The Filmmaker’s Foundation Certificate is designed to provide new and potential filmmakers with the ammunition to tackle their first short or feature film. Split over five weeks, this course equips attendees with the tools and skills to start making their film career.
http://www.raindance.org/site/filmmakers-foundation-certificate-new-york
Filmmaker’s Foundation Certificate: attend all 5 evenings for the price of 4! Don’t wait any longer, book online. $196 (instead of $245 full price). Classes can be purchased separately for $49 a piece.
Week 1: Legal and Business Structure for Your Film Project
Week 2: Red One Camera Workshop
Week 3: Creating A Business Plan
Week 4: Let’s Fix It In Post
Week 5: From Word of Mouth to Viral: An Exposition about the Speed of Film Publicity
Week 1: Legal and Business Structure for Your Film Project
The vital role of a producer is to see through the production of a film project from its earliest stages of development through the final stages of distribution and licensing.
This seminar will teach you the best ways to get started, and the necessary elements to be addressed in the “big picture” from A to Z.
http://www.raindance.org/site/legal-and-business-structure-for-film-new-york-course
Week 2: Red One Camera Workshop
This workshop navigates filmmakers through every aspect of high-end digital cinematography.
http://www.raindance.org/site/red-one-camera-workshop-new-york
Week 3: Creating A Business Plan
To enable you to prepare a business plan for presenting to industry funding sources and to private investors.
http://www.raindance.org/site/creating-a-business-plan-new-york
Week 4: Let’s Fix It In Post
This course looks at modern technology and the trend to fix certain budgetary constraints in the cutting room.
http://www.raindance.co.uk/site/fix-it-in-post-film-course-new-york
Week 5: From Word of Mouth to Viral: An Exposition about the Speed of Film Publicity
This workshop will outline some of the ways in which filmmakers can time (and coordinate) their publicity efforts in order to effectively address their targeted audiences.
http://www.raindance.org/site/word-of-mouth-and-viral-film-publicity-film-course-new-york
Additional Class: 99 Minute Film School: Only 10 dollars!
Explain the film industry in 99 Minutes
Of course it is impossible to explain filmmaking in 99 minutes! Or is it?
Elliot Grove, founder of Raindance and one of the most knowledgeable filmmakers in the UK, will attempt just that and give you a viable plan and dozens of filmmaking tips in just 99 minutes.
This evening workshop will run through the basic essentials you will need to create a film and to create a plan to launch your career.
* Finding a do-able script
* Finding cast and crew
* Shooting tips
* Getting your film seen
* The career ladder
* Distribution and exhibition
• Money and how to get paid
Who Should Attend
Writers, directors, producers, actors, filmmakers, cinema lovers, anyone with an interest in how movies are made and who seek a basic introduction to the filmmaking process.
http://www.raindance.org/site/99-minute-film-school-new-york