Digital Filmmaking

Taught by SAM LONGORIA, ANGELA TAYLOR, CHRIS LEONG, TED BONNITT The Filmmaking World has been split apart, bowled over, and knocked flat by the technical leaps of the NEW DIGITAL PROCESSES AND EQUIPMENT. There's no question, DIGITAL IS Better Faster Cheaper But do YOU know how to USE DIGITAL to get your foot in the Hollywood Door? In the coming years, those who KNOW DIGITAL will have the UPPER HAND, commanding the best jobs, the best positions, for the best money. Do you KNOW DIGITAL? Will you have the UPPER HAND? Yes! Once you discover the tips and tricks in our fact-packed, two-day Hollywood Seminar "Digital Filmmaking," YOU will be on your way to joining the digital revolution, whether you choose to use this powerful knowledge to BLAST through the studio doors, or stay home and make a FEATURE movie on your desk top! Find out how "Digital" is DIFFERENT, during Development Pre-production Production Post production Discover what "Digital" really means to Actors Directors Producers Editors Camera crews Writers Sound Scheduling Financing We provide: Cameras Professional Actors Assistant Directors Camera Operators Floor Director Switcher Cameras You'll Cast your scene with Professional Actors, Block and Stage Action and Camera Movement, Work with the Actors to get their Best Performance, and Select Shots from Multiple Cameras! When your scene is done, you'll critique it, and decide how it might be improved, in a Supportive, Creative environment! Then you'll take your scene home with you on tape for further study. "For me, the business changed OVERNIGHT. And how to catch up? Cameras, equipment, editing systems, it's all crazy and unfamiliar. You got me "talking digital" in just two days. -- M.G., Hollywood You'll cover basics of Composition, Focus, Camera Movement, Acting, Staging, and Editing, while Directing your scene! In only TWO DAYS, you'll discover "Digital Filmmaking" You'll learn: Pacing and timing Working with Actors Shooting on a budget Getting Directing Jobs Where to put the camera How to budget your time How to talk like a Director How to break down a script Marketing yourself as Director Creating emotion with a camera move "Director's Dozen" 12 essential camera shots Secret techniques to get the best out of actors Making the story you want from the script you have Fixing Mistakes and Creating Perfection during Post And much more! You'll ALSO receive: A Hollywood Seminars Certificate of Completion A Hollywood Seminars Moviemaker's Manual ONE YEAR FREE subscription to our online Moviemaker's Newsletter and Forum ONE YEAR FREE Phone/Fax/Email Consultation about Your Project Priceless Hollywood Friendships and Contacts PLUS: A chance to work on A SCENE from YOUR script! (Bring 4 copies of your scene with you.) Sam Longoria has been Directing movies since he was 14 years old, and has Produced/Written/Directed three of his own independent features. His work graces many big-budget Hollywood movies, several Oscar-nominees, and one Oscar winner. Author of two successful books, "Making Movies With No Money," and "Secrets Of Raising Money For Your Movie," Sam is Producing and Directing "Surreal West," his outrageous 35mm widescreen western comedy, starring his favorite Hollywood stars. Angela Taylor is a graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University, (Professional Writing / Film Study / Visual Communication). She has worked at Universal Studios, Warner Brothers, and other Hollywood studios, in Production, Directing, and Writing. Her work as Producer has received eight Telly Awards. Angela has Produced/Written/Directed three 35mm and HD features, and is currently in pre-production for her next Feature, "And Jill Came Tumbling After." Chris Leong was born in India, raised in Hong Kong, educated in England, and makes movies and television shows worldwide. Chris is an expert at shooting, editing, mixing, and making digital movies. Ted Bonnitt has pulled off the seemingly impossible: making a $150,000, 80-minute feature movie and screening it in art houses nationwide, getting favorable nods from New York Times, Variety and other big-time media. Ted did it with little more than a digital camera, a Mac G3 and a website. Portable digital projectors allow him to project his movie "Mau Mau Sex Sex" in any movie theater. Come see how he did it! Course # HSDFM Course Fee $ 329.00 / Member's Course Fee $ 289.00 Register For This Course On The Main Page If this course is sold out or unavailable, get on the Wait List. (You'll be contacted, as seats become available.) You can also Register or Get on the Wait List by calling our Hollywood Seminars office at 323-960-5550, or fax your contact info and check or credit card info to 563-405-7014. For information on group discounts, special offers, or questions about your registration, please call or email us. We will respond to your email during office hours.