The Business Online: Making Short Films Part 1: Development
How do you create your own content as an actor? Moderated and curated by actor/writer Lori Hammel and SAGindie NY Consultant and filmmaker Michael Sládek, this 3-part series breaks down the stages of creating a short film and empowers you, as an actor, to create unique stories that highlight your creative strengths. Join award-winning actors, directors, writers, producers, and festival organizers as they dive into the nuts and bolts of story and character development, casting, budgeting, creating your production team, shooting schedules, post-production, the festival circuit and more.
Part 1 of the series, DEVELOPMENT, focuses on brainstorming strategies, writing plans, character and story development, structuring a short film, and beginning to think about budgets, creative teams and other logistics. Featuring actor, writer and director Sujata Day, writer, producer and Variety critic Jenelle Riley, Oscar-nominated director Aneil Karia, and Oscar-nominated director and actor Doug Roland.
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