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Lesson 3 - Finding Story Ideas & Inspiration
Choosing the right idea for you script is a challenge– not only determining which ideas will draw an audience, but finding one you're willing to stick with through month, even years, of writing.
Lesson 11 - Techniques to Engage the Audience
Learn how to use questions and answers, and set-ups and payoffs to make your screenplay more interesting and engaging to the audience.
Lesson 13 - The Antagonist
Learn to write a strong, multi-dimensional antagonist.
Lesson 15 - Developing the Supporting Characters
Learn the role of supporting characters and how they can be used to support both the protagonist and antagonist.
Lesson 17 - Designing Personality and Building Backstory
Learn how to create a real character with personality and backstory
Lesson 19 - Title, Theme, and Log Lines
The heart of every story is the theme, but the log line is how you pitch it and the title is how people remember it. Learn how to develop an effective title, theme, and log line for your story.
Lesson 20 - How to Write a Treatments and Outline
Learn how to develop your idea into a treatment and outline before writing the first draft.
Lesson 22 - How to Write the First Draft
Now that your story has been outlined, you can move onto the first draft. In this lesson, you'll learn techniques for expanding your story into an engaging screenplay.
Lesson 24 - Marketing the Script
Learn how to pitch and present your script to producers, agents and managers.
How to Prep a Camera
Drew Lauer, from Hollywood Special Ops, takes us through the process of prepping a camera package for a shoot.
How to Expose a Shot
From zebra strips and light meters to false color and waveform monitors, learn how to use these tools to get the perfect exposure.
How to Shoot a Scene
Learn the process of how to shoot a scene: blocking, light, rehearse, tweak, and shoot.
How to Direct a Scene
Learn how to direct a scene from blocking the actors to choosing the camera angles.
How to Shoot and Edit a Dialogue Scene
Learn to shoot dialogue on set, advanced techniques for manipulating the pacing and emotional intensity of the scene, how to work with changing background ambience, and techniques to improve actors' performance.
How to Shoot and Edit Action
Learn how to edit action for proper flow, continuity, and pacing, techniques for compressing time, revealing only the essentials to keep the story moving forward and advanced editing techniques.
How to Shoot a Spec Commercial
Emmy-winning director, Jason Tomaric takes you through how he shot a $2,500 spec commercial for his demo reel to generate more clients.