Filmmaking: Write, Direct and Distribute Your Feature Film

BY
Udemy

Mode

Online

Fees

₹ 2299

Quick Facts

particular details
Medium of instructions English
Mode of learning Self study
Mode of Delivery Video and Text Based

Course and certificate fees

Fees information
₹ 2,299
certificate availability

Yes

certificate providing authority

Udemy

The syllabus

The Big Picture

  • Introduction
  • Your Story
  • Telling Stories on Film 
  • Targeting your audience
  • What Distributors Think
  • Studio Politics

The Screenplay

  • Writing Your Screenplay Introduction
  • Story Outline
  • Script Formulas
  • Listen to Your Audience
  • Writing a Script You Can Film
  • Where Your Movie Will Play
  • Testing the Water
  • Find Your Script Locations
  • Film in Your Backlot
  • Working with Children
  • Working with Animals
  • Brands and Logos
  • Finalize Your Script
  • Title Your Movie to Sell
  • Test Your Script
  • Script Format
  • Make Two Script Versions

Pre-Production Part 1

  • Pre-Production Part 1
  • Building Your Team
  • Create a Contact Sheet
  • Set the Date
  • Script Dictates Shooting Style
  • Guerilla Filmmaking
  • Stay Off the Tracks

Budget and Fundraising

  • Budget Overview
  • Planning Your Film Budget
  • Crew Roles
  • Food
  • Insurance
  • Make-Up
  • Props
  • Costumes
  • Stipends and Deferred Pay
  • SAG/AFTRA Contracts
  • Music
  • Scheduling Your Shoot
  • Revise Your Budget
  • Traditional Film Funding
  • Crowdfunding

Advanced Publicity

  • Marketing Options
  • Create a Studio Website
  • Blogging
  • How to Get on IMDb
  • Facebook
  • Social Media Management
  • YouTube

Filming during CoronaVirus Pandemic

  • SPECIAL BONUS - Covid Safety Protocols

Pre-Production Part 2

  • The Final Steps Before You Film
  • Effective Casting Announcements
  • Auditioning Actors
  • Notifying Actors
  • Atmosphere Actors
  • Creating Daily Call Sheets
  • Contracts and Memo Deals
  • Cast Rehearsal
  • Distribution Considerations
  • Planning Meals
  • Storyboards/Shot LIsts

Production

  • How to Run Your Film Set
  • Keep the Set Closed
  • You as Cinematographer
  • Setting Your Lights
  • Trying to Look Important
  • Filming Behind the Scenes
  • Still Photos for Movie Posters
  • Getting Enough Coverage
  • Recording Audio on Set
  • Post Production Starts in Production
  • Watching Dailies

Post Production

  • Overview of the Editing Process
  • Organizing Your Footage
  • Editing Tips
  • Review the Rough Cut
  • Color Correction
  • Titles and Graphics
  • ADR - Automatic Dialogue Replacement
  • Sound Mix and Music

Distribution

  • Distribution Overview and Marketing
  • Traditional Distribution
  • Hybrid Distribution
  • Film Festival Circuit
  • Foreign Distribution
  • Aggregators
  • Authoring Your DVD
  • Google Alerts
  • Navigating Critics and Criticism
  • Life as a Filmmaker

Instructors

Mr Paul Bright

Mr Paul Bright
instructor
Freelancer

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