Woohoo! Get ready for an awesome 8-week workshop series that will teach you how to make a super cool indy-action-short-film from start to finish! You'll be coached through the basics of directing, writing, editing and of course fighting. Get ready for an action-packed adventure as you learn the skills to bring your creative vision to life!
STAGE 1 - PRE-PRODUCTION
WEEK 1
In this first session, we write a story and choose a location how many people will be cast unpacking the basics of good storytelling.
BETWEEN WEEKS 1 AND 2 THE PARTICIPANT WILL CALL AND CONFIRM WHO THEY HAVE DECIDED TO BE IN THE FILM
STORY & LOCATION & CASTING
STORYBOARD & CAST
WEEK 2
This week we storyboard our story so we can see how we want to film it.
This is similar to turning a story into a comic page
CHOREOGRAPHY
WEEK 3
This week, we choreograph the action and learn the basics of film fighting.
FINAL PRE-PRODUCTION
WEEK 4
This week, we confirm what props and costumes will be used and we will shoot a previz (a raw simple version of the film). This will take the pressure off and calm the nerves for the following week when we film it.
STAGE 2 - PRODUCTION
FILMIING
WEEK 5 three hour session
This week we will shoot the film unpacking the basics of directing, filming and/or acting.
STAGE 3 - POST PRODUCTION
EDITING
WEEK 6
In this first week of editing, we put the shots we filmed in order unpacking the basics of film editing .
EDITING - SOUND EFFECTS
week 7
This week we put in all the sound effects learning the basics of sound editing.
EDITING - MUSIC AND EXPORT
week 8
In this final week, we add the music, finish any sound effects than export the finished product.
Here is the finished film from Jah after completing this workshop series