How To Be a Film Director - Master The Essentials

Guess what? If you have ever wondered how to be a film director,  I have exciting news for you!

Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 12:00pm PST (3:00pm EST), I am hosting a free webinar entitled  The Essentials of Film Directing, with special guest, Peter D. Marshall!

Peter's experience spans several decades across both TV and film.  He has over 35 director credit and equally as many 1st AD credits.  He's worked with A-list talent and won awards for his craft (which he continues to hone, as evidenced by his outstanding HD work at the Vancouver Film School.

 

Peter is a Course Director at the Vancouver Film School. He is affiliated with Raindance Canada and  teaches workshops for them in Toronto. He also teaches his own workshops in Vancouver and worldwide.

When it comes to the subject of how to be a film director, Peter knows what he's talking about. And guess what? He's going to be talking to US!

The 90 minute webinar includes Q&A, tips, tricks, and techniques. You will also hear  the answers to practical yet pressing questions like how to break in and get a paying job as film director. I'm telling you, if you want to be a film director, but don't know how, you definitely want to check it out.

Sign up to receive your invitation to The Essentials of Film Directing, and please be share this blog post with  everyone you know who wants to be a  film director, but needs to take the next step.

 

 

From the Desk of Peter D. Marshall: 

 Hi, I'm Peter D. Marshall and just like you, I have a passion for making movies.

I first started making films (on Super 8 no less) when I was 16 years old. I 'd make movies of our high school parties, film my friends as they drove around in their cars and created pixelated animations with model race cars in my basement. My first professional film job (meaning I finally got paid) was on a Certs commercial in 1974. I was the guy (P.A.) holding the brown paper bag just under the actor (and just below camera) so when the director yelled "Cut!" the actor could spit the candy into the bag I was holding. Ahh yes...those were the days!

 But it is now 2012 and I have come a long way since then.

During my 38 year career, I have worked as a film director, television producer, first assistant director and series creative consultant. I have had the opportunity to work on all kinds of productions:

 

• Industrial films 

• Documentaries 

• TV commercials

• Music videos

• TV series 

• Hollywood feature films

   

As a First AD, I have worked for directors such as Zack Snyder, John Woo, Ed Zwick, Phillip Noyce, John Badham, Dennis Dugan, Anne Wheeler, Bobby Roth and Kim Manners. I have directed over 30 episodes of Television Drama and written, directed or produced over 50 hours of documentary and educational programs. (My documentaries and dramas have won, or been nominated for, 14 international film awards.)

I have spent my career in the "trenches" of the film and TV industry.

I have had the chance to co-ordinate huge WW1 battle scenes, to plan complicated visual FX scenes, manage large groups of extras and direct intimate emotional scenes between two actors.

By having the unique opportunity to work as both a TV director AND a Feature 1st AD, I have been able to get "up close and personal" with major Hollywood studios and producers, exciting and imaginative directors and Academy Award winning actors.

I have had the good fortune to work with such amazing and talented actors as Michelle Pfiefer, Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman, John Travolta, Goldie Hawn, Madeleine Stowe, Mel Gibson, Jerry Lewis, Jack Palance, Ashton Kutcher, Kathy Bates, Adam Sandler and Peter O'Toole (yes...I even worked with "Lawrence of Arabia!")

But the facts are clear. To be a successful filmmaker today, you need to have complete confidence in yourself, an unshakable faith in your talent and ability - and some very good luck.

But faith, talent and luck won't take you all the way - you also need to have the knowledge of what is expected of you when you begin preproduction, when you step on the set, and when you are in the editing room.

So here's my promise to you. If you have the passion and the drive
to be a film director, then I'm going to help you reach that goal.

Mark your calendar for the live webinar:

The Essentials of Film Directing with Peter D. Marshall
 Date:  December 18, 2012
Time: 12:00 PM (PST) / 3:00 PM (EST)

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