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Short Film Festival

  • Grades 9 to 12

Teams write, storyboard, shoot, and edit a 3-minute short film, explain their choices in a director's statement, and screen it at a class festival with peer reviews and awards.

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What's inside

  • Day 1: Three-act structure in short film
  • Day 2: The language of shots
  • Day 3: Page to screen
  • Day 4: Pitch and beat sheet
  • Day 5: Write the screenplay
  • Day 6: Storyboard and plan
  • Day 7: Shoot day 1
  • Day 8: Shoot day 2 and first cut
  • Day 9: Final cut and statement
  • Day 10: Festival day

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