Free Online Course on Filmmaking For The Web

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FutureLearn with University of Brimingham is offering free online course to teach how to tell powerful stories through film online. This MOOC ‘Digital Storytelling: Filmmaking For The Web’ Is Of 4 Week Duration. The University Of Birmingham Has Combined Forces With The BBC Academy And Creative Skillset To Create This Free Online Course. This MOOC Is Very Useful For Those Applicants Who Want To Start Creating And Sharing Out Their Own Film Content On Web. The Course Will Start From September 28, 2015.

Course Details In Brief

Level: Introductory
Length: 4 weeks
Subject:  Filmmaking For The Web
Institution:  FutureLearn & University of Brimingham
Languages: English
Price: Free
Certificate Available: Yes
Session: Starts September 28, 2015

Why Choose FutureLearn MOOC?  

This course is taken from Make it Digital collection – part of the BBC’s major initiative to inspire digital creativity. After completing this course applicant could be a graduate or already working within the television industry, either as a new entrant or an established freelancer wanting to expand your skillset.It’s for anyone who has a story to tell and wants to use the medium of film to tell it, but doesn’t quite know where to start. The course will cover all aspects of production – from how to research your story to adding the finishing touches in the edit.

Course Introduction

The University of Birmingham, the BBC Academy and Creative Skillset have combined forces, to create this four-week, free online course. It will look at filmmaking theory and practice, and how they interact to produce good and even meaningful stories, helping you develop short films for digital platforms. Applicants may have hobbies, places, causes or a business that you wish to promote online.

Whether fact or fiction, there are many principles and processes that make a story work on film, so that what viewers see is more than just a sequence of events, but is instead a compelling narrative, which holds their attention, makes them think and keeps them coming back for more. We will cover all aspects of production – from how to research your story to adding the finishing touches in the edit. The course will address many issues along the way, including critical thinking; story structure; style; genre; ethics; legalities; practical techniques for camera, sound and lighting; and more.

You Will Learn

By the end of the course, you will learn:
– Combine theory and practice to tell powerful stories through film online.
– how to produce good and even meaningful stories
-helps you to develop short films for digital platforms.
– how to research your story to adding the finishing touches in the edit.

For detailed information go through FutureLearn page.

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