film and tv, relations between industry players, and some of the psychology behind different types of content. What's great about this class is you can really tailor it to your interests with the independent research project/pitch and keeping up with entertainment-related events, which we were invited to discuss in class. If you are an active participant and put effort into the projects throughout the quarter, you will do great and hopefully have more than a few takeaways from this class!
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