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This certificate program is designed for the aspiring professional or serious amateur interested in writing, directing, producing, and marketing an independent film. Beginning with the pre-production process, you'll find out what it takes to plan the narrative fiction short or non-fiction documentary. In the production phase, the program divides into two tracks: narrative and documentary. You'll learn production skills through class exercises, shooting, and recording to assemble a strong story by interweaving the writer/producer's voice with visuals and sound. In the post-production, you'll move to the editing suite where the film takes shape using advanced editing tools in the computer lab.

Program success depends on active and collegial participation in the development of team projects. At the end of the program, participants have several finished commercial, short narrative fiction or documentary films on a class DVD. The program culminates with a showing of student work on the UW campus.

The course instructors who guide the hands-on learning are leading professionals who produce, edit, and direct feature length films, documentaries, independent films, corporate productions and commercials.

• Students work in teams to design, produce and edit a short film
• Classes meet twice a week in the fall quarter and once a week in the winter and spring quarters on the UW campus, Seattle. (Additional time is required for filming and editing)
• Equipment and materials supplied for this program include Sony PD150 D/V Camcorders, Lowell light kits with reflectors and sound recording equipment, and a fully equipped editing lab with editing software
• Shooting is "on-location" and at local film studios
• A gala opening on the UW campus will showcase student productions

View Films from Past Programs

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High Bandwidth - 500k Rafts to Riches by Nicole Halabisky & Stacy Ringo Divided We Stand by Paul Pal & E. Robert Olson My Fight Too by Robert Lawson & Kris Weber Gone Phishing by Traci Ivory & Nan Macy Life in Living Color by Maria Bruce City of Opportunity by Sarah Kim, Mary Ann Sinclair & Christine Hagenburger

Low Bandwidth - 56k Rafts to Riches by Nicole Halabisky & Stacy Ringo Divided We Stand by Paul Pal & E. Robert Olson My Fight Too by Robert Lawson & Kris Weber Gone Phishing by Traci Ivory & Nan Macy Life in Living Color by Maria Bruce City of Opportunity by Sarah Kim, Mary Ann Sinclair & Christine Hagenburger

Contact a Program Representative

If you have questions about this program, please call 206-685-8936 in the greater Seattle area, or 888-469-6499, or e-mail us.

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