Earn a Certificate in Filmmaking from IAFT! Certificate Program in Filmmaking Do you love film and filmmaking, and want to learn how to polish your work to a professional level? The Certificate Program in Filmmaking at the International Academy of Film and Television is the perfect place for you to learn those techniques that…
Filmmaking Workshop Write the words. Frame the shots. Direct the crew. Edit the film. And bask in the glory as your film is screened live at the end of your program. This is what our Filmmaking Workshop is all about. At IAFT, we believe in learning by doing. In this 104-hour course, you will learn…
Untitled from IAFT Film School LA on Vimeo. There are film schools. Then there are film schools for artists. …Which one do you want? As an artist, you have a voice. Whether it is through a heart-pounding, edge-of-your-seat fight sequence… Or a gut-wrenching, throat-clenching chase through moonlit woods… Or a passionate kiss, or a side-splitting…
by Michael Chasin Hollywood is swimming—in screenplays. It’s reported that the Writer’s Guild of America registers 50,000 screenplays—a year. Plus there are screenplays—filed with the U.S. Copyright Office. Plus there are screenplays—not registered at all. So when added all together—there is an ocean of screenplays. And with each script at about one hundred pages…
by Michael Chasin Before you realize your ultimate filmmaking dream of being a screenwriter or director or producer or DP—you will likely first—be a hyphenate: Writer-Director-Producer-Prop Master DP-Editor-Set Designer-Production Assistant Writer-Director-DP-Editor-Producer-Prop Master-Set Designer And possibly even—Actor This is because at the zero or micro budget level—where you will probably start—you will be compelled to…
by Michael Chasin Screenwriting Mentor, IAFT/Miami A screenplay can serve many purposes. It can be the entry into a screenwriting contest or festival—that launches a career. It can be the pages that the screenwriter sells—for hundreds of thousands of dollars. It can attract elements—such as actor or director—to green-light the project. It can attract…
by Michael Chasin Screenwriting Mentor, IAFT/Miami One of the glories of the written word is its ability to span time and countless characters. One of luxuries of the written word is the ability it gives its readers to rest, reflect—and even re-read. Movies’ unrelenting forward motion—and two hour time frame—makes such reflection—impossible. Therefore, sweeping…
by Michael Chasin Screenwriting Mentor, IAFT/Miami Film’s power is the result of that masterful mosaic of many distinct elements—story—acting—voice—visuals—colors—sounds—and music. An equally important element is production design—the overall look of a film. Within production design is set design—covering the space of a specific set. And within set design is set decoration—the objects/props that are…
by Michael Chasin Screenwriting Mentor, IAFT/Miami Film—as all art—can be not only about entertainment—but also about exposing its audience to new perspectives and ideas. I tried to keep this in mind when I was invited to serve on the Advisory Board of the new Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival (MiSciFi). While I was greatly…
