Raindance: $78 for a One-Day Introductory Filmmaking Course (Save 72% Off)

Today’s Today Groupon Deal of the Day: $78 for a One-Day Introductory Filmmaking Course at Raindance ($281.37 Value). Two Dates Available.

Buy now from only $78
Value $281
Discount 72%
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This is a limited 2-day only sale that will expire at midnight on Wednesday, February 23, 2011. Click here to buy now or for more information about the deal. Quantities are limited so don’t miss out!

Highlights
Learn principles of screenwriting, producing & directing
Practical advice & tips
Networking session afterwards

The Fine Print
Expiration varies
Limit 1 per person, may buy 10 additional as gifts. Limit 1 per visit. Valid only for date purchased. Reservation required; subject to availability. Must sign waiver. Classes may be shared. Tax included.

The Company
Raindance
255 Huron Street, Toronto, Ontario
http://www.raindance.org/site/saturday-film-school-toronto

Today’s Groupon: for $78, you get a one-day introductory filmmaking course (a $281.37 value including HST) at Raindance’s Saturday Film School at the University of Toronto. Choose between two dates:

– Saturday, March 12 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
– Sunday, March 13 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

A day-long practical filmmaking course led by Raindance Film Festival founder Elliot Grove breaks the daunting cinema-creation process into digestible lectures, with separate talks on screenplay writing, production, directing, and breaking into the industry. Before committing the fancy-dancing and slow-punching scenes of your cinemagination to celluloid, it’s necessary to populate them with needy characters and filter them through an unpopular document known as a screenplay.

In the first 90-minute lecture, Elliot Grove will explain how to create coherent roles and arrange plot holes into a looping tunnel that critics will never escape. A talk full of nitty-gritty production tips follows, as Grove details the hard work of creating a budget, lighting scenes cheaply, shooting locations before they can call the police, and choosing a camera.

After a lunch break, director-producer Sean McConville will expound on the principles of direction, illustrating rules of camera placement and demonstrating the award- and money-based sign language used to communicate with actors. In a final one-hour session, Grove will explain how to craft CVs, negotiate pay, and make connections in the film industry. After the talk, participants meet in a nearby bar to play paper hockey with business cards and shoot guerilla-style footage for thrillers about drinking beer. Burgeoning film facilitators will also walk home with a 20-page handout packed with budget templates, a script-format guide, CV templates, and collectible gaffer trading cards.

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