The twelve-week teaching schedule: what happens in each workshop, what to prepare, and what leaves the room.
Each workshop turns that week's directing technique into a practical step on your own short film. Check what to prepare before class, then follow the activities and expected outputs for the week.
Follow one complete production: The Last One — a week-by-week practical guide built from a real short-film workflow.
First direction
Observe one provided take, diagnose a problem, and write and review a redirect
Week 1 · 22 February 2027
Pitch and premise review
Your own short film's logline meets the class for the first time, and gets tested against a dramatic question
Week 2 · 1 March 2027
Screenplay workshop
Writing one scene of your own short in proper form, with a director's intent note attached to it
Week 3 · 8 March 2027
Shot breakdown and first storyboard
Turning last week's scene into a numbered shot list, then a rough storyboard thumbnail for each shot
Week 4 · 15 March 2027
World bible crit
Your character and location bibles meet the class, tested for whether a stranger could reproduce them
Week 5 · 22 March 2027
Pre-production crit
A full run-through of your shot list and storyboard before Assignment 1 is due
Week 6 · 29 March 2027
Anchor to motion
Turning one storyboard frame from Assignment 1 into an anchor image, then into a directed piece of motion
Week 7 · 12 April 2027
Take selection
Generating and diagnosing several takes of one performance beat, then choosing on the record
Week 8 · 19 April 2027
Continuity assembly
Assembling a 30–60 second sequence from your generated shots and keeping a continuity log
Week 9 · 26 April 2027
Recut lab
Recutting your week 9 sequence twice — once for pacing, once for montage
Week 10 · 3 May 2027
Sound pass
Directing a line reading before mixing it in, then adding one ambience or Foley layer and one music cue to your rough cut
Week 11 · 10 May 2027
Screening and critique
A near-final cut is screened for critique, and each director defends three decisions before revising toward the final cut
Week 12 · 17 May 2027