Spring 2027

Capstone Films and Pilots Production: Film & Television Workshop

Capstone workshop where students take key production roles in short narrative or TV pilot projects, focusing on department head responsibilities and cinematic design.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Aaron Greer

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.83 GPA, 94.4% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.72 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.69 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify and practice cinematic storytelling techniques in dramatic films and television.

  • Produce a screenplay, from pre-production to post-production.

  • Develop fundamental leadership and design skills for department head positions on a film and TV shoot.

  • Assess aesthetic options and technical limitations to make creative decisions.

  • Recognize and deploy industry standards throughout the production process.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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COM ARTS 467 and concurrent enrollment inCOM ARTS 658

COMARTS 659

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.83 GPA, 94.4% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.72 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.69 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=18 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

AARON GREER is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 160

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.83 GPA, 94.4% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.72 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.69 GPA, 77.8% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Short narrative and television pilot production
  • Storytelling concepts and cinematic design
  • Producing, directing, lighting, filming, designing, and editing
  • Film and television industry skills

Skills

  • Cinematic storytelling techniques
  • Screenplay production across all phases
  • Leadership and design for department heads
  • Creative decision making under constraints
  • Application of industry standards

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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COMARTS 659 · Spring 2027

Capstone Films and Pilots Production: Film & Television Workshop

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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