THE DIRECTING CRAFT
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A DIRECTOR'S JOURNEY
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LANGUAGE & TOOLS OF DIRECTING
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HOW TO PREP YOUR MOVIE
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WORKING WITH ALL DEPARTMENTS
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THE CRAFT OF VISUALIZATION
The Action/Cut Method, Film Schools, Film & TV Industry, Getting Started, Networking, Shot Breakdown, Lenses, 180-Rule, Angles, Filters,
Tracking, Transitions, Foreground, Preparing the Script, Budgets & Schedules, Casting, Location Scouting, Pacing, Working with Departments, Style, Visualization Skills, Set Local Color & Atmosphere, Proper Storytelling Manipulation
INDIE FEATURE
FILMMAKING
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FINANCING MOVIES
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PUTTING TOGETHER YOUR INDIE DEAL
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DISTRIBUTION: FOREIGN & DOMESTIC
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FESTIVALS & INDUSTRY BUZZ
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INDIE FILMMAKING
Directing Features vs. Television, Final Cut, Completion Bonds, Structuring An Indie Film
Deal, Private Financing/Reality Check, Selling Your Finished Film,
Producer's Reps, Preparing Trailer & Artwork, Distribution: Foreign & Domestic, The
Markets, Festivals and Media, Self-Promotion, Career Building, Creating Your Industry Buzz
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FEATURE FILM SCENE STUDIES
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HOW TO OPEN A MOVIE
& SET-UP YOUR STORY
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CHARACTER COMEDY IN DRAMA
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THE ONE-SHOT SCENE
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EMOTIONAL CLIMAX (SLINGSHOT)
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THE FLASHBACK SCENE
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RESOLUTION OF YOUR STORY
These scene studies provides an intensive
learning experience of the shot-by-shot process to fully illustrate how to plan, prep, and shoot the six study titles. From casting and location choices to how to visualize, pace, and stylize each scene to achieve the writer's intent and translate the action, to fully optimize performances, to breaking it down, this is a
comprehensive study series
of actual feature film scenes.
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Scene Discussion: what is on the page, subtext, action.
characters.
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Breakdown: shot diagrams, location plan,
schedules/budgets, homework.
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In-Depth Analysis: visual translation from the page to
the screen.
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Viewing Dailies: every shot on your
list as it actually was executed.
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The Final Scene: how it was edited
with sound/visual/CGI effects, and
the magic of music.
There is no better way to learn the
Filmmaking Process from page to shoot to
final film than to hear and see it as it actually was filmed
utilizing real pro script scenes and film clips.
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THE BUSINESS
OF DIRECTING
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HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT?
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THE PASSION OF FILMMAKING
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THE FASTEST WAY TO DIRECT
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AGENTS & MANAGERS
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DIGITAL REVOLUTION
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PREPARING A DIRECTOR'S REEL
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An exclusive interview with a top film & TV
Guest Speaker Director
"The Work & Career of Directing"
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