Learn at home. The acclaimed "2-Day Film School™", with Dov S-S Simens, whose graduates have grossed over $6 Billion, has now been created in a DVD version. The entire set consists of 16 1-hour DVD Filmmaking lessons that take you from idea to script to shoot to answer print to distribution deal as you make and sell your first independent feature film.
*Packaging *Screenwriting *Financing *Budgeting *Scheduling *Casting *Directing *Cinematography *Shooting *Editing *Crewing & Vendors *Music-Scoring *Marketing *Distributing *Deal Making *Digital Filmmaking *Awards & Profiting are covered in four boxed sets representing your Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, & Senior years. Why waste 4-years and $120,000! A 375 page Filmmaker's Workbook, Producer's Diploma, and Graduation Certificate are also included. Why wait! Launch your career now!
The Dov S-S Simens' 2-Day Film School DVD syllabus includes:
Freshman Year: Produce, Budget & Schedule
- The Hollywood System
- Hiring talent and casting
- What is low budget
- Purchasing hot scripts
- Budgeting and scheduling
- Guilds and unions
- 16mm vs. 35mm v. digital
- Filmmaking A to Z
- The key elements
- Contracts and agreements
- Hiring crew
- The 1-, 2- and 3 week shoot
- Cameras, lights & sound
- Screenwriting A to Z
Sophomore Year: Direct, Shoot & Edit
- Hiring a production crew
- Budgeting trick
- Directing the actors
- Directing A to Z
- Getting 25-35 shots per day
- ADR, foley & M&E
- Finishing your film
- Renting the equipment
- Scheduling
- Directing the crew
- Directing post-production
- Music, score & lab
- The answer print
- Digital Filmmaking A to Z
Junior Year: Publicity, Festivals & Awards
- The festival circuit
- Marketing do's and don'ts
- Attracting a distributor
- Deal memo points
- Foreign sales
- PPV & VOD windows
- Hiring a publicist
- Creating a buzz
- Sundance & Cannes
- Which agent to hire
- Net vs. gross deals
- Video & cable deals
- Maximizing revenues
- Studio Dealmaking A to Z
Senior Year: Distribute, Finance & Profit
- Raising production money
- Forming a production co.
- Securing investors
- SBA $750,000 guarantee
- Negative pick-up deals
- Packaging agents
- Securing bank loans
- Guaranteeing profits
- What to offer
- Play-or-pay deals
- International co-productions
- The 50-50 net deal
- Completion bonds
- Independent Financing A to Z
