Producing & Directing for Filmed Television and Theatrical Features: Life in the Trenches A Master Class by Kenneth Johnson An insider’s perspective on how to produce and direct features, TV movies and series episodes, this is life in the trenches of film-making, including... How to Prep: How to budget, cast, rehearse, use locations, create shot lists. How to Shoot: Deciding tone and style, staging actors for drama and comedy (using students in the class), camera placement, lenses, camera moves, stunts, big action, special effects. Plus how to plan and shoot Special Visual Effects. How to Post: Editing, looping, musical scoring, dubbing the soundtrack and finishing the film. The 18 hour course employs extensive visual aids including staging a scene in class with a live camera, many storyboards and much concept art, plus a great many filmed sequences and personal behind-the-scenes footage showing exactly how to produce and direct effectively on the set. -- And have fun doing it. * * * * * * * * * Kenny taught this class for several years at UCLA Extension where instructors are evaluated by their students. -- 9.0 is the highest score. Kenny's average score is 8.8. He has presented all or portions of his 18 hour seminar at the USC and NYU Film Schools, Columbia, Carnegie-Mellon, San Francisco State and other California Universities plus the English National Film and Television School and for The New York Film Academy at Universal Studios in Los Angeles. Check back for dates. |
THE FILMMAKING EXPERIENCE: LIFE IN THE TRENCHES A Master Class by Kenneth Johnson |