Start your career or improve upon your current skills in the industry with advanced knowledge. The PA Academy shows you what it takes to succeed while preparing you for your first day on set or your transition from a dayplayer to a core crew member.
Start your career or improve upon your current skills in the industry with advanced knowledge. The PA Academy shows you what it takes to succeed while preparing you for your first day on set or your transition from a dayplayer to a core crew member.
Are you ready to take your screenwriting to the next level? Have you written short films but feel overwhelmed by the prospect of a full-length feature? Have you completed feature-length scripts but aren't content with the results? These tailored classes are here to help.
We’ll review and learn the building blocks of cinematic language, and use those to break down a script, beat by beat, to prepare you to not only be a good director but a GREAT director who creates unique, compelling, cinematic masterpieces. This course will fundamentally change the way you approach storytelling.
Transitioning from the written word to a cinematic masterpiece requires a well-structured roadmap. In this immersive course, we will guide you through the intricate art of creative producing, equipping you with the strategies needed to bring your independent fiction film to life.
In this workshop, learn the difference between a revision and a rewrite, the questions you should ask yourself when ready to tackle the next draft, how to decipher which notes serve the story best, and how to track the changes in your script without over-revising to get the confidence boost you need to turnaround a good draft.
Start your career or improve upon your current skills in the industry with advanced knowledge. The PA Academy shows you what it takes to succeed while preparing you for your first day on set or your transition from a dayplayer to a core crew member.
This class will provide participants with the tools to identify the most suitable festivals for their films, craft compelling submissions, and create impactful marketing strategies to generate buzz and attract audiences.
In this series of introductory film classes, 30-year industry veteran, Producer Linda Burns, gives students the answers they need to begin their journey into the world of film and television.
Start your career or improve upon your current skills in the industry with advanced knowledge. The PA Academy shows you what it takes to succeed while preparing you for your first day on set or your transition from a dayplayer to a core crew member.
Taught online as a 4-part series, Kathy Berardi is offering a November 2023 workshop in which attendees will receive A to Z guidance on how to successfully write, produce and direct a short film.
The 4-week Hollywood-style class helps students get into a collaborative mindset to learn the art of storytelling and technical essentials required for professional screenplays.
You have a great project, but can you sell it? Often times the hardest part in the creative world is getting a producer or company or studio to invest in an idea you believe will reach audiences around the world. Expressing your concepts clearly and efficiently can be an art itself, and one that takes years to master. This class will equip you with the tools necessary to SELL your IP (intellectual property), including the opportunity to practice your pitch.
This three-hour, interactive class (questions welcomed throughout) is designed for individuals interested in making documentaries. It caters to curious minds who want to learn the process of documentary filmmaking from start to finish and beyond.
Taught by experts at the Atlanta Film Festival, this 2-hour workshop will be a crash-course in prepping for a film festival
This one-day online class is aimed at students of the craft who want to go beyond formulaic approaches which reduce story structure to plot. Plot is essential, but it is only half the story. For it is the world of characters and their inner lives which gives meaning to the events they experience.
Start your career or improve upon your current skills in the industry with advanced knowledge. The PA Academy shows you what it takes to succeed while preparing you for your first day on set or your transition from a dayplayer to a core crew member.
Are you ready to take your screenwriting to the next level? Have you written short films but feel overwhelmed by the prospect of a full-length feature? Have you completed feature-length scripts but aren't content with the results? These tailored classes are here to help.
As (most often introverted) creatives, we tend to run, sweat, and/or cry at the sight of a networking event. People are scary and can be unpredictable. But we need them to market our abilities, find investors for our projects, and to seek out job opportunities as professionals.
Taught online as a 4-part series, Kathy Berardi is offering a July 2023 workshop in which attendees will receive A to Z guidance on how to successfully write, produce and direct a short film.
Whether you want to be in front of or behind the camera, you will need to have the respect of your peers and those in positions of power to really move ahead.
Whether you want to be in front of or behind the camera, you will need to have the respect of your peers and those in positions of power to really move ahead.
In this series of introductory film classes, 30-year industry veteran, Producer Linda Burns, gives students the answers they need to begin their journey into the world of film and television.
Start your career or improve upon your current skills in the industry with advanced knowledge. The PA Academy shows you what it takes to succeed while preparing you for your first day on set or your transition from a dayplayer to a core crew member.
The 4-week Hollywood-style class helps students get into a collaborative mindset to learn the art of storytelling and technical essentials required for professional screenplays.
In this series of introductory film classes, 30-year industry veteran, Producer Linda Burns, gives students the answers they need to begin their journey into the world of film and television.
Thriller! Horror! Action! Fantasy! Sci-fi! In this two-part series of screenwriting classes, seasoned genre filmmakers Ruckus and Lane Skye give students the hands-on resources they need to develop and expand their story-telling skills in the world of writing for feature-length genre film.
Kodak Coffee with Cameras is a partnership between the Atlanta Film Society and Kodak Film Lab Atlanta where filmmakers and film lovers network and discuss working with the film format over coffee.
Start your career or improve upon your current skills in the industry with advanced knowledge. The PA Academy shows you what it takes to succeed while preparing you for your first day on set or your transition from a dayplayer to a core crew member.
In this 2-part series of introductory makeup department classes, professional makeup artist, Ashleigh Chavis gives students the hands-on resources they need to begin their journey into the makeup department world.
Kodak Coffee with Cameras is a partnership between the Atlanta Film Society and Kodak Film Lab Atlanta where filmmakers and film lovers network and discuss working with the film format over coffee.
In this series of introductory film classes, 30-year industry veteran, Producer Linda Burns, gives students the answers they need to begin their journey into the world of film and television.
