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Kristiina Hackel, Chair of the Department of TV, Film and Media Studies at Cal State LA announces the launch of the First academic game show curriculum in the nation Photo by J. Emilio Flores/Cal State LACal State LA, in the backyard of the TV industry, has announced a three-class series to teach students about the game show industry and how to get jobs in it.
Two game show industry professionals will co-teach the class. Plans include guest lectures, field trips to TV studios, and a behind-the-scenes look at how game shows are produced.The longtime producer of Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune talked to Cal State University officials about TV jobs, and Cal State LA stepped forward to create the classes.Game shows are a bright spot amid an otherwise slumping film and entertainment industry. One professional said it’s because people are looking for laughter amid so much turmoil in society.Cal State LA is has created a three-class series to help students get an advantage in a red hot segment of the entertainment industry: Game shows.“The whole idea is to provide not only a gateway into the industry, but to send people out to be eligible for jobs,” said Harry Friedman, the longtime producer ofHe was among those who gathered Thursday in a Cal State LA auditorium filled with students, professors, and entertainment industry professionals for the announcement. Friedman said the idea for the classes began in a conversation between him and California State University administrators about how to help graduates enter the television industry.“There'll be internships, there'll be on-the-job training, there'll be field trips, there'll be all these things that will help them, hopefully, step right out of school and into jobs,” said Kristina Hackel, chair of Cal State LA’s department of television, film, and media studies.“It's a pretty turbulent world out there, folks… there's a lot of conflict going on and this is a safe space,” said Bob Boden at the announcement. Imagine a job… where you make people happy for a living… we never lose sight of the fact that, we are a happy factory.among other game shows. He’s also the co-founder of the National Archives of Game Show History. “Imagine a job… where you make people happy for a living… we never lose sight of the fact that, we are a happy factory,” Boden said.Boden underlined that game show prizes do a lot to help people out. Prize procurement is an important job in each show, along with casting director, set designer, and production accountants.Professors made the announcement on the opening day of Cal State LA’s annual film festival. Some students who attended the announcement are TV, film, media studies majors and want to get their foot in the door in the entertainment industry. “I'm really looking into music editing for films. I really just enjoy music and how it shapes a picture,” said third year TV, film, and media studies major Isaiah Nieves. But now, after hearing about what goes into producing a game show, he said he wants to take the first class in the fall to find out if he can do that kind of work for game shows. For now, professors expect the first class in the fall to attract about 25 students, but they say they can expand the enrollment if there’s big enough demand. There’s also interest in other parts of the country to take the class online. Hackel, the chair of TV, film, media studies, said that’s not in the works for now, but the plan is to keep offering the classes, so that may change.Adolfo Guzman-Lopez focuses on the stories of students trying to overcome academic and other challenges to stay in college — with the goal of creating a path to a better life.
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