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Claymation Flix (Ages 7 - 13)
Wagner College Lifelong Learning See all classes by this school @ 1 Campus Rd, Staten Island, NY
Do you love The Nightmare Before Christmas, Wallace and Gromit, or Boxtrolls? Then join us to create your own claymation movie! You’ll even get to create your own clay character to star in a movie you'll film, direct, and voice-over in small groups. Flix will be emailed within a month after camp ends. Please read: Confirmation, directions, and guidelines will be emailed upon receipt of payment. All students are required to have a current...
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Advanced Filmmaking Course
International Film Institute of New York See all classes by this school @ 4901 Henry Hudson Pkwy, Bronx, NY
Four week advanced course will build on the basics/fundamentals of filmmaking covering advanced camera, lighting, and post production techniques. Designed for those who already have a handle of filmmaking basics and want to expand their knowledge, apply skills that have not tested to their work to finish a more polished short, or for those who wish to produce another project with (under) their guidance. Advanced techniques allow the artist to...
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Cinematography: Tools and Techniques
Q.E.D. See all classes by this school @ 27-16 23rd Ave, Astoria, NY
This seminar will cover the fundamentals of cinematography through a discussion and hands on demonstration of some of the vast range cameras and lenses available today. Previous experience is not required, as this seminar is intended to provide a solid foundation of understanding.
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$10
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Pitch Tactics: Particulars of Content Gatekeepers
Made in NY Media Center by IFP See all classes by this school @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY
Gain an understanding of how and why content executives arrive at the decisions they do. Television, film, and digital service executives are juggling numerous considerations as they assess new projects. They are dealing with a cooperate structure, fixed parameters, and set targets. In this class, you will get an understanding of the choices an executive has to make when reviewing your project. The instructor Ray Giacopelli, who has worked a decade...
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Indie Producing 101: Strategies for Financing
Made in NY Media Center by IFP See all classes by this school @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY
How do you keep your financing models current? Where do you begin? How do you stay afloat? This deep dive into US and international film financing aims to demystify the process. In this class, we will talk raising funds, packaging, streaming, and using and recouping investments in content. From what it means to package a film and specifically identify the various methods used by today's filmmakers in structuring and raising financing to actionable...
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$150
Virtual Reality Storytelling Primer
Made in NY Media Center by IFP See all classes by this school @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY
Whether you are already an established fiction or documentary writer, filmmaker, or artist or just want to start making stories in virtual reality, this class is for you. VR storytellers can draw inspiration from many disciplines: film, game, animation, installation art, dance, immersive theater, and architecture, to name a few. That is what makes storytelling in VR so exciting — because there are no hard and fast rules (except one,...
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Indie Producing: From Development to Release
Made in NY Media Center by IFP See all classes by this school @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY
Over the course of six hours, we’ll cover the stages of an independent film from inception to release, through the lens of the producer. We’ll discuss a producer’s responsibilities and best practices and see them in action using individual movies (and their unique challenges) as case studies. We’ll touch on the ever-changing independent film landscape and marketplace at a time of unprecedented access, both in terms of the lowering barrier...
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Directing the Independent Film: Prep Is Everything
Made in NY Media Center by IFP See all classes by this school @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY
Pre-production is the key to directing. This class will cover the preparation necessary to direct a film, including both “logistical prep” — from building the credibility to prove you’re capable of executing your vision and making a successful film, to putting together the team that can help you excel — as well as the actual creative process of a director preparing to shoot an independent film. The goal of prep should be to lay the...
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$150
Digital AC Series 101: Basic Knowledge & Practices
AbelCine Training See all classes by this school @ 88 35th St, Brooklyn, NY
Students will learn all the key components that are used to build a professional camera system and will become familiar with the functionality of all pro tripod and fluid head platforms. The Digital AC101 Basic Knowledge & Practices class is designed to give the student a good grounding in all aspects of a professional motion picture camera. Camera support form and function are discussed and built as well as all accessories relating...
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$84.15
Digital AC Series 201: Building the Camera
AbelCine Training See all classes by this school @ 88 35th St, Brooklyn, NY
This class is designed for those who want to learn how to build camera packages according to the needs of production. This class builds on knowledge gained from the 101 class. Class members will approach the curriculum from a professional camera prep point of view. Participants will learn to build camera packages according to the needs of production. Issues such as aspect ratio, frame rates, monitoring scenarios, and codecs will be discussed. Once...
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$84.15
Look Up Tables (LUT) 101: Theory
AbelCine Training See all classes by this school @ 88 35th St, Brooklyn, NY
Many of the latest camera systems offer either Log or Raw recording modes that give us the most possible information out of the camera. These features are great at keeping the original camera ‘negative’ as clean as possible, but at the same time they can leave your image on set looking very flat and boring. This is where the use of Look Up Tables (LUT) comes in, which are offsets that allow you to manipulate your image and create a look without...
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$89.10
Understanding Color & Gamma
AbelCine Training See all classes by this school @ 88 35th St, Brooklyn, NY
Color Science is an often discussed topic today and something that every modern cinematographer and editor should understand. This workshop goes into the theory and reality of color. The workshop covers how color and brightness are created both in our eyes and in the digital world. You will learn about color space, color gamut, sub sampling, bit depth, luminance, brightness, and gamma curves. Special attention is paid to the color systems and...
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$89.10
Understanding Scopes
AbelCine Training See all classes by this school @ 88 35th St, Brooklyn, NY
This workshop covers the use of waveforms and vectorscopes on set. The workshop also demonstrates the use of many other tools used by modern digital cinematographers, including false color, zebra lines, and histograms. Waveforms & Vectorscopes is designed to give both a technical and practical knowledge of how these tools are used. As part of this process, the workshop will also include a live demonstration of matching two different...
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$89.10
Quick Start for ARRI Cameras
AbelCine Training See all classes by this school @ 88 35th St, Brooklyn, NY
This workshop will get you ready to use ARRI cameras on your next project. You will learn the fundamentals of prepping and operating ARRI cameras, including what to look out for during a rental prep such as back focus, firmware, and lens mount options. You will also learn common methods for trouble shooting in the field. You will be taken through menu operation, project set up, user buttons and practical shooting scenarios and configurations. ...
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$99
Creative Writing for Documentary Filmmakers
Made in NY Media Center by IFP See all classes by this school @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY
This two-part, six hour workshop is for all levels of documentary filmmakers, ideally with a film in development or production. Participants will use and improve their creative writing skills to develop their subjects into characters and to describe the action of a film in dynamic, readable ways that make audiences want to engage more with the project. Filmmakers will write, and through peer collaboration, come away with writing that can be applied...
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Idea to Script: Writing an Indie Feature
Made in NY Media Center by IFP See all classes by this school @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY
Clarify and improve your indie feature idea in order to understand its potential, and gain the tools you need to launch a writing process that will sustain you through a finished draft. In this one-day, participatory workshop, writers or writer/directors who have an idea for an independent feature film will spend the day clarifying this idea in order to understand its potential. We will examine how structure, genre, and tone can help the writer...
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Branded Content Gig for Filmmakers
Made in NY Media Center by IFP See all classes by this school @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY
This one-day workshop provides you with the ins and outs of landing commercial gigs and doing creative work. You will get personal feedback on your website, social and company structure to improve your visibility. And, gain the tools to land jobs, build client relationships, create an unforgettable pitch and become skillful in negotiating.
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$150
Web Series Essentials
Made in NY Media Center by IFP See all classes by this school @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY
There are countless commercial, artistic, and career benefits to making a web series. Web series can be a standalone success or act as a springboard to bigger projects, like it did for Broad City, Insecure, and High Maintenance. This workshop emphasizes developing a powerful concept, pilot script, and series structure — all of which are fundamental to creating a solid foundation for the rest of the process. At this one-day workshop,...
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$150
Film Financing: Create an Investor-Ready Package
Made in NY Media Center by IFP See all classes by this school @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY
What does it mean to package a film, and where do you begin? How do you keep your financing models current? How do you stay afloat? And how do you do it all on an indie budget? This course offers a deep dive into US and international film financing, aiming to demystify the entire process and equip you with tools to create a package of your own. In this class, we will go through the development process of creating the packaging elements...
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Make a Change: Social Impact Producing through Film
Made in NY Media Center by IFP See all classes by this school @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY
Impact Producing is an emerging field in the film industry that uses issue-driven films as catalysts to create social, political, or cultural change through advocacy and engagement. Just as films have producers to manage the creative and financial process from script to screen, they also increasingly need Impact Producers to take the film campaign from production to impact. The course is taught by Cecilia R. Mejia, a producer and Social Impact Producer,...
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