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If you decide to
enroll in our
online filmmaking course
you'll become part
of a growing film
community. You'll
have
the ability to
interact with a
growing pool of
talented film
students and film
instructors and
partake in live
online lectures
(called "Lab
Chats")
with your new
classmates and
teachers.
COURSE LENGTH &
FLEXIBILITY
Our students come from around the world.
From Berlin, New
York, Los Angeles,
Toronto, Paris,
Tokyo, Cape Town,
Bangalore, Athens &
London to name only
a few cities, Our
online learning
platform means you
can enroll from
anywhere in the
world.
HOW OUR ONLINE
COURSE WORKS
Our online course
allows students to
work through
lectures (both
written and video
tutorials), work on
hands-on projects by
downloading hours
worth of files and
working through the
lecture using high
quality studio grade
audio and video
files.
You'll also become
part of our
"Lights Film School
Social" program
where you can set up
your unique student
profile and interact
with other students
and teacher from
around the world.
As a student in our
film course you'll
also be given access
to various media
libraries including
a script, stock
music & sound FX
library. If you
decide to enroll in
our "academic" or
"scholar"
program you'll also
be given access to
18 hours of live
online lectures
(called lab chats).
OUR 6 MODULES
Our course is
divided up into
six modules.
1. Introduction
At the end of each
module you will be
asked to complete an
assignment that
allows you to
practice
experimenting with
the ideas and
theories discussed
in each lesson.
When you submit your
work for review you
are effectively
building on a
collective learning
experience. Not only
will you have your
own work reviewed
and analyzed, but
you'll also be able
to browse through
the assignments of other
students and read
the instructors'
feedback.
This means you won't
simply be waiting
for your turn.
You'll be able to go
through other
students' work and
identify problems
within their
assignments, read
the instructors'
analysis of the work
and ask yourself
questions like "how
often do I make that
same mistake?"
All of the feedback
in our student HUB
is constructive
feedback meant to
help make you a much
better filmmaker.
The student HUB is a
non-judgemental
community and a safe
place to make
mistakes. However,
it's important that
our instructors are
honest with their
analysis of your
work. The only
way you will grow
as a filmmaker is by
practicing, working
hard and by opening
yourself up to
constructive
criticism. We would
rather you make your
technical mistakes
in our online film
course before
publishing videos
for the world to see
which may not live
up to your (or your
audience's)
expectations.
That is why we've
designed a
comprehensive 6
module film course
for both documentary
and fiction
filmmakers
that allows our
students to
systematically work
through the
different areas of
the filmmaking
process.
A Director needs to
have clarity on the
overall vision for a
film.
Everything from
performance, acting
beats, color,
blocking, lens choice,
lighting, depth, set design, makeup, atmosphere, pacing & wardrobe need to be considered when a
director is working towards seeing his or her overall vision for a story come to
fruition.
This module is helpful to both fiction and documentary filmmakers
looking to refine their own visualization, story analysis & directorial skills.
5. EDITING
6. SOUND DESIGN
In this lecture
we'll discuss synchronization, wavelengths, bit depth, sample rates, stereo vs.
mono, microphones types, microphone placement, room tone, recording space
acoustics, sound editing,
equalizers, filters, compression and
noise reduction.
As a Lights Film
School student, you'll
also get access to
our stock music
and sound effects library
where you can
download thousands
of dollars worth of
stock audio for use
in your student
projects at no cost.
All you need to enroll in the Lights Film School online program is a camera with video capabilities and a
computer with an editing suite. Neither the camera, editing suite nor the
computer needs to be the most advanced on the market.
As far as learning material goes, we provide everything. In order to keep the
cost of our course low, we have fully digitized the learning material. All
lessons can be accessed online in the student HUB. The student HUB is the
community where you can download lecture notes, watch instructional videos and
submit your assignments for analysis and review.
HOW DO I ENROLL &
HOW MUCH IS ENROLLMENT?
We currently offer 3
different enrollment plans:
1: STUDENT: $399
LIGHTS FILM SCHOOL
SOCIAL
L
You'll also be able to
search for other members by their geographic location. You might even be able to
collaborate with a Lights Film School student living in your area!
The Lights Film School
Social platform is a great way to interact with other teachers and students
while still protecting your privacy.
We take you behind
the scenes so you
can examine our
writing, casting,
storyboarding,
blocking,
directorial
concepts,
cinematography,
editing and sound
design. Best of all,
we give you all of
our footage and
audio files to work
along with us.
The idea is to get
you working on
practical examples
as you work through
each module. For
instance, in your
sound design module,
you'll be asked to
download the audio
and video files from
the Lights Film
School Mirror
Program associated
with the audio
design module.
You'll work alongside us using the
audio files to
create a
professional soundscape. We'll
teach you how to
sweeten audio
tracks, create your
own sound FX's and
bring out deep, rich
textures in actor's
voices.
We also do you the
favour of shooting a
few of our scenes
twice. Once with the
mistakes that are
common to most first
time filmmakers
(poor audio, poor
movement, poor
lighting etc) and
then the same scene
once again with the
corrections. Our
hope is that by
experimenting with
good and bad footage
and audio files side
by side you'll have
a better
understanding of
what to expect from
yourself when you're
working on your own
projects.
Essentially, we try
to make a few of the
most common
filmmaking mistakes
for you to
discourage you from
incorporating those
mistakes into your
own projects. That
is why you complete
the "Mirror Project"
before moving onto
completing and
submitting your
lesson assignment.
As a Lights Film School student you get access to a script library, video
tutorial library, stock music library and a sound effects library.
LAB CHATS
Lab Chats are a
great way for you to
meet your fellow
classmates and dive
deeper into the
subjects contained
within the modules.
Lab Chats are held
during predetermined
times during the
week and are two
hours in length. Below
you'll find a sample
list of the Lab
Chats we have
planned over the
next couple of
months.
1. Lighting & Design for Independent Films & Documentaries
Lights Film School has
relationships with various professional production studios who allow their
Directors' to screen their films to our students. Every month you'll be able to
stop by for a guest lecture by a filmmaker who will be screening his or her film in
our "online theatre". You'll be able to ask questions about casting, lighting,
design, acting, writing or whatever else comes to mind as the film plays. Our online theatre is a place for analysis and discussion.
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If you have financial need
and would like to apply for a $100 grant to be used for any of our membership
levels you can do so on
our grant application page.
Essential Film School Enrollment Information
Program code:
FM 300
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