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Writing and Producing the Short Film

REBECCA NORRIS RESNICK

Writing and Producing the Short Film

REBECCA NORRIS RESNICK

$229.99

12/12/2024 - 01/09/2025

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If you want to be a produced screenwriter, there’s never been a better time to make it happen for yourself! There’s no reason to wait around for a producer to call when you can start to build your credits and body of produced work on your own. With everything you need already in your phone and laptop, you can produce your own short film and propel your writing and/or directing career forward with little to no budget.

With successful short film examples to watch and study, as well as real-world advice from the low-budget filmmaking trenches, this 4-week class will lead you through the process of writing a short film you can produce on a budget, as well as touch on the pre-production, production, and post-production process. Lastly, you’ll learn techniques to get your film out into the world through film festivals, traditional distribution deals, and online distribution models that you can do yourself.

$229.99

12/12/2024 - 01/09/2025

Enroll Now

If you want to be a produced screenwriter, there’s never been a better time to make it happen for yourself! There’s no reason to wait around for a producer to call when you can start to build your credits and body of produced work on your own. With everything you need already in your phone and laptop, you can produce your own short film and propel your writing and/or directing career forward with little to no budget.

With successful short film examples to watch and study, as well as real-world advice from the low-budget filmmaking trenches, this 4-week class will lead you through the process of writing a short film you can produce on a budget, as well as touch on the pre-production, production, and post-production process. Lastly, you’ll learn techniques to get your film out into the world through film festivals, traditional distribution deals, and online distribution models that you can do yourself.

Course details

Course outline

Each session includes a written lecture, creative exercises to further your learning, and a writing assignment to turn in for personalized feedback from your instructor.

Meet the instructor

Speaker Name

Rebecca Norris Resnick is an award-winning screenwriter, filmmaker, instructor for Writer’s Digest University, and columnist for Script Magazine. Distributed features include Cloudy With a Chance of Sunshine (Indie Rights and House Lights Media) and short films On Becoming a Man (Shorts International), Doodles (Shorts International), and Toasted, which won the Canadian Film Centre’s ShortsNonStop competition. Web series include Split, which won multiple awards at LA WebFest and was nominated for an Indie Series Award.

Rebecca’s work has screened in festivals worldwide including Cannes, Dances with Films, Hollyshorts, Manhattan Film Festival, Breckenridge Film Festival, and the Sedona International Film Festival, and has won and been nominated for numerous awards. She is also an alumna of the Disney Television Discovers programs in both New York and Los Angeles. 

As a script analyst, Rebecca has read for several companies and competitions, including QED International (District 9, Fury), Sundance Institute, Screen Queensland, Screencraft, and BlueCat, and she has served as a judge for the International Emmys and NYC Midnight competitions. She also worked in development for Southpaw Entertainment (August Rush, The Space Between Us), where she helped develop projects for television, stage, and film. When not working on her newest project, Rebecca stays on her toes chasing both her adorable daughter and her tuxedo cat, Sox.

Learn more about Rebecca at rebeccanorrisresnick.com.

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