The Lone Wolf Filmmaker – Bill Megalos

The Lone Wolf Filmmaker Information

The Lone Wolf Filmmaker with Bill Megalos is a filmmaking course that aims to simplify the filmmaking process for individuals working with limited resources.

Simplify The Filmmaking Process.

It is common to “postpone” your filmmaking due to insecurity and doubt: Do I own the right camera? Do I have access to the proper resources? Can I support my vision with a strong artistic/technical point-of-view? Those fears are why so many film and media projects never get off the ground.

In The Lone Wolf Filmmaker with Bill Megalos, you’ll learn camera, sound, and storytelling techniques that will place you on a simple, yet sophisticated path towards completing a moving-media project.

Bill will help you:

• Choose the best camera for your project and budget
• Use the camera on a technical level, with an artistic intent
• Develop an aesthetic and technical approach to sound recording

The class will demystify the distance from the first step to the completion of a formidable, marketable piece of media. You’ll learn techniques that will simplify your process, no matter the scope of the project or your experience as a filmmaker.

Here’s what you’ll learn

1. Class Introduction
2. The Three Eyes Of Filmmaking
3. Basic Film Terms
4. Different Cameras & Their Advantages
5. Camera Mechanics
6. Depth Of Field Tools
7. Framing & Shot Sizes
8. Camera Holding Techniques
9. Camera Differences: Side By Side Comparison
10. Sound Basics: Learning To Hear
11. Basic Interview Setup
12. Interview Techniques
13. Making One Location Look Like Many
14. Telling A Story Using Imagery
15. Creating The Shots

About Author

Bill Megalos has taught filmmaking at SVA in New York City, the Univ. of Southern California, and is currently on the faculty of the Maine Media Workshops in Rockport, Maine. He has also taught filmmaking workshops in Asia, Africa, Europe and Central America.

His work as a director/filmmaker ranges from commercials and music videos to dramatic films and over 30 full-length documentaries His biography of Jack Benny for HBO was awarded the Cine Golden Eagle Award, and his series of family planning mini-dramas in Bengali won the World Health Organization’s Global Award for Media Excellence. He also spent two years traveling with Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, for the documentary, “To Catch A Dollar,” which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.

Bill was a director for the extended edition DVD of “Return of the King,” (2004) – the final Lord of the Rings film, as well as cameraman on the documentaries: “Aretha,” “Paris is Burning,” the Emmy Award-winning “W. Eugene Smith”, PBS’ “Quest for the Killers” and “Legendary Trails,” as well as the Academy Award-winning “Down and Out in America.”

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