what is featured?

Filmmaking Topics We Cover

- How Films Get Started

- Visual Storytelling

- Top Ten Camera Angles

- Generating Great Movie Ideas

- 3 Act Structure in Movies

- Making Good Movie Characters

- How to Get Good Lighting

- How to Get Good Sound

- Camera Options

- Pre-Producing a Movie

- Filming Basics: Coverage Editing

- Music and Sound Effects

- Creating Titles

- Color Correction

- Color Grading

- Exporting a Movie

Films Featured
in Course

- Raiders of the Lost Ark

- The Wizard of Oz

- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

- Signs

- October Sky

- Life of Pi

- The Princess Bride

- Searching for Bobby Fischer

- The Outsiders

- Les Miserables

- The Pursuit of Happyness

- E.T.

- The Count of Monte Cristo

- Rudy

- War Games

- The Help

- The Blind Side

Fun Film Facts in Our Course

- The Invention of Film

- From Black and White to Color

- Film as War Propaganda

- Universe Building

- Orson Welles

- Evolution of Animation

- Alfred Hitchcock

- The Golden Age of Hollywood

- From Silent Films to Talkies

- Stunts in Films

- Film Noir

- Attack of the Monster Movies

- How 3D Movies Work

- Blockbusters and Tentpoles

- B Movies and Indie Flicks

- What is an "Auteur"

- D.W. Griffith

How Do I Enroll For This Course?

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Come Have Fun With Us!

To create this course, I wanted to simulate a classroom environment where students could discuss their ideas and create synergy. I turned to a home school theater group we've worked with for years to find a group of amazing, bright and talented youth to be the first to go through our program. They had such a fun time together and you will too as you laugh and learn along with us.

Matt

Student

Damon has so much experience and he's able to take that experience and pour it into us and help us to understand in a way that allowed us to grow.

Hannah

Student

It's not just about making films,  but it's also about analyzing films... Not just how the films were made but the stories and how they have impacted the world.

Sophie

Student

Damon is so experienced, he's very good at helping beginner students become more confident... You learn so much without feeling like you're doing work!

Malachi

Student

This course has started me on my way to becoming so much more familiar with technology.  I thought it was the coolest homework I ever got to do!