Start Your Filmmaking Career: A Video Production Course Online Course

Start Your Filmmaking Career: A Video Production Course

All levels
English

Course Description

Turn your videography skills into a full-time business! In this in-depth course, Phil Ebiner and Julian Melanson, walk you through seven steps that take you from doing video production work for fun, to landing clients and growing your own business. If you are a beginner videographer or filmmaker, YouTuber or vlogger, looking to successfully earn a living by making videos, this course is made for you! STEP 1: Plan for Success To get going, Julian walks you through getting in the right mindset. He will break down old paradigms, and shows you a new way of thinking about filmmaking. STEP 2: Shoot Personal Projects Making and sharing your own personal videos is the best way to start your filmmaking career. Phil shares his own personal stories of how creating personal projects propelled him to his first paying clients, and how you can do the same. STEP 3: Develop Your Image To legitimize your personal video production business, a solid demo reel, website, and solid online presence are key to getting your first clients. Julian takes you through all the steps, so by the end of this step you will have a better online presence and stronger self-image that helps you as a filmmaker.

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What you’ll learn

Plan for Success
Shoot Personal Projects
Develop Your Image
How to Actually Land Clients
Retain Your Clients
Retain Your Clients
Next Level Communication Skills

Covering Topics

Section 1 : Course Introduction

Section 2 : Plan for Success

Section 3 : Step 2: Shoot Personal Projects

Section 4 : Develop Your Image

Section 5 : How to Actually Land Clients

Section 6 : Retain Your Clients

Section 7 : Business Techniques & Protocol

Section 8 : Next Level Communication Tools

Section 9 : Course Wrap Up

Curriculum

  Section 1 : Course Introduction
1
Welcome & What's this course about?

  Section 2 : Plan for Success
2
Get in the Right Mindset Preview
3
Get Rid of the Old Paradigm
4
Build a New Filmmaking Foundation
5
Start a New Plan and Mindset

  Section 3 : Step 2: Shoot Personal Projects
6
Preparing for Client Projects Preview
7
The Process

  Section 4 : Develop Your Image
8
Find Your Purpose
9
Build a Website that Works
10
Professional Online Presence
11
Create Business Cards Preview
12
Share Your Personality
13
Gain Presentation and Networking Skills
14
Fine Tune Your Presentation
15
Networking Pro Tip

  Section 5 : How to Actually Land Clients
16
Intro to Landing Clients Preview
17
Getting Film Work Online
18
The Cold Call
19
Getting Referrals
20
Meeting In Person

  Section 6 : Retain Your Clients
21
Why Retaining Clients is So Important Preview
22
The Client Comes First
23
Deliver a Product They Love
24
Project Communication and Follow-Up

  Section 7 : Business Techniques & Protocol
25
Collaborate Preview
26
Always Add Value
27
Become a Company
28
Negotiate
29
Protect Yourself
30
Contract Basics

  Section 8 : Next Level Communication Tools
31
Intro to Next Level Communications
32
Voicemail Box
33
Email Signature
34
Proposals and Stylesheets

  Section 9 : Course Wrap Up
35
Course Conclusion

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