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This bi-monthly networking event provides a chance for filmmakers to meet and collaborate on projects. Are you a screenwriter looking for a producer? A director looking for a director of photography? This event is open to all talents and disciplines who are interested in making independent media: editors, actors, art directors, composers, make-up artists... Bring your resume and business cards, and we’ll handle the rest.
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Digital Filmmaking Class
Chicago Filmmakers, 1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IL, USOur basic in-person production course is designed to cover key concepts and practices for making a digital film project. Topics include a thorough introduction to the professional DV camera, important aspects of lighting, sound, shot composition, camera movement, visual storytelling devices, working as a filmmaking crew, and editing. In-class demonstrations and exercises will allow students to work collaboratively on group projects as a digital cinema team. Instructor: Will Schneider
Class Fee: $675
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Developing the Documentary Class
·OnlineOnlineTruth is often stranger than fiction, and there seems to be no better time than the present to become a documentary filmmaker. Discover the techniques and styles best suited for your documentary idea and then shape that idea into a work that can be funded and hold up to the competition. This course on pre-production will give you an overview of documentary forms and teach you how to research your project, write a treatment and synopsis, target interested funders, write a proposal, and make a budget. Students are encouraged to come to class with a specific documentary idea they wish to develop. Instructor: Julie Englander
Class Fee: $350.00
REGISTER HERE1 attendeeDigital Filmmaking Class
Chicago Filmmakers, 1326 W Hollywood Ave, Chicago, IL, USOur basic in-person production course is designed to cover key concepts and practices for making a digital film project. Topics include a thorough introduction to the professional DV camera, important aspects of lighting, sound, shot composition, camera movement, visual storytelling devices, working as a filmmaking crew, and editing. In-class demonstrations and exercises will allow students to work collaboratively on group projects as a digital cinema team. Instructor: Will Schneider
Class Fee: $675
REGISTER HERE1 attendeeDeveloping the Documentary Class
·OnlineOnlineTruth is often stranger than fiction, and there seems to be no better time than the present to become a documentary filmmaker. Discover the techniques and styles best suited for your documentary idea and then shape that idea into a work that can be funded and hold up to the competition. This course on pre-production will give you an overview of documentary forms and teach you how to research your project, write a treatment and synopsis, target interested funders, write a proposal, and make a budget. Students are encouraged to come to class with a specific documentary idea they wish to develop. Instructor: Julie Englander
Class Fee: $350.00
REGISTER HERE1 attendee
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