DSLR Techniques: Basics to Advanced

Posted on Feb 13, 2012 in Featured, Seminars and Workshops

A workshop for shooting cinematic images for micro budget cinema and documentaries with DSLRs, with published author of DSLR Cinema: Crafting the Film Look with Video, Kurt Lancaster PhD.

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Ten Lessons for the Writer / Producer

Posted on Dec 20, 2011 in Featured, ProDev Seminars, Seminars and Workshops

UPDATE: Even if you missed January 28th, you can still sign up for February 4th at a single-day price!

January 28 and February 4, 2012:  This mid-level to advanced session in two parts, with the first day emphasizing the basics of screenwriting with the focus on real world considerations.  On the second day, you’ll don your “producer” hat and take a critical look at your own work to discover what makes it a marketable and shootable script. You will learn ways to get your project funded thru utilizing various financial instruments that are direct by-products of your script.

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Business Planning for Filmmakers

Posted on Dec 9, 2011 in Featured, Seminars and Workshops

January 14, 2012:  So you have a great screenplay, now what?  Need funding to get it to the screen?  So how do I do that?  What do I do next?  Feel like the Emperor with no Clothes?  After all you want to create entertainment not worry about dollars and cents.  Well it is entertainment and it is business as well.  So set some time aside for Saturday, 1/14/12 and take a walk on the business side…you will be glad you did!  Come and learn from Doug Zogby, President of Zogby Entertainment and seasoned business consultant.

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Meisner Technique: For Actors and Directors with Kevin R. Phipps

Posted on Oct 23, 2011 in Events, Seminars and Workshops

Are you an actor looking to bring your performances to a whole new level of realism and authenticity?  Are you a director looking to connect with your actors in a way that enables you to bring out the performances that you want.?  THIS is the class for you!

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Effective Film Marketing with Jon Bonnell

Posted on Oct 5, 2011 in Filmmaker Challenges, Seminars and Workshops

October 22, 2011: Marketing your film for festivals and sale is quite often a last minute endeavor.  The reality is you should plan your marketing as much as you planned your production schedule.  Learn the details of what you should be doing NOW, to help your film be a success once it is completed.

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Lighting for Modern Indie Cinema with Anthony Miles

Posted on Sep 27, 2011 in Seminars and Workshops

October 8, 2011: The basics of 3 point lighting have been around since early cinema.  However, the tools of the modern trade are ever changing which allow us to continually re-invent our artistic approach.  

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