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 recently been presenting his 18 hour seminar for The New York Film Academy at Universal Studios in Los Angeles and will do it again in 2012. Check back for dates. * * * * * * * * * |
Kenny took his Filmmaking Seminar to Moscow
The New York Film Academy invited Kenny to the Russian Federation for a two-week
program at the Higher School of Economics, Moscow State University, internationally
recognized as "the Harvard of Russia."
The New York Film Academy invited Kenny to the Russian Federation for a two-week
program at the Higher School of Economics, Moscow State University, internationally
recognized as "the Harvard of Russia."
Kenny is seen here with fellow NYFA
profs Lydia Cedrone & Paul Brown
in Red Square. Click to enlarge.
profs Lydia Cedrone & Paul Brown
in Red Square. Click to enlarge.