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Micro budget FEATURE filmmaking with a million dollar look

From fundraising to distribution: Learn fundamentals & tips for creating a professional feature film on a micro budget.
Rating: 4.7 out of 54.7 (10 ratings)
47 students
Created by Fred Zara
Last updated 11/2019
English
English
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What you'll learn

  • Micro budget independent feature filmmaking from the ground up
  • Writing your screenplay while keeping a micro budget in mind
  • Fundraising and planning your shoot
  • Basic camera set ups and shots
  • Directing Actors
  • Post-Production and Editing
  • Working through post production
  • Film festivals and distribution

Requirements

  • Students should have at least some knowledge of the filmmaking process.

Description

This Master course is set at a fast pace and is designed to give students a full overview of micro budget independent filmmaking from the ground up with the idea that you can create a quality feature film with little money.

Students will learn what to expect and what NOT to expect. The goal of this course is that students will walk away with a firm understanding and the confidence to get their first independent feature film off the ground.

Who this course is for:

  • Beginner filmmakers. Filmmakers that may have made a few short films and are ready to make a feature film.

Course content

6 sections • 34 lectures • 1h 5m total length

  • Preview03:07

  • Preview01:38
  • Write what you know
    01:30
  • Keep locations to a minimum
    01:01
  • Keep the cast small
    00:25
  • Know some basic story structure and formatting
    00:38
  • Write good dialogue
    01:16
  • Create "real" characters
    00:26
  • Keep it simple and recap
    00:55

  • Preview02:27
  • Starting your spreadsheet
    01:58
  • Scheduling your shoot days
    03:12
  • Fundraising
    06:15
  • Casting actors
    05:36
  • Quiz: Scripting and Pre-Production
    5 questions

  • Let's talk about cameras
    02:14
  • Capturing Sound
    01:18
  • Time to shoot
    02:38
  • Basic camera moves and set ups
    02:54
  • Preview01:15
  • Working with actors part 2
    05:42
  • Production conclusion
    00:36
  • Quiz: Production and Working with Actors
    6 questions

  • Preview02:06
  • Editing Software
    01:16
  • It's Time for Picture Lock
    00:37
  • Choosing Music
    01:30
  • Color Correction
    01:00
  • Sound Design
    01:12

  • Film Festivals and Distribution intro
    02:42
  • Submitting to festivals
    01:33
  • Supporting materials
    01:14
  • Working at the festivals
    02:41
  • Film distribution overview
    00:36
  • More with distribution
    01:24
  • Final Quiz: Post-production, Festivals and Distribution
    5 questions
  • The Bottom Line
    00:43

Instructor

Fred Zara
Filmmaker, Director, Writer, Editor, Actor
Fred Zara
  • 4.6 Instructor Rating
  • 12 Reviews
  • 49 Students
  • 2 Courses

Fred Zara has been involved in the film community for 20 years. He is an award winning independent film director and writer whose work has been screened all over the world. He also spent over seven years as an educational content creator for an online technology school.

His 2009 feature length documentary, Average Community, which chronicled his early days in Trenton, NJ, won awards at festivals in Philadelphia, Orlando, and NYC. In March of 2016, Fred's narrative feature film, Read Me, premiered in New York City at the Queens World Film Festival.

In 2020, Fred will release his third feature film, The Suicide of James Rider, which is based on the real life suicide of one of his close friends back in 2001. The film premiered at the New York City Independent Film Festival in May of 2019.

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