Low-Budget Filmmaking

FILM TV X 476.6

Learn techniques and theories examining all phases of the low-budget filmmaking process, from development to production to post-production, and how to translate a minimum budget into maximum quality on screen.

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Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer
Online
Starting at $785.00
As few as 11 weeks
4.0

What you can learn.

  • Discover how to analyze and break down the screenplay
  • Learn about financing the production, evaluating the marketplace, marketing, and distribution
  • Learn how to apply creativity to a budgetary plan to maximize on-screen value
  • Learn how to cast and select key production personnel
  • Learn production design, music, editing, sound design
  • Apply concepts learned to your own projects

About this course:

In this detailed exploration of low-budget filmmaking, learn techniques and theories examining all phases of the process, from development to production to post-production. The focus is on translating a minimum budget into maximum quality on screen. Topics include the script, financing the production, evaluating the marketplace, analyzing and breaking down the screenplay, learning to apply creativity to a budgetary plan to maximize on-screen value, casting, selecting key production personnel, production design, music, editing, sound design, marketing and distribution. Throughout the class, you are able to apply concepts learned to your own projects.

Spring 2024 Schedule

Date & Time
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This section has no set meeting times.
Available
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Instructor: Kim Adelman
396642
Fee:
$785.00
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ENROLL BY: Apr 1, 2024
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Notes

Internet access required. Materials required.

Refund Deadline
No refunds after April 05, 2024
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
Shoot from the Heart: Successful Filmmaking from a Sundance by Diane Bell

Summer 2024 Schedule

Date & Time
Details
Format
 
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This section has no set meeting times.
Future Offering (Opens April 29, 2024 12:00:00 AM)
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Instructor: Kim Adelman
397940
Fee:
$785.00
Onlineformat icon
Notes

Internet access required. Materials required.

Refund Deadline
No refunds after June 28, 2024
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
Shoot from the Heart: Successful Filmmaking from a Sundance by Diane Bell

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