2 Day Film School DVD Information

THE CONCEPT: Hollywood is a business. It’s called show business. It’s not called show art. And anyone, with talent (talent can’t be taught), can learn the business of making and selling Feature Films, even Documentaries & TV/Cable Programs, once given the basic information.

THE PROOF: With this simple concept the “2-Day Film School” has launched 1,000s of film careers (Quentin Tarantino, Will Smith, Guy Ritchie, Chris Nolan, Damon Wayans, Queen Latifah, etc.) that have led to over $16,000,000,000 (Yes, B) in Box Office successes.

THE CURRICULUM: The course assumes you have talent and is broken into two days focusing 100% on the business (Day-1) of making a feature film and the business (Day-2) of selling that feature film.

• Day-1, “FILMMAKING A-Z”, teaches step-by-step how to create, write, package, cast, direct, shoot & edit your first HD/Digital feature film on budgets from as little as $10,000 (Micro-Budget) to as high as $10,000,000 (Low-Budget).
• Day-2, “DEALMAKING A-Z”, teaches how to market, sell and finance feature films by attending festivals, while securing pre-sells & maximizing profits from Theatrical, Foreign, Cable/TV, DVD, VOD, SOD, EST and 20 other revenue sources.

What You’ll Learn In 2 Day Film School DVD?

DAY 1: WRITE, DIRECT & SHOOT YOUR FIRST FEATURE FILM TO INCLUDE…

• Independent Filmmaking Basics
• Micro- & Low-Budget Secrets
• Creating & Protecting Ideas
• Writing & Selling a Great Screenplay
• Directing Script, Cast & Crew
• Directing On-Schedule & On-Budget
• Directing 5-7 Pages per Day
• Casting Name Actors & Talent
• Budgeting & Scheduling Techniques
• Pre-Production, Paperwork & Planning
• HD/Digital Filmmaking Costs & Savings
• Shooting the 1-3 Week Features
• Selecting Camera Formats & 3D
• Hiring Crew & Renting Equipment
• Lighting, Shooting & Sound Basics
• Editing, Scoring & Lab Work
• PLUS…MUCH-MUCH MORE

DAY 2: PRODUCE, FINANCE & SELL YOUR FIRST FEATURE FILM TO INCLUDE…

• Understanding the Hollywood System
• Producing a Marketable Project
• Financing $10K-$50K Micro-Budgets
• Financing 3-5 Week Union Features
• Financing $1,000,000-$2,000,000 Feature
• Pre-Selling $2,000,000-$10,000,000 Films
• Hiring Writers & Optioning Properties
• Government Funding Programs
• Co-Production Deals at Cannes & Sundance
• Crowd Funding Donations & Equity
• Working with Agents & Attorneys
• Attending Festivals & Winning Awards
• Securing Gross & Net Distributor Deals
• Cable/TV Deals & Sales
• On-Demand & Pay-Per-View Revenues
• Maximizing Grosses & Profits
• PLUS…MUCH-MUCH MORE

About Author

HONORED: In 1998, the National Association of Film Schools recognized Dov as “America’s #1 Film Instructor”. For 30 years Mr Simens has worked diligently to bring affordable film education to America and is credited with launching 1,000s of Film Careers, with Oscars® & Emmys®, for Screenwriters, Directors, Filmmakers, Producers and Actors in the Theatrical, Television and Cable Industries.

HISTORY: Dov was raised in New York (Hewlett Harbor); graduated college in Pennsylvania (Muhlenberg College, BS, Mathematics/Economics) and after serving in Viet Nam (’68-’69, Green Beret, 1st Lieutenant); He returned to America; moved to California (Carmel-Monterey) and owned acclaimed literary bookstore (The 3 Rings), for a decade, where he learned about properties & the importance of story and marketing, prior to moving to Los Angeles and commencing his career in Hollywood.

LEARN BY DOING: After optioning numerous books, writing scripts and pitching high-concept projects (’80-83), and he graduated from the school-of-hard-knocks: His true film experience commenced as a Reader and Development Executive (’83-85) by writing coverage on over 3,000 screenplays and segueing into film production (’85-’88) as a Production Manager/Line Producer for Roger Corman, who made over 700 profitable, feature films, while teaching at USC, UCLA & NYU.

CREATE AN ENTITY: In 1991 Mr Simens committed 100% to film education and founded the Hollywood Film Institute, an alternative to expensive film education, with it’s patented “2-DAY FILM SCHOOL™” (presented & franchised in over 35 nations), and presented over 1,200 master weekend intensives, for adults & professionals, on Filmmaking, Directing, Screenwriting, Producing, Financing & Distributing. In 2010 Mr Simens sold his campus to J J Abrams.

GLOBAL EXPANSION: Thanks to Dov, with film education now affordable, he is bringing it to the masses by creating a “GLOBAL FILM SCHOOL” in 38 languages (Japanese, German, Korean, Arabic, etc.) for the world’s 3 billion Smart-Phones. In his spare time he updated his acclaimed “DVD FILM SCHOOL”, launched the “STREAMING FILM SCHOOL” and is establishing the China Film Academy, a mobile training facility, for mainland China’s major cities, to include two Micro-Budget Movie Studios in Brazil and Australia for Independent Filmmakers.

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