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Filmmaking 101:
All the basics
Want to learn the basics of filmmaking, but not ready to spend $30,000 for film school? This class will teach you what you need to know. You'll learn how movies are made (the three stages of production, and what needs to be done during each stage); the differences between standard and high def camcorders, consumer, prosumer and pro models, and how to find a camcorder that has the features you need, at a price you can afford; camera angles, including closeups, medium shots, and how to use them to tell your stories; how to record high quality audio, and avoid common audio problems; how to get your movies into film festivals; and more. If you're ready to move beyond "Youtube" and start making more professional movies, sign up. More Seattle film classes
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Questions or problems
registering? Call 206-420-1309 or email Nilsosmar@gmail.com
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR Nils Osmar has made his living in the arts for over twenty years. He began making movies in 2001. He has taught filmmaking classes in Seattle since 2003. His films have played at major international film festivals. Nils Osmar home page - Nils Osmar's movies
TUITION: $150
WHEN: This class is offered every quarter. The dates and times for the next session are: Sundays, October 17 through November 7, 3 p.m.-5:30 p.m (four meetings)
WHERE: Nils Osmar's classes are sponsored by the Associated Students University of Washington Experimental College and the Wonder School of the Arts, and are held in the University District in Seattle (Note: The class is open to the general public. You don't have to be a U.W. student to sign up.)
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1) Is Filmmaking 101 a
hands-on class, or is it lecture/discussion?
Answer: It's both. The lectures cover the fundamentals you need
to know to go out and start making movies. The hands-on exercises
(some in-class, some in the form of homework exercises between
class sessions) give you practical experience applying what we're
learning in class.
2) What's the difference
between this class and your other film class, Let's
make a movie?
Answer: In Filmmaking 101, you learn how to make movies.
It's an information-based class, aimed at giving you the key basic
information you need to start going out and making your own films.
(A large number of the students who take Filmmaking 101, actually
go out and make their own movies, and have gotten them into some
major film festivals).
In Let's make a movie, we jump in right from the first class meeting and start filming one. The students choose a script, cast it, and actually film it. (And students can act in the movie if they want to.) Because we're racing the clock to finish filming it by the end of the quarter, there's no time to sit around chatting about things like types of camcorders, all of the different lighting setups, types of microphones, types of contracts and release forms, types of camera angles and their uses, etc. So we started the Filmmaking 101 class to give us a place to cover all of those things.
If your goal is to make your own movies, and have them turn out well enough that you can submit them to film festivals, you should take both classes. Taken together (either the same quarter, or in subsequent quarters) they'll give you both theory you need to make high qualitym ovies, and a chance to apply it working on an actual film.
STUDENT COMMENTS
The instructor is professional and well organized and had patience for questions from beginners. I will recommend the class to my friends. - R.W., Seattle
I took your class and I finnnnnnnally know what a best boy is!! Plus a million other things I was wondering about. Thanks for all the fun and helpful info. - Megan R., Seattle
I took your advice about how to camcorder for "free" - it was a win-win situation - worked great! - Neil G.
I learned exactly what I have been wanting (and needing) to. - Chris L., Seattle
Thanks for showing us how to make a low budget movie look great. - H.T., Seattle
You took me from doing amateurish films to making the kind of movies I had been trying to. Thank you for all of your help. - Jerry W. Kent
... just to say thank you for the class Nils. I feel like I'm on track now to make more professional movies and actually start getting them into film festivals. - Alan D., Bellevue
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