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Making a Short Film: Start to Finish

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Learn how to make your own short film. Explore the basic elements of screenwriting, production, and directing.

Syllabus

Introduction

Create your own short film

1. Script

Where to look for ideas
Is your idea a story?
Character
Mapping the script structure
From skeleton to outline
Screenplay format
Writing the screenplay
Rewriting and revisions
Preparing the rest of your production

2. Camera, Lighting, and Sound

Script analysis and breakdown
Understanding visual storytelling
Part 1: Shots and shot composition
Part 2: Elements of shot composition
Camera movement
Part 1: Shots working together
Part 2: Audience emotion
Lighting
Sound
Production design, costumes, hair and makeup

3. Preparing Your Production

How to approach prepping your production
Creative challenges
Technical challenges
Producer’s challenges
Take a list of you
Budgeting
Scheduling
Assembling your crew
Locations

4. Working with Actors and Preproduction

Casting
The producing side of casting
Rehearsals
Working with actors on set

5. Production

A typical day on set
Coverage
Make the pages
Communication efficiency
Common logistical issues
Planning for post-production

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