FALL 2025 Schedule

Section	Instructor	Location	Schedule	Notes
B1	Braudis	IEC B13	M 2:30 pm-5:15 pm	Topic: Late Nite Laughs. The prerequisite for Late Nite Laughs is COMFT 310.

FALL 2025 Schedule

Section	Instructor	Location	Schedule	Notes
C1	Jackson	COM B27	T 6:30 pm-9:15 pm	Topic: Advanced TV Genre Writing. The prerequisite for Advanced TV Genre Writing is COMFT 514 or COMFT 516.

FALL 2025 Schedule

Section	Instructor	Location	Schedule	Notes
E1	Egleson	FLR 510	F 2:30 pm-5:15 pm	Topic: Directing for Screenwriters.

SPRG 2026 Schedule

Section	Instructor	Location	Schedule	Notes
A1	Danielpour	CDS 265	R 3:30 pm-6:15 pm	Topic: Web Series The prerequisite for COMFT 552 A1 is COMFT 310. Description: The proof-of-concept for emerging filmmakers or television writers, the short film or short form web series, offers students an opportunity to produce their own work and distribute it directly on YouTube, Vimeo or streaming platforms. This course studies successful produced, short-form web series (episodes of 8 – 12 minutes) before distilling the methods for creating and writing a short-form show bible. Students’ concepts are pitched, discussed and ultimately their series bibles are workshopped. Series bibles include the pilot episode, character descriptions and episode summaries. In discussing student work, we cover structure of episodes and the entire season, characterization and their arcs, effective dialogue, economic action/description and producibility.  Show bibles are made available to Production II and Production III students in hopes that the pilot episode of the series will be produced.

SPRG 2026 Schedule

Section	Instructor	Location	Schedule	Notes
B1	Braudis	COM 303	W 6:30 pm-9:15 pm	Topic: Late Nite Laughs The prerequisite for COMFT 552 B1 is COMFT 310. Description: Late Nite Laughs is a mega comedy writing class. If you’ve ever wanted to write for late-night TV, or just get a sense of what it’s like, then you’ve come to the right class. We look at what it takes to write for some of the major network “comedy-variety” shows, like Last Week Tonight, with John Oliver, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and Saturday Night Live, to name a few. We’ll look at what makes good monologue jokes, as you write a ton of your own – and get feedback on them. You will scour the topical news stories of the day to come up with comedy “rants,” like what you’ve seen in Full Frontal, with Samantha Bee. We do many creative comedy writing exercises, as well as group work, sketch writing and some video projects. You will also outline ideas for your own late-night show.

SPRG 2026 Schedule

Section	Instructor	Location	Schedule	Notes
C1	Jackson	COM B25	W 2:30 pm-5:15 pm	Topic: Advanced TV Genre Writing The prerequisite for COMFT 552 B1 is COMFT 514 or COMFT 516. Description: An advanced, reading- and writing-intensive course in which students develop and write an original hour or half-hour television pilot in a chosen genre. Possible genres include – but are by no means limited to – procedural drama, murder mystery, political satire, horror anthology, dark comedy, and children’s sitcom. After studying the conventions of their chosen genre, students will pitch a show concept and then write a treatment, outline, and pilot script. Students will also create a leave behind document detailing where the pilot goes in series. In lectures, discussions, and script workshops, we will examine current television genres and also explore story structure, character development and other essential screenwriting tools.

SPRG 2026 Schedule

Section	Instructor	Location	Schedule	Notes
D1	Wu	COM 310	W 2:30 pm-5:15 pm	Topic: Advanced Editing This course is application ONLY. Please email filmtv@bu.edu for more information. Description: This course immerses students in the art and craft of editing for narrative and documentary short films and sizzle reels. Designed as a collaborative, practice-oriented experience, participants will have the opportunity to work on real work-in-progress projects produced by fellow BU students with the goal of preparing them for festival submission and building a creative portfolio. Students will edit a two minute sizzle reel from Craig Shepherd’s Creative Producing I class in addition to a short film/documentary of their choice. We will engage in dynamic discussions about advanced editing techniques and their uses contextually by genre and format. Additionally, we will learn to give and receive constructive feedback and master the art of rewriting in the edit. By the end of the class, students will emerge with the expertise and confidence needed to excel in the editing room for advanced production courses and in their future careers. This class requires an application and is open to 1) students who have completed FT 565 or 2) students who have completed Prod II, III, Adv Doc and want to further refine their own edits and find future collaborators.

SPRG 2026 Schedule

Section	Instructor	Location	Schedule	Notes
E1	Poister	COM 106	F 11:15 am-2:00 pm	Topic: AI in Non-Fiction Production Description: Discover how to turn imagination into image. This course invites you to use cutting-edge AI tools as a new kind of camera that can visualize moments that were never filmed — from lost historical events and ancient worlds to personal memories, dreams, and abstract ideas. You’ll also gain practical skills, like using AI to illustrate interviews or stories that have no existing visual record, bringing them to life with descriptive and engaging imagery. While experimenting with new platforms and techniques, you’ll become a creative pioneer in the emerging field of AI-enhanced documentary filmmaking. Through a series of short projects, you’ll push the limits of what’s possible in visual storytelling — blending truth, imagination, and technology to reimagine how real stories can be told on screen. Open to all COM students.