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Lessons
Part 01: Fundamentals & Pre-Production
1Meet RJ
09:51 2Welcome to the Workshop
02:20 3Defining Cinematic: Creating With Intention
01:48 4Camera Settings for Filmmaking
08:08 5Prime Lenses vs Zoom
05:12 6The Importance of Audio
04:28 7Upgrading Your Camera
01:51Handheld vs Stabilizer vs Tripod
09:37 9Filmmaking Accessories
04:36 10Document Your Life
01:39 11Shooting with Different Mediums
02:03 12Assignment 01: Creating a Visual Sequence
14:52 13Your Purpose in Storytelling
01:54 14Finding a Story
07:16 15Difference Between Good and Great: Pre Production
10:33 16Planning Our Film
14:27 17Planning Our Scenes
11:36 18Mood Boards / Pitch Deck
09:21 19Assignment 02: Planning Your Project
03:23Part 02: Production
20Building Intimacy On Set
07:13 21Directing Talent
06:01 22Director's Chair: Day One
26:31 23Director's Chair: Day Two
26:40 24Director's Chair: Day Three
16:51 25Assignment: Leave It All In The Field
02:03Part 03: Editing
26Intro to Editing
02:31 27Ingesting Media
06:19 28Director's Cut
53:20 29Choosing Music
18:41 30Sound Design
19:14 31Color Grading
14:15 32Assignment: Editing Your Film
02:46 33Live Feedback Session
1:13:43Lesson Info
Your Purpose in Storytelling
When it comes to filmmaking, it's important to identify who we are as storytellers and what's our purpose. It's a statement that can help link together all of our projects and it'll give us a starting point when we're starting to sift ideas and stories. For myself, my purpose in filmmaking is to make the viewer question how they live and make a positive change in their lives. By telling other people's stories and sometimes my own stories, I aim to make films where the viewer can relate to the main character, see the growth that they've gone through and relate it to their own lives. I do this by always including some sort of struggle or hardship and by the end of the film, there has to be a key takeaway that the viewer can take into their own life. For example, the portrait film that you saw of me at the beginning of the workshop, by the end of that, I hope that you felt inspired to capture your own life on film, so the moments and people around you could live forever. Your purpose as a...
storyteller could be as simple as wanting to inspire people to travel or make someone feel scared or sad or maybe you can create a fictional world that people can escape to. Whatever it is, I encourage you to narrow down what your purpose in storytelling is and it'll help us as we move forward. One last thing is I always hope my films can pass the cry test. What we're here to do as filmmakers is to create deep emotion or feeling within people. So, for me, that means crying. Crying doesn't always have to be sad. Sometimes it can be tears of joy or laughter and sometimes sad and remorse on the other end. But if I've done my job correctly as a filmmaker, I hope that all my films can at least make one person cry, even if it's just my mom. Our purpose statement as storytellers can be changed over time, but it's important to be pointing towards something especially as we narrow down the stories that we're aiming to tell.
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Ratings and Reviews
Dani
I LOVE this workshop - I have been wanting to film my own 'home life' movies as I am a photographer but I wanted to add even more memories. This workshop has added so much value to how, why, when, and what the process is of film-making for film-making. Thanks to RJ for sharing all his amazing information while being clear, precise, and informative. I am excited to film my next 'home life' film!
Alex Bocajj
Great insights into Rj's process. Really enjoyed it all. Rj is smooth and easy to learn from. Loved the "in-field" BTS and going thru the motions live. Looking forward to more material.
Patti Sohn
Really informative and inspiring. One of the best video tutorials I have watched.
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