Become a Great F*cking Filmmaker Information
Hey bru! I’m Dan Mace. If my name sounds somewhat familiar, that’s probably because you’ve seen my YouTube videos like my ‘Seeing Sounds’ series, where I remake songs by using everyday objects to record the sounds. For instance, I once played The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ with bricks and Justin Bieber’s ‘Peaches’ with…peaches.
Back when I was a young creative (I’m still creative but maybe not so young anymore), I really struggled with finding my voice and translating my ideas through visual storytelling. So, I understand how that feels. Since then, together with my team, I’ve built a YouTube channel with over 35 million views and have made short films and commercials that won multiple awards at Cannes Lion, 1.4 Director Showcase, and the African Cristal Festival Grand Prix. Now that I’ve been in the industry for 10 years, I’m so keen to share all those lessons with other creative minds!
To be clear, this is NOT a technical editing course (that is definitely something you can find on YouTube). But I’m going to show you what you CAN’T find for free: a deconstruction of my creative thought process – starting from the ideation phase until the final edit.
By the end of it, you’ll have a much clearer picture of how to go about improving your creative process and, ultimately, become a great f*cking filmmaker.
Don’t forget: You’re AWESOME, bru! See you on the inside.
Here’s what you’ll learn
- How I Found My Voice In Filmmaking
- Making A Great Commercial
- Telling A Story With No Footage
- Making Good Choices In Film
- 9 Questions
- 5 Resources: Sample Brand Outreach Email, Dan’s Standard Shotlist for ‘Seeing Sounds’, List of Stock Libraries, Gear List, Instructions On Dumping Footage & File Sorting
- 3 Exercises: Pre-Production Checklist, My Idea Book, The Final Assignment
About Author
Dan Mace is a creative and visionary Filmmaker, Youtuber, CCO (Chief Creative Officer) for Beast Philanthropy and the founder of JOE and ALL OF US Studios in Cape Town. Over his 10-year career behind the camera, he has directed over 100 commercials, music videos, documentaries and short films spanning across four continents.
Having joined YouTube in 2011, he has grown an audience of over 833,000 subscribers and amassed over 47 million views of his films.
Dan writes, produces, directs and edits the majority of his own work and considers himself to be an all-round creative. As a Director, his talent lies in his authentic story-telling abilities and honed technical knowledge both on and off set. However, he believes his greatest asset is his open mind and the ability to think differently in order to craft a meaningful narrative that moves people. He is an altruist with an earnest desire to see the world changed for the better and it is this desire that he uses to fuel and inspire his films.
Over the span of his career, Dan has won multiple accolades including three Young Director Awards at Cannes Lions, an African Crystal Film Grand Prix, Bronze Loerie Awards, Ciclope Africa Editing Craft awards, and the Creative Circle ad of the month, amongst others.
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