film school

I've learned from the best

so that you can learn from me.

I’ve been involved in film making for forty years, trained with the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa and taken MasterClasses with Ken Burns and Shonda Rimes. I’ve worked on BBC productions and I’m now an independent film maker.

My approach is to help you assemble all the components necessary to tell your story visually with impact but at low cost.

Steve Shelley

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What you will learn

I work with you one-to-one or in small groups, online or face to face. Programme content includes:

  • Defining your purpose and goals: project plan and timeline

  • Equipment: cameras, sound, lighting,  computers, editing, software

  • Quality issues: format, focus, framing

  • Production elements: storyline, script, visuals, narration, interviews, sound, titles, transitions, credits, permissions, copyrights

  • Pitching: logline, synopsis, treatment, script, storyboard

  • Telling your story: structure and style

  • Visual story telling: how to let the pictures tell the story

  • Sound: recording, music, effects, sources

  • Pulling it all together: final cut, uploading

  • Distribution: channels, audiences, showings, festivals

  • Recruiting and managing your team