Who is this course NOT for: You need to have some basic filmmaking knowledge and skills. If you've never made at least a 3-5 minute story and video, this course will be too advanced for you. Why take this course? You won’t need a big team, budget, or a fancy diploma for my course. All you need is a story, and I’ll help you turn it into a documentary. This course is a view into my life, and how I make my documentaries. It takes you through the exact steps I took, when I made my award-winning film The Pearl of Africa and I’ll even share my personal lists of grants and festivals I applied for. It’s like a mentorship, with me, for your future film. What you will get: 42 lectures 5-hours of educational content. Lifetime access to our online community Lifetime access to all assignments that will take your project to the NEXT level. A unique insight into the life of a documentary filmmaker. Pure and practical advice that you won't get in a film school or in a book. ALL templates you need to make a documentary (pitch deck, budget, contracts, list of festivals and funders etc). Personal advice  from an award-winning director and producer. Who am I to teach you? Investing in yourself is the most important thing if you want to make a living working with a profession like this. During my 15 years as a professional filmmaker, I've invested in online courses, books, talks and workshops. There's been good ones, but also a lot of bad ones. But the education has really helped me get to where I am today. Sign up now and don't wait! If you're not happy with the course, I'd be more than happy to refund all your money within 30 days. But I hope that doesn't happen! See you on the other side!

This is an all-encompassing guide for making an independent feature length movie. By the end of this course you will have the information you need to successfully make a feature film that you can distribute around the globe to be seen by possibly millions of people. I'm sharing with you my experience as a veteran screeenwriter, director, producer and editor of 11 feature films. Normally film students pay a lot of money to learn this information at universities, and often all they really learn is cinema theory. These videos tell you what you need to do and how to do it to make your movie. This course covers: the basics of screenwriting turning your screenplay into a shooting script organizing and scheduling your film shoot tips on saving money calculating your budget fundraising contracts you'll need with cast and crew* basic tips for filming, lighting and recording audio basic film editing instruction and concepts, along with tips to make the editing easier tips for finishing the film to give it the professional look thorough review of distribution options for your movie and tons and tons of details about all the steps in between The videos include lectures, demonstrations and examples illustrating the information I'm sharing. This course also includes sample spreadsheets, contracts, and a list of additional resources. You will get all the forms and resources I use to make a movie. *** A special bonus video (Lecture 53) is included on filming with Covid-19 Safety Precautions. During the global pandemic it is possible to continue making films safely. The 24 minute video explains the basics of how filming adapts to safety precautions and how we can keep everyone healthy on our indie film productions. I LOVE filmmaking. I LIVE to make movies. If you have a story you want to tell, this course gives you the tools to do it. *I'm not a lawyer. These sample contracts are not legal advice.

ACTION™ Masterclass was born through observing over 1,000 production assistants on set in Los Angeles — followed by an obsession to boil down exactly WHY losers lose and winners win. The results were shockingly cut-and-dry… The winners with explosive success followed a predictable pattern . After working for Universal, Warner Bros, Sony, Disney and many others, I put everything I learned about this pattern into a simple formula... the "cheat sheet" with my 10,000+ hours of experience condensed into 3 hours of powerful insider shortcuts, tips & tricks to help you get your foot in the door. This masterclass is the proven formula that gives aspiring filmmakers immediate traction — blending strategic psychology with practical, battle-tested industry secrets — allowing you to build momentum and get hired on major studio blockbusters.

Start making money with your passion! Turn your videography skills into a full-time business! In this in-depth course, Phil Ebiner and Julian Melanson, walk you through seven steps that take you from doing video production work for fun, to landing clients and growing your own business. If you are a beginner videographer or filmmaker, YouTuber or vlogger, looking to successfully earn a living by making videos, this course is made for you! STEP 1: Plan for Success To get going, Julian walks you through getting in the right mindset. He'll break down old paradigms, and shows you a new way of thinking about filmmaking. STEP 2: Shoot Personal Projects Making and sharing your own personal videos is the best way to start your filmmaking career. Phil shares his own personal stories of how creating personal projects propelled him to his first paying clients, and how you can do the same. STEP 3: Develop Your Image To legitimize your personal video production business, a solid demo reel, website, and solid online presence are key to getting your first clients. Julian takes you through all the steps, so by the end of this step you'll have a better online presence and stronger self-image that helps you as a filmmaker. STEP 4: How to Actually Land Clients It's time to get your first paying clients! Phil shows you the ropes - helping you find clients in 4 different way - online, cold calling, through referrals, and in person. STEP 5: Retain Your Clients Getting clients to pay your for a video project is only the first step. Retaining clients is the way to consistent work, and growth as a filmmaker. Julian teaches you how to get consistent work by delivering video products that people love. STEP 6: Business Techniques & Protocol Let's take your business to the next level! Legitimize your business and protect yourself by incorporating. Negotiate prices to get paid what you're actually work. Use contracts to make sure both you and the client are happy. STEP 7: Next Level Communication Skills In this last step of becoming a full-time filmmaker, Julian shows you some high-level t more tools to get and retain clients. READY TO START YOUR FILMMAKING CAREER? Enroll now to get started! WHAT DO YOU GET IN THE COURSE? 3+ hours of premium video lessons Downloadable resources and business templates Premium support from both instructors to answer any questions Feedback on your own video projects, websites, etc. 30-DAY 100% MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE There's no reason to hesitate! Enroll now to see how we can help you take your filmmaking career to the next level!

Join over 30,000 Students who are learning from our courses. "By far, the best director and cinematography course on the Internet." - Nate Carroll Want to learn how great directors create award-winning films? Want to learn how to become a working Hollywood director in Television or Film? In this online course you'll learn When to Move the Camera in your next film and video production. The key here is that camera movement must be invisible. It should serve the story without calling attention to itself. Next, learn How To Move the Camera most effectively by systematically fulfilling Five Tasks when designing each moving master shot. Finally, learn how a master of visual design like Zemeckis customizes his application of these Five Tasks to the unique demands of each scene. They DON'T teach you this in Film School! THIS COURSE IS AMAZING!!! I'm learning SO FREAKIN MUCH from it, and it's totally blowing my mind. Thanks so much to Gil and Alex for putting this course together. I'm a director working on my first horror film, which has a bit of action in it, and this course is totally giving me rocket boots. If you have more courses from Gil, please let me know and TAKE MY MONEY! - Colby R Rice Excellent content. But you'd better pay attention or you will miss something. This course is packed with loads or useful and well explained stuff. - Mr Mick Farmer Instructor is clearly in command of craft and engages with questions, simple explanations and familiar examples. Video and audio are excellent. - Bill Halford Veteran film and television director Gil Bettman will teach you how to enhance drama and heighten action by using different lenses. This is the key to Lensmanship – the technique which Spielberg borrowed from Wells, Kubrick and others to transform the look of today's films. Once you have grasped Lensmanship you are ready for the final lesson -- How to Shoot Action Sequences . Gil will show you how Kathryn Bigelow, John Woo and others ignite the screen by putting the camera in the right place and using the right lenses. Here's what will be covered in the course. Why you must shoot with a moving camera When to move the camera Why all camera movement should be invisible The three kinds of camera movement that are always invisible How to move the camera – shoot the best moving master shot The five tasks of a moving master: Establishes geography and believability Eliminates edits Generates eye candy Focuses the audience on the center of the drama Picks up coverage How to customize the five tasks to each scene Examples: dailies from: Movies for TV Low budget features Big budget features directed by Bob Zemeckis Lensmanship How the look of 3 different lenses is the key to understanding all lenses The three ways that lenses change the look of a shot Perspective Field of Vision Depth of Field Shooting Action The 3 key components to shooting action Put the camera in the right place Breaking down your shots Put the right lens on the camera How lenses affect motion in the frame Get the right number of pieces How coverage heightens energy How to shoot a chase How to shoot a fight Very helpful. Adds depth to your understanding and intuitive insights which you surely had if you happened to play with video shooting and editing without doing any learning beforehand. It's enriching. The movie samples are great as the clarify the points. Love it! - Yosi Tsitsu So what are you waiting for. Jump start your filmmaking career as a film director.

Join over 30,000 students learning from our courses! Have a film idea or project but have no idea how to get the word out? Want to learn how to sell you film or brand? The world of independent film and media is rapidly evolving and the industry will be nearly unrecognizable within a few years. With the wide adoption of second screen viewing and cross platform storytelling, it’s more important than ever for film and media makers to understand how to use the myriad of tools available to establish relationships with customers and monetize your film or video projects. These are big words and even bigger concepts, so it can be difficult to know where to begin. That’s why Indie Film Hustle and Producer Foundry has teamed up with TransmediaSF to bring you a primer on what you’ll need to know to utilize new and burgeoning tools to market and monetize film productions. Don’t miss your chance to learn some of the most important skills you’ll need to know to succeed in the new frontiers of independent media. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What people are saying about our courses: "By far, the best director and cinematography course on the Internet." - Nate Carroll "I really enjoyed taking this class. It wasn't just that the subject was interesting to me, but the teacher also made the class intriguing. I would gladly recommend this class to anyone who would be interested." - Leah Ames Very helpful. Adds depth to your understanding and intuitive insights which you surely had if you happened to play with video shooting and editing without doing any learning beforehand. It's enriching. The movie samples are great as the clarify the points. Love it! - Yosi Tsitsu --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOPICS TO BE COVERED If you build it – they will come – building an audience to engage with your project from the get go – tips on social media and audience engagement Crowdfunding – Pros and Cons Transmedia’s audience engagement  – planning, deploying and measuring Plethora of monetization: Ads, branded entertainment, sponsorships, grants and more. You are your best marketing and sales person – the Filmmaker’s Personal Brand! Transmedia Digital Marketing: Future of Brand Storytelling & Storymaking The Internet has made brand publishing ubiquitous. Gone are the days when brands required an intermediary to reach their target audience. Now, they have the luxury of reaching out to their audiences directly…through Transmedia storytelling . Transmedia storytelling is a technique of telling a story across multiple platforms and formats using current digital technologies. So what are you waiting for filmmakers and screenwriters? Whether you are fresh out of film school, a screenwriter who wants to create his/her own content or just someone who wants to make a feature film this course is for you. Join over 25,000 students that have already taken Indie Film Hustle filmmaking and screenwriting courses. If you've got the dream. If you've got the drive. If you've got the passion - but you're missing the knowledge and experience...this course will help you market and sell your feature film, short film, web series, or brand. Enroll NOW! Let's get started!

Anyone can make a movie with modern technology, but most people get stuck in the process because it can be very complicated and overwhelming. There is a lot of work to creating a high-quality short movie and lack of knowledge about the process can make that work insurmountable. This course aims to overcome that challenge by providing mentorship and a clear 10-Step process to get you from beginning (desire) to end (finished movie). Produce Your First Movie With Ease Using Fun Yet Methodical Step-by-Step Process Before Pre-Production-Getting Mentally Ready and Finding Your Script Pulling in All Elements During Your Pre-Production Process (Including things that lots of first-time producers overlook) Being On-Set, Making the Movie, Post-Production Video Editing, and Marketing Self-Empowerment in the Entertainment Industry Starts with Making Your Own Movies This course puts YOU in control of what type of productions you give your time and energy. This course is geared toward anyone who has ever wanted to make a movie and is especially important to those that want to work in the entertainment industry and need a reel to do so (ESPECIALLY ACTORS). Writers, Director, Cinematographers and Actors all need to show their abilities through a reel in order to get jobs, but often they need to get jobs before they can create a reel. IT'S A CATCH 22! This course will not only teach you to produce movies, it will give you the opportunity to pick the material that will be perfect for your reel, open you to the world of film festivals (fun, supportive and great for networking), give you a prestigious PRODUCER title, get IMDB credit and make you better at your current craft by understanding a producer's point of view, typically the person that does the hiring on productions. How long have you been waiting for your movie career to happen? Now is time to make it happen! All future updates to this course are free - you are "locked-in" at the current price - you will never pay more if you enroll today at the introductory low price. And there's a 30 day absolutely no questions asked full money back guarantee - my personal promise of your happiness and satisfaction! You really cannot lose!

'Film financing: ways to raise funding for your films' offer a list of alternative film fund-raising solutions. I'm a film director, writer and sometimes, a PRODUCER. I joined the film industry in 2012. I have experience in raising funds not just for my own films, but for other films too. I want to share with you some of the ideas I have, some of the methods I use and some of the proven ways other filmmakers, film production companies and film studios have used to raise cash to shoot their movies. This is not a finance-heavy course. It is designed to give you a brief overview and provides you with rich resources in your search for those gold nuggets! Do you need money to shoot a film? Use this course to help you find alternative solutions no matter what your budget size is. What you will learn: - How much it might cost to shoot a film - How to access 'free money' through grants or crowdfunding - Accessing 'soft money' through rebates and tax incentives - Creating co-productions with different nations and pre-sales - Private Equity, funds, hedge funds and slate funding You can do this! It takes time to fund films, it takes patience and most of all, it takes perseverance. Hopefully, this course is another step in your understanding, and in the right direction - the cash direction. #howtoraisemoneyforfilms #filmfinancing #filmproducers #filminvestors #moneyincinema #filmstudiofunds #privateequity #crowdfunding #filmgrants #taxrebates #locationshooting

Do you have a short film? Would you like it to be screened internationally and meet other filmmakers from around the globe? In this practical course , you will discover a step by step guide on how to submit your film to film festivals and give it the best chances to be officially selected. You will also learn how to create a film festival strategy , that will help you distribute your film and get maximum exposure. In addition to the festival strategy, you will learn what are the necessary materials every film festival requires and how to prepare them yourself. This includes such practical lessons as creating subtitles , DCP (digital cinema package) for cinema theatres. Here are some more questions you will get answers to: What are the differences between Class A, B or C festivals? Premiere status of a short film, how not to get banned? Online submission platforms and film festival databases? How much should I spend on submissions? What are the common mistakes filmmakers make when submitting their films? The do's and don'ts for submitting your film to festivals. By the end of the course, you'll be ready to launch a film festival tour for your short film , whether it is a documentary, fiction, experimental or animation.

I've spent the last 10+ years making videos for brands & artists and there has clearly been a major shift in content being consumed. Everyone used to throw around words like "Professional" and "Commercial". Now it's all about "Viral" "Memes" "Trendy". After seeing the significance of online video, I started a youtube channel and my life was changed in a matter of months. We no longer need big expensive productions to make good videos. What's important is what you put in front of that camera, how you tell your story, understanding what makes stimulating content, and presenting it in a way that'll leave your viewers begging for more.