Directing Your Movie: From Script to Screen

Taking you step by step through the entire process of directing your movie from start to finish, from script to screen.

5.00 (8 reviews)
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English
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40
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3 hours
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Dec 2022
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$89.99
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What you will learn

Understand the nuts and bolts of directing a movie from start to finish.

Feel confident on a film set with a full film crew.

Feel comfortable working with actors.

Be prepared for all the ups and downs of a movie set.

Description

This Course Offers Everything You Need to Feel Confident Directing Your Own Movie.

While some courses on directing gloss over the specifics or only discuss directing "in theory", this course gets into the nuts and bolts of every step of the movie directing process.

Taught by 30-year film industry veteran Joth Riggs, this course gives you the confidence to handle everything from development to pre-production, production and post production. Everything you'll need to Direct Your Movie from Script to Screen.

Topics covered include:

  • Introduction / Who am I?

  • To Film School or Not To Film School

  • What is a Director?

  • What a Director Should Know

  • Finding Your Story

  • Script Analysis and Development

  • Your Visual Style

  • Script Breakdown

  • Building Your Production Team

  • Meetings & More Meetings

  • Finding Your Cast

  • Cast Read-Through

  • Cast Rehearsals

  • Location Scouting

  • Making Your Shot List

  • Covering A Scene

  • The 180 Degree Rule

  • Types of Shots

  • Storyboards, Previz & Shot Maps

  • Tech Scouts

  • Camera Tests & Wardrobe Fittings

  • Production Meeting

  • On the Set

  • Crew Call / Safety Meeting

  • Blocking Rehearsal

  • Lighting Mode

  • Working with Your Actors (Connecting)

  • Working with Your Actors (What Not To Do)

  • Working with Your Actors (Discovering Their Method)

  • Working with Your Actors (Emotional Tone Scale)

  • Camera Rehearsal

  • Shooting

  • Pick-Ups

  • Tail Slates

  • To Cut or Not To Cut

  • Take vs. Shot vs. Setup

  • Shooting Coverage

  • Moving On

  • Company Moves

  • Working w/ Minors

  • Working w/ Animals

  • Working w/ Gunfire & Other Hazards

  • Stuntwork

  • Driving Sequences

  • Making the Day

  • Setbacks

  • Martini and Wrap

  • Watching Dailies

  • End of the Day and Picture Wrap

  • Editing (Rough Assemble)

  • Director's Cut

  • Re-Shoots / Pick-Ups

  • Picture Lock

  • Music / Score

  • Sound Design / SFX / Foley

  • ADR

  • Final Sound Mix

  • Visual Effects

  • Color Grade

  • Final Film / Premiere

  • Now, Go Make Your Movie!

Content

INTRODUCTION

TEASER / TRAILER
INTRODUCTION / TO FILM SCHOOL OR NOT TO FILM SCHOOL

WHAT IS A DIRECTOR?

WHAT IS A DIRECTOR?
WHAT A DIRECTOR SHOULD KNOW

DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT
SCRIPT ANALYSIS
VISUAL STYLE
SCRIPT BREAKDOWN

PRE-PRODUCTION

PROPER PLANNING
BUILDING YOUR TEAM
MEETING, MEETINGS AND MORE MEETINGS

CASTING

FINDING YOUR CAST
CAST READ-THROUGH
CAST REHEARSALS

PREPPING

LOCATION SCOUTING
MAKING YOUR SHOT LIST
COVERING A SCENE
THE 180-DEGREE RULE
TYPES OF SHOTS
STORYBOARDS, PREVIZ AND SHOTMAPS

TECHNICAL

TECH SCOUTS
CAMERA TESTS, MAKEUP TESTS AND WARDROBE FITTINGS
PRODUCTION MEETING (PAGE-TURNER)

PRODUCTION

ON THE SET
CREW CALL / SAFETY MEETING
CAMERA / BLOCKING REHEARSAL
LIGHTING MODE

WORKING WITH ACTORS

CONNECTING
WHAT NOT TO DO
DISCOVERING THEIR METHOD
EMOTIONAL TONE SCALE

FILMING

CAMERA REHEARSAL
SHOOTING
PICK-UPS
TAIL SLATES / END MARKERS
TO CUT OR NOT TO CUT
TAKE VS. SHOT VS. SETUP
SHOOTING COVERAGE

MOVING ON

NEXT SETUP
COMPANY MOVES

UNIQUE ELEMENTS

WORKING WITH MINORS
WORKING WITH ANIMALS
GUNFIRE AND OTHER HAZARDS
STUNTWORK
DRIVING SEQUENCES

WRAPPING UP

MAKING THE DAY
SETBACKS
MARTINI AND WRAP
WATCHING DAILIES
END OF DAY AND PICTURE WRAP

POST PRODUCTION

EDITING / ROUGH ASSEMBLE
DIRECTOR'S CUT
RE-SHOOTS / PICK-UPS
PICTURE LOCK

MUSIC / SOUND

FILM SCORE
SOUND DESIGN / SFX / FOLLEY
ADR / LOOPING
SOUND MIX

FINAL VISUALS

VISUAL EFFECTS
COLOR GRADE

FINALE

FINAL FILM / PREMIERE
GO MAKE YOUR MOVIE!

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Reviews

Sophie
April 20, 2023
Wow, what a thorough course so professionally put together! Finally, someone who actually makes movies, and doesn't just teach courses! ! Just finished going through it and really feel like it upped my game. I can't wait to get on my next shoot and take it to the next level. So well made, if you have any interest at all in learning how to direct a movie like the professionals, you have to check this course out!
Stephanie
April 15, 2023
This course is so well done! I love how it's laid out in digestible bite-sized segments, making it very easy to watch. It gives me confidence to be able to work with my actors, and even gave me a few tips I'm looking forward to trying. I learned so much about the ins and outs of directing that I'm excited to apply on my own set! Definitely a course worth taking, imo.
Anne
April 8, 2023
This course is so full of practical information giving me the confidence I need to direct my first movie. I highly recommend it!
Peter
March 22, 2023
I needed a refresher a few weeks out from directing my first short. This course was perfect, rather than yet more esoteric theory this course talks about the reality of each stage of the process. This nuts and bolts approach helped me feel more confident when I stepped on set. Highly recommended

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