Filmmaking From Script To Screen - An online course

San Francisco CA

11 January, 2021

Description

Hi, there! OVERVIEW This live, online course is an interactive introduction to five key steps in filmmaking: concept development, writing, pre-production, production, and post-production. It is offered to a single group of 10-20 participants, in six two-hour classes, once a week, for six consecutive weeks. Whether you’re making a short film, a commercial production, a feature, or a series, these story principles and production steps apply. You will become a better storyteller and more efficient, effective filmmaker learning about these principles of story and the creative and physical production process of telling that story on film. ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR Applicants will receive a more comprehensive bio on their instructor, including IMDb credits and website to review his work. The instructor is a film writer and director who has been making films full-time since 2010 in Los Angeles and the Bay Area, where he is currently directing a series. He began writing, directing, and filming music videos, then award-winning commercial work for global brands, then award-winning short films before transitioning to feature films and series. His first feature screenplay won four nominations, including finalist out of 10,000 entrants at the Page Awards, one of the top five screenplay competitions in the world. WHO THIS COURSE IS FOR Classes are in English, interactive via team exercises, and broadly for beginner- through intermediate-level filmmakers aged 17 and up: videographers, writers, directors, editors, actors, and producers. If you are already specialized in one of the areas we cover, you will benefit from lessons about the rest: what each specialization does and requires, how they all collaborate and depend on one another, and what you can do to to improve your competence and empathy in the production line and end up with a better film. WHAT YOU NEED You’ll need a pen and paper, an internet connection, headset/earbuds, and preferably a laptop or a larger monitor than a phone. CURRICULUM This live, online course is 6 classes, 2 hours per class, one class per week, for 6 consecutive weeks. A more comprehensive curriculum is provided to applicants. Here is the summary: 01/11/22 - Class 1. Concept development: what makes a good story 01/18/22 - Class 2. Script writing: how to tell the story on the page 01/25/22 - Class 3. Pre-production: prep work for filming time 02/01/22 - Class 4. Production: lights, camera, action! 02/08/22 - Class 5. Post-production: editing, light, color, sound, music 02/15/22 - Class 6. Film Festival Finale! Show your short film, critique others' SCHEDULE Dates: 1/11, 1/18, 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2/15 Time: 6-8 PM Pacific Time LOCATION Online only (accepted applicants receive a private link) COST $60 total for the whole course per participant TERMS $60 due right after the first class, to continue the course. No obligation to pay if you did not like the first class. Minimum 10, maximum 20 participants, aged 17+ No refunds, changes, or recovery classes. HOW TO APPLY - Email the link above - Include: (1) your name, (2) your email, (3) a paragraph on why you'd like to take this course; include links to videos/films you’ve helped make, if any - You’ll receive a private link to the first class, a curriculum, and instructor bio and contact info APPLICAITON DEADLINE January 5, 2022 at 5PM Pacific Time