If your images are not flawless, but the sound is pitch-perfect, you have a professional-looking film. Voices and noises are something you cannot simply shut out, so the superb sound design can make or break the understanding of your film.

Editing is the magic of cinematic language. You can (and you should!) tell the story through a juxtaposition of images without over-explanation. To do that, however, your work with your editor starts before shooting.

David Mamet says in On Directing Film: "All you have to do on set is stay awake, follow your plans, help the actors be simple, and keep your sense of humour. [...] It is the plan that makes the movie."

You might already have brilliant character profiles; however, it is going to be your actors who will turn them into flesh-and-blood people; characters, the audience will sympathize with or fear for.

To find your unique voice in filmmaking, it is not always enough to find an appropriate camera angle from which everyone and everything is visible. Getting familiar with the vocabulary of cinematic techniques helps you to use the camera not only to tell the story but to create subtext as well.

-Learn the steps of turning the script into a completed film -Learn what it takes to find your unique voice in filmmaking -Explore different possibilities before making decisions -Bring your ideas to the table through open discussion and questions in each session

Whether you write your own story or work with a screenplay writer, the script is only the blueprint waiting to come alive in images. It is the director who interprets the script, breaks down a scene into its essence and finds the subtext behind each line.

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Voices and noises are something you cannot simply shut out, so the superb sound design can make or break the understanding of your film. Click REGISTER to learn more.

Editing is the magic of cinematic language. You can (and you should!) tell the story through a juxtaposition of images without over-explanation. In order to do that, however, your work with your editor starts before shooting. Click REGISTER to learn more.

David Mamet says in On Directing Film: “All you have to do on set is stay awake, follow your plans, help the actors be simple, and keep your sense of humour. […] It is the plan that makes the movie.” Still, your cast and crew will rely on you when it comes to making a decision on the set.

You might already have brilliant character profiles; however, it is going to be your actors who will turn them into flesh-and-blood people; characters, the audience will sympathize with or fear for. Click REGISTER to learn more.

Getting familiar with the vocabulary of cinematic techniques helps you to use the camera not only to tell the story but to create subtext as well. Click REGISTER to learn more.