Advanced Filmmaking Workshop: Production and Post-Production

FILM TV X 476.12B

In this capstone course of the Directing Certificate Program, improve your filmmaking skills through the creation of a short film that is screened for an invited audience after the end of the course.

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Winter
Summer
Hybrid (Remote)
Hybrid (In-Person)
Starting at $1,085.00
As few as 11 weeks
8.0

What you can learn.

  • Learn techniques for translating your script into moving images
  • Learn creative and physical requirements for directing a film
  • Learn budgeting and production scheduling
  • Learn about casting actors and eliciting the best performance
  • Learn visual composition; sound; editing
  • Shoot and edit your film with guidance from the instructor

About this course:

In this capstone course of the Directing Certificate program, you maximize your learning experience and improve your filmmaking skills through the creation of a short film that is screened for an invited audience after the end of the course. Having first developed your projects in the course X 476.23 Developing Your Short Film, you enter the workshop ready to begin pre-production. Through lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on exercises, you learn the techniques for translating your script into moving images, as well as the creative and physical requirements for directing a film. Topics include budgeting and production scheduling, casting actors and eliciting the best performance, collaborating with the crew, camera blocking, creating the shot list, visual composition, sound, and editing. By mid-class, you have the opportunity to put in practice all the producing and directorial basics you have learned throughout the program as you shoot and edit your film with guidance from the instructor. Dailies are reviewed and critiqued in class. Running time with credits must not exceed 15 minutes.
Prerequisites

Enrollment is restricted to Directing Certificate students who have successfully completed FILM TV X 476.23 Developing Your Short Film. Students with prior short film experience can enroll by consent of instructor, space permitting, and must submit a proposed script for the class. All students must complete an application for approval to enroll.

Winter 2024 Schedule

Date & Time
Details
Format
 
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Tuesday 7:00PM - 10:00PM PT
Future Offering (Opens November 06, 2023 12:00:00 AM)
See Details
Instructor: Fernando Scarpa
394994
Fee:
$1,085.00
Hybrid (Remote)format icon
Location: Remote Classroom
Notes

Students must have access to a video camera and editing equipment.

Refer to course syllabus for online session details.

Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised.

Refund Deadline
No refunds after January 22, 2024
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
Schedule
Type
Date
Time
Location
Lecture
Tue Jan 9, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Tue Jan 16, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Tue Jan 23, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Tue Jan 30, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Tue Feb 6, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Tue Feb 13, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Tue Feb 20, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Tue Feb 27, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Tue Mar 5, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Tue Mar 12, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Tue Mar 19, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
-
Monday 7:00PM - 10:00PM PT
Future Offering (Opens November 06, 2023 12:00:00 AM)
See Details
Instructor: Fernando Scarpa
395462
Fee:
$1,085.00
Hybrid (In-Person)format icon
Location: UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood
Notes

Students must have access to a video camera and editing equipment.

Refer to course syllabus for online session details.

Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised.

Refund Deadline
No refunds after January 21, 2024
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
Schedule
Type
Date
Time
Location
Lecture
Mon Jan 8, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Gayley Center 114B
Lecture
Mon Jan 15, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Gayley Center 114B
Lecture
Mon Jan 22, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Gayley Center 114B
Lecture
Mon Jan 29, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Gayley Center 114B
Lecture
Mon Feb 5, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Gayley Center 114B
Lecture
Mon Feb 12, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Gayley Center 114B
Lecture
Mon Feb 19, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Gayley Center 114B
Lecture
Mon Feb 26, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Gayley Center 114B
Lecture
Mon Mar 4, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Gayley Center 114B
Lecture
Mon Mar 11, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Gayley Center 114B
Lecture
Mon Mar 18, 2024
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Gayley Center 114B

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