Virtual Film School Full Curriculum

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One could call this course ""YouTube Millionaire: How to Get a Million Views on YouTube," or

"Internet Stardom Bootcamp: Insider Secrets to Web Fame and Fortune." Nowadays, just about everyone wants to become a YouTube star. But there’s over 600 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute, so how can you possibly get discovered? Here’s how. This class details how to make videos and video series that generate so much excitement, your bodyguard will need a bodyguard. From brainstorming cool concepts to building your personal brand and cashing in on paid production and distribution opportunities, learn how NOT to get lost in the vast wasteland that gets uploaded to YouTube every minute.

Nowadays, just about everyone wants to become a YouTube star. But there’s over 600 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute, so how can you possibly get discovered? Here’s how. This class details how to make videos and video series that generate so much excitement, your bodyguard will need a bodyguard. From brainstorming cool concepts to building your personal brand and cashing in on paid production and distribution opportunities, learn how NOT to get lost in the vast wasteland of crap that gets uploaded to YouTube every minute.

The web shows that win all the awards and cash are the best written. Period. But you have to be a mega-genius to write a hit digital series, right? Wrong. All you have to do is work at it. But you have to work in the right direction. Otherwise, you’re just spinning your wheels like a caffeinated hamster. Learn how to play to the strengths of the small screen and create series concepts that work for the Web. In this master class, you’ll create a web series pitch & bible, an art & business plan, pilot script, and first 3 episodes of your webisode series.

Are you inspired by famous Hollywood directors like Steven Spielberg or Freddie Wong? Do you like telling people what to do? What to say? And how to say it? Then you just might be a director (or a jerk, but let’s just go with director for now). In this awe-inspiring class, you’ll learn the art of visual storytelling, how to create a shot list and storyboards, how to work with producers, casting directors, actors, production designers and cinematographers, while gaining confidence and leadership skills.

You’ve got a great concept. You’ve got a great script. But if you want to save time and money, preproduction is best done before the shoot. This valuable class demystifies scheduling and budgeting, prop shopping, location scouting, greenscreen and set construction, call sheets, clearances, permissions and more and shows you how to pull it all together before the director first calls action.

Let’s say you’re so broke that your computer is made out of bamboo and it’s powered by a rat on a treadmill. So long as it has a webcam, you can launch a video blog. Video blogs are the easiest and cheapest way of presenting content. But the vlogosphere is very crowded, so it’s essential to make your vlogs stand out. This vlog intensive covers vlog genres like gaming, history, technique, and helps you write and shoot clever content that grabs eyeballs and goes viral.

Learn in-demand skills in this expert-led course in After Effects and Motion Graphics. Build your motion confidence on both 2D and 3D animation, compositing and effects software like After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, CDs Max and Cinema 4D. Master conceptualization, assessment, formulation, cultivation, storyboards, animatics and green screen techniques, applying storytelling and film theories to your final project.

Do you like to report facts and news that is largely ignored by large media companies? Do you use social media to tell your friends what’s going on in your community or to share current events around you? Take your social sharing to the next level and become a bonafide digital media journalist and a voice for the voiceless in this master class. Learn laws and ethics, how to increase rankings in search, and how to use self-promotion in an increasingly crowded digital space with an ever-shrinking news cycle.