The Eight-Week workshop equips students with the fundamental skills in a variety of filmmaking disciplines including camera operating, editing, directing, producing and screenwriting. The course culminates in students producing their own short film.
This course is suitable for beginners, no previous experience required.
Eight Week workshop is a fully immersive course. Students can expect to explore the world of filmmaking and content creation through practical workshops, lectures and crew role exercises. Designed to improve students understanding, knowledge and practice in the following areas:
- Screenwriting
- Cinematography
- Shooting techniques
- Editing
- Directing actors
- Pre-production
Course outline
Session 1
Screenwriting
- Storytelling foundations: Theme, tone and genre
- The 3 Acts Structure:Inciting Incident. Plot Points. Climax.
- Linear and non linear structures
- Scene fundamentals: Scene Goals. Character goals. Beats.
- Characters: Biography and Backstory
- Practicum: Screenwriting exercise
Session 2
Film grammar
- Staging and blocking fundamentals
- The connection between Script, camera and Acting
- The Shot: Fundamentals and uses. Shot sizes. Camera angles.
- Camera movements: Pan. Tilt. Dolly. Zoom and tracking
- The shot list. Floor plans
- Practicum: Camera exercise
Session 3
- Shooting techniques
- The 180º Rule.The 30º Rule.
- Shot and reverse shot Technique
- The Master shot technique
- Dialogue shooting techniques
- Practicum: Shooting exercise
Session 4
- Cinematography
- Composition Rules: Balance and point of interest
- Rule ofThirds. Diagonals. Horizons. Symmetry.
- Depth of field fundamentals
- Lens: The Standard lens. The Wide angle . The Telephoto lens
- Rack focus
Session 5
- Editing I
- Editing fundamentals
- Basic editing tools
- Editing types: Continuity editing. Ideologic editing
- The cut: Elements.
- Practicum: Editing exercise
Session 6
- Editing II
- Tempo and Rhythm
- Long take vs short take
- Techniques: Cut in movement. Smash cut. Match cut.Cut away.
- Cross cutting. Jump cuts. L cut and J cut
- Editing dialogues: Overlapping
- Practicum: Editing exercise
Session 7
- Directing actors
- The rehearsal process
- The 1st reading: Zone Zero.
- Rehearsal techniques: Images. Action Verbs. Physical activity
- Castings
- Quick tips to improve Actors perfomances before and after the take
- Practicum: Directing actors exercise
Session 8
- Pre-Production
- The Pre-production process
- The Script breakdown
- The shooting plan
- Call sheets
- Practicum: Shooting schedule from a Short film
Course details:
May 8th- June 26th, 2025
Thursdays, 2pm to 4pm. US Eastern time
8 classes of 2 hours
Total time: 16 hours
Online live classes taught in a virtual classroom in Zoom
Class recordings are available for registered participants
Fee: 145USD (Include all 8 sessions)
About the Instructor:
### Ezequiel Rubin
He has established a distinguished career in the film industry as a Director, Screenwriter, and Filmmaking teacher. His extensive experience spans across multiple countries, including Spain, Argentina, the USA, Italy, Germany, and Canada. He has contributed to a variety of projects in collaboration with several prominent companies, such as:
- TVE (Televisión Española)
- Factotum
- RAI Cinema
- TV3
- Met Films
- The Mastermind
- MediaPro
In addition to his professional work in film and television, Ezequiel Rubin is the founder of Cinelab, an innovative online film school based in Barcelona. Cinelab offers a range of courses and coaching services tailored for screenwriters, filmmakers, actors, and directors. Through Cinelab,he shares his extensive knowledge and experience, nurturing the next generation of creative talent in the film industry.
Contact us:
cinelab.info@gmail.com
https://cinelabfilmschool.wixsite.com/cinelab
