Low-Budget Filmmaking

FILM TV X 476.6

Learn techniques and theories examining all phases of the low-budget filmmaking process, from development to production to post-production, and how to translate a minimum budget into maximum quality on screen.

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What you can learn.

Discover how to analyze and break down the screenplay
Learn about financing the production, evaluating the marketplace, marketing, and distribution
Learn how to apply creativity to a budgetary plan to maximize on-screen value
Learn how to cast and select key production personnel
Learn production design, music, editing, sound design
Apply concepts learned to your own projects

About this course:

In this detailed exploration of low-budget filmmaking, learn techniques and theories examining all phases of the process, from development to production to post-production. The focus is on translating a minimum budget into maximum quality on screen. Topics include the script, financing the production, evaluating the marketplace, analyzing and breaking down the screenplay, learning to apply creativity to a budgetary plan to maximize on-screen value, casting, selecting key production personnel, production design, music, editing, sound design, marketing and distribution. Throughout the class, you are able to apply concepts learned to your own projects.

Winter 2025 Schedule

January 6 - March 10

Monday 7:00PM - 10:00PM PT

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Instructor: Kim Adelman

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Fee:

$785.00

In Person

Location: UCLA Extension Gayley Center in Westwood

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Notes

No meetings Jan. 20; Feb. 17. Internet access required. Materials required.

Refund Deadline

No refunds after January 19, 2025

Course Requirements

Internet access required to retrieve course materials.

Book: Shoot from the Heart: Successful Filmmaking from a Sundance Rebel

ISBN 9781615932887

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Lecture

Mon Jan 6, 2025

7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT