Course Info

FILM 384: Directing for Television

In this class students will learn about the director's role in creating different genres of episodic television and web series. The class will explore how the TV director's role diverges from feature film direction in collaborating with the showrunner to incorporate the existing tone, tenor and style of the series into their creative decisions. Through a series of practical assignments, students will learn the intricacies of multiple-camera blocking, single-camera production, and the post-production processes of an episodic program.

FILM 115 is a prerequiste for this class.

Fall 2025-2026

  • Section: 401
  • Class number: 16197
  • Meeting time: Th 8:30AM - 11:45AM
  • Location: N/A at Cinespace Chicago Film Studios Campus
  • Instructor:

Spring 2024-2025


Section 601

Class number 33531
  • Meeting dates: 3/29/2025 - 6/13/2025
  • Meeting time: Th 8:30AM - 11:45AM
  • Location: CINES P0101 at Cinespace Chicago Film Studios Campus
  • Instructor: Phillip McLaughlin | View syllabus
  • Meeting dates: 3/29/2025 - 6/13/2025
  • Meeting time: Th 8:30AM - 11:45AM
  • Location: CINES P021B at Cinespace Chicago Film Studios Campus
  • Instructor: Phillip McLaughlin | View syllabus


Winter 2024-2025


Section 501

Class number 25058
  • Meeting dates: 1/4/2025 - 3/21/2025
  • Meeting time: Th 8:30AM - 11:45AM
  • Location: CINES P0102 at Cinespace Chicago Film Studios Campus
  • Instructor: Phillip McLaughlin | View syllabus
    • CLOSED
  • Meeting dates: 1/4/2025 - 3/21/2025
  • Meeting time: Th 8:30AM - 11:45AM
  • Location: CINES P024A at Cinespace Chicago Film Studios Campus
  • Instructor: Phillip McLaughlin | View syllabus
    • CLOSED


Spring 2023-2024


Section 601

Class number 36078
  • Meeting dates: 4/1/2024 - 6/14/2024
  • Meeting time: Tu 8:30AM - 11:45AM
  • Location: CINES P0202 at Cinespace Chicago Film Studios Campus
  • Instructor: Phillip McLaughlin | View syllabus
  • Meeting dates: 4/1/2024 - 6/14/2024
  • Meeting time: Tu 8:30AM - 11:45AM
  • Location: CINES P024A at Cinespace Chicago Film Studios Campus
  • Instructor: Phillip McLaughlin | View syllabus