ONE-YEAR FILMMAKING PROGRAM
Spring 2012
January 30th, 2012 (Evening Program)
Tuition: $26,900
Fall 2012
September 10, 2012
The One-Year Digital Filmmaking Program is an intensive, hands-on program designed to prepare students for a career in the motion picture industry. This program teaches the art and craft of independent filmmaking by using an innovative project-based curriculum taught by award-winning filmmakers. Students create five of their own films and crew alongside professionals on a feature-length motion picture.
Over the course of the year, each student will create:
- One 2- to 3-minute visual montage
- One 3- to 5-minute narrative fiction film
- One 3- to 5-minute documentary film
- One 30-second commercial with special effects
- One 8- to12-minute thesis movie in any genre
- AND
- Crew on an additional 25+ student films
- Crew with professionals on a feature-length motion picture
Students learn the art and craft of filmmaking and work in a variety of genres – fiction, commercials and documentary. The class is structured around small production teams in which students produce their own movies and crew on team member projects. In this way, students get personalized instruction, maximum experience with the equipment, and create material for their demo reels.
SFSDF is proud to be a small school with only three new class starts a year – January, May and September. Unlike other film schools that have a “conveyor belt” mentality and start a new class every month, our class sizes are limited in order to offer students maximum access to both equipment and instructors. Our mission is not to turn out large numbers of students with little knowledge – it is to train a small group of passionate students and prepare them for entering the professional world of filmmaking.
SFSDF student movie projects are strategically designed to allow students to build their skills in an organic and increasingly challenging way. After completing their own film projects movies and crewing on as many as 25 of their teammates movies, student have the skills and confidence necessary to crew on a feature-length digital motion picture. SFSDF is the only film school in the country offering students this valuable and unique experience.
On the movie set, students fill in key crew positions and continue to develop their craft by working side-by-side with professional crew members from San Francisco, New York and LA. For each production, students choose a department to work in and receive credit on the finished film. This on-set experience allows students to gain critical real-world knowledge and invaluable contacts in the movie business.
Students that successfully complete this program receive the three essential tools for launching their career – a demo reel built from their best work, motion picture credits including work on a feature film, and contacts in the industry. People enter the filmmaking program at SFSDF as students and leave as professionals.
The One-Year Filmmaking Program is offered during the day and evening. The evening program has a different schedule and is spread over 15 months rather than 12.
Day Program: Monday - Thursday (10a-4p)
Evening Program: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday (6:30p-10p) and every other Saturday (10a-4p)
Because the curriculum is project-based, during certain phases of film production students will be working beyond the regular class schedule.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE:
SFSDF has a trained financial advisor on staff ready to work with you, one-on-one, to help assess your tuition options. Call 415.824.7000 to speak to a school representative directly.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE FINANCIAL INFORMATION
APPLICATION PROCESS:
CLICK
HERE TO BEGIN
For more information or questions please
call Admissions at 415.824.7000
5 WEEK & 3 MONTH FILMMAKING WORKSHOPS
Our 5-week and 3-month filmmaking workshops are hands-on classes designed to introduce students to the art and craft of filmmaking. These workshops are an excellent exploration into the language of cinema and the tools of digital filmmaking. Each workshop student writes, produces, directs and edits their own short film and crews on classmates' productions. Students learn fundamental digital filmmaking skills using professional equipment. Students produce their work using Panasonic HD cameras; professional lighting, grip and sound equipment; and state-of-the-art sounds stages. Students edit their films using the Apple computers and Final Cut Pro HD. At the end of each workshop, students premiere their films in front of family and friends.'
FALL 2011 & SPRING 2012 WORKSHOPS
Our popular and often sold-out filmmaking workshop cover fiction, documentary - and now music video production! As in all of our workshops, each student writes, produces, directs, and edits their own short film.
2012 5-Week Workshop Schedule
Spring I - Evening
Start Date: February 21st, 2012
Schedule: M-Th 6:30pm-9:30pm + Saturday 10am-4pm
Tuition: $2,950
Spring II - Evening
Start Date: March 26th, 2012
Schedule: M-Th 6:30pm-9:30pm + Saturday 10am-4pm
Tuition: $2,950
Spring III - Evening
Start Date: April 30th, 2012
Schedule: M-Th 6:30pm-9:30pm + Saturday 10am-4pm
Tuition: $2,950
Spring IV - Evening
Start Date: May 27th, 2012
Schedule: M-Th 6:30pm-9:30pm + Saturday 10am-4pm
Tuition: $2,950
Sample 5-week Schedule*
Week 1
HD Camera Fundamentals/ Intro to Storytelling / Pitching Ideas / Lighting for Motion Pictures
Week 2
Script or Doc Proposals Due / Producing 101/ Essentials of Directing / Location Sound / Tech Rehearsal
Week 3
Movie Production
Week 4
Final Cut Pro Basics / Principles of Digital Editing / Fiction or Doc Editing / Editing Labs
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Week 5
Rough Cut Due / Audio Post-production & Music/ Creating Titles / Output to QT & iDVD / Movie Premiere
*Scheduling is subject to change due to holidays, etc.z
3 Month Workshop Schedule
Spring I - Evenings & Weekends
Start Date: January 14th, 2012
Schedule: Wednesdays 6:30pm-9:30pm, Saturdays 10am-5pm*
Tuition: $2,950
1 DAY INTRODUCTION TO FILMMAKING WORKSHOP
NEXT CLASSES
February 11th
10:00am-5:00pm
Registration: $199.00
In addition to our Digital Filmmaking Program and Workshops, SFSDF offers a unique, one-day filmmaking boot camp experience!
Whether you are a novice looking for a primer on all the aspects of making a film, a veteran who needs a refresher, or just a movie buff interested in the behind-the-scenes process, SFSDF’s one day Introduction to Filmmaking class is the perfect place to start! In this hands-on intensive class, students are offered instruction in the basics of storytelling and screenwriting, pre-production and planning, film camera composition and shooting, lighting for the camera, editing techniques and Final Cut Pro basics, and strategies for launching a career in the filmmaking industry.
Call 415.824.7000 to enroll
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
SFSDF has a trained financial advisor on staff ready to work with you, one-on-one, to help assess your tuition options. Call 415.824.7000 to speak to a school representative directly.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE FINANCIAL INFORMATION
APPLICATION PROCESS
CLICK
HERE TO BEGIN
For more information or questions please call Admissions at 415.824.7000
Thank you and we look forward to seeing your movie!
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