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Made in NY Media Center by IFP See all classes by this school @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY
Content that Sells: Get Business Savvy and Find the Audience Practical tips, both creative and economic, for crafting content that will find an audience and sell to distributors. Streaming services, television networks, and film companies all have something in common – they each want and need content. It’s the lifeblood of the industry. From scripted to unscripted and documentary, there are rules, concerns, and techniques that inform them all....
Made in NY Media Center by IFP See all classes by this school @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY
The rules of engagement have changed in the job market. Your competition are people who add value to their network, participate in dozens of personal projects, and master these tools just by being social. To compete and get an edge, you need to understand the new dynamics of career building – from how to know what job you want to getting the job and planning for next steps. What You Will Learn: Build your elevator pitch. What makes you unique...
Made in NY Media Center by IFP See all classes by this school @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY
If you are the owner of a business, you are creating a startup, or you are the leader of a team, your business is to deal with clients. Having a healthy and balanced relationship with your clients and managing expectations is the key to your success. In this class you'll learn how to develop and maintain relationships with clients by becoming an indispensable, reliable problem solver. What You Will Learn: Learn to identify your service, brand,...
Made in NY Media Center by IFP See all classes by this school @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY
Creative producers are managing almost every aspect of a film's production. Even before the director starts shooting, a producer is involved in creating a realistic film plan and a budget. Once a film plan is made, the producer will keep overseeing the project from hiring crew and cast to the release of the film and beyond. In this class, participants are introduced to all facets of the film producer's role along with the specific job functions...
Made in NY Media Center by IFP See all classes by this school @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY
A global economy means global opportunities. Everyone from studios, to mini-studios, to big production companies and platforms are producing and shooting abroad. Why? Not only does shooting abroad help filmmakers get access to great locations, but it also allows them access to soft money, which minimizes the risk of their investors. While this might sound like something only big corporations can have access to, in reality any independent producer...
Made in NY Media Center by IFP See all classes by this school @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY
Narrative Development: Script, Scheduling, and Budget Breakdown Next to the script, the schedule and the budget are the most important tools for realizing your narrative project. This 2-part workshop will teach you the principles of budgeting and scheduling, so you can prepare those very important documents for your next narrative project. This class is for budding producers, enterprising directors, and anyone else who wants to understand...
Made in NY Media Center by IFP See all classes by this school @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY
Making a great film, podcast, or report starts with having a solid story. How do you turn a topic that sparked your interest into a story that others want to absorb? Learn tried and true techniques used by journalists, like interviewing, research, and story reporting and apply these skills to your creative project. The instructor for this day-long workshop is Iris Mansour, who has written and produced viral stories for Bustle, The Guardian, and Mashable,...
Made in NY Media Center by IFP See all classes by this school @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY
In this class, you will develop a strategy for a brand and learn the necessary tools and steps involved in creating your own Digital Strategy. Once a niche capability, Digital Strategy is now an essential competency at creating integrated and impactful communication plans. Everything starts with the understanding of your brand business and communication objectives. Followed by realizing the user needs, what role does technology play, what platforms...
Made in NY Media Center by IFP See all classes by this school @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY
Self-leadership is an indispensable skill today. From managing email to multiple projects, time is priceless and to be used in a good and sustainable way. By looking at time as your most valuable and precious resource and self-leadership as your key to a healthy work-life balance, this course sets the practical strategies for understanding what is important versus what is urgent, when to say no, and notions of acting or reacting to help you better...
Made in NY Media Center by IFP See all classes by this school @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY
A powerful headline can trigger hundreds of clicks and shares, even when the web is so visual! Writing for online channels is an art. In this class, you’ll learn how to create compelling content, how to engage an audience and drive a conversation to inspire action. From blogging to search engine optimization to influencer marketing. Writing on the web is so much more than GIFs and photos. In today’s web, writing is the #word. What You Will...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Made in NY Media Center by IFP See all classes by this school @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY
Dive into US and international film financing with multiple-award winning producer Atit Shah. 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...
Made in NY Media Center by IFP See all classes by this school @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY
Documentaries often tell stories that unfold in real time, and filmmakers must expect twists and turns along the way. By the time you get to the editing stage, it’s too late to figure out what your story is. This one-day workshop will guide you through the process of developing your story and honing your character arcs, from the research process through to the edit. The aim of this course is to help you navigate the many decisions that go into...
Made in NY Media Center by IFP See all classes by this school @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY
This workshop will prepare you to put your best foot forward the next time you apply for a grant. The goal of this course is to help you gain confidence in your fundraising and proposal writing abilities and provide you with a solid road map to begin the process. CURRICULUM PLAN The course is taught by Tracie Holder, a filmmaker and consultant, who has raised over $2.4 million for her own projects. In the first part of the class, Tracie...
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...
Made in NY Media Center by IFP See all classes by this school @ 30 John St, Brooklyn, NY
As people's attention become more fragmented, the stories and brands we create need to move across channels, gaining views and shares on blogs, social media, forums, paid advertising and more. In this class, each student will have a deeper grasp of the evolution of media by understanding what brands are doing successfully to get into people’s stream of attention. They then will be able to plan out a media strategy that gives them the power to...
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