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Careers in Filmmaking
Learn what opportunities exist for a career in the film industry, how to choose the right one, and the best way to prepare for a long, successful career.
Lesson 1 - Beginning the Writing Process
Learn how to begin the writing process.
Lesson 3 - Finding Story Ideas & Inspiration
Choosing the right idea for you script is a challenge– not only determining which ideas will draw an audience, but finding one you're willing to stick with through month, even years, of writing.
Lesson 5 - Story Formats
Learn how stories are formatted across feature and short films, animation, commercials, documentaries, music videos, and corporate videos.
Lesson 7 - The Implication of Genre
Learn how the genre influences your screenwriting decisions, and the impact it has on the marketability of your movie.
Lesson 9 - A-Story and Subplots
Learn to properly structure the A-Story and subplots in your script.
Lesson 11 - Techniques to Engage the Audience
Learn how to use questions and answers, and set-ups and payoffs to make your screenplay more interesting and engaging to the audience.
Lesson 13 - The Antagonist
Learn to write a strong, multi-dimensional antagonist.
Lesson 15 - Developing the Supporting Characters
Learn the role of supporting characters and how they can be used to support both the protagonist and antagonist.
Lesson 17 - Designing Personality and Building Backstory
Learn how to create a real character with personality and backstory
Lesson 19 - Title, Theme, and Log Lines
The heart of every story is the theme, but the log line is how you pitch it and the title is how people remember it. Learn how to develop an effective title, theme, and log line for your story.
Lesson 20 - How to Write a Treatments and Outline
Learn how to develop your idea into a treatment and outline before writing the first draft.
Lesson 22 - How to Write the First Draft
Now that your story has been outlined, you can move onto the first draft. In this lesson, you'll learn techniques for expanding your story into an engaging screenplay.
Lesson 24 - Marketing the Script
Learn how to pitch and present your script to producers, agents and managers.
Forming a Production Company
Learn how to choose the right corporate structure, set up a company, open the proper accounts, establish the legal framework for the production, work with an attorney, and set-up the production office.
How to Test a Lens
Learn how to test your lens and what problems to look for when preparing your equipment for a shoot.
How to Shoot a Scene
Learn the process of how to shoot a scene: blocking, light, rehearse, tweak, and shoot.
Grip and Rigging Safety
Learn industry standard practices for safe grip and rigging techniques
Foley
Learn how Foley is recorded and mixed to create and full, rich audio track. Learn the types of Foley, how much should be recorded, the process of recording Foley, and how to properly schedule and budget this creatively demanding aspect of audio post-production.
Framing People
Learn techniques for framing people from lead room to headroom, how networks and major studios influence framing choices of their programs, how to use single and dirty shots to convey connection or distance between characters, and how directors and cinematographers decide on common guidelines for each production.