Intro to Filmmaking

Our premium online course gives students an understanding of every aspect of the filmmaking process. Staffed by industry professionals, it can be licenced, tailored and branded to fit the needs of any school.

Exclusive Video Lessons

Smashcut’s crisp yet comprehensive video lessons have been crafted in collaboration with leading film scholars and respected industry professionals.

They offer fresh, original coverage of everything from story, character and dialogue to lighting, working with actors, and post-production.

Project-Based Learning

Students are assigned a range of individual and group projects to write, shoot, edit and direct—all building up to the creation of a final 3-5 minute film. Smashcut also provides licensed access to features and shorts that students are assigned to watch.

  • • Screenplay Formatting/Observation Scene

    • Portrait of a Place

    • Character Monologue (Voice Exercise)

    • Final Screenplay - First Draft

    • Final Screenplay - Rewrite

    • Final Screenplay - Pre-production

  • • Lighting - Available and Artificial

    • Shot by Shot Scene Analysis

    • Complex Task / Parallel Action

  • • Moving Two People Through Space

    • Scene Visualization

    • Two-Person Interaction/Non-Verbal

    • Acting Breakdown

    • Rehearsing with Actors

    • Two-Person Interaction/Verbal

  • • Editing Patterns

    • Shot by Shot Scene Analysis

    • Complex Task / Parallel Action

    • Sound Design Analysis

    • Color Correction

  • • Final Film Concept

    • Final Project - Production begins

    • Final Project - Rough Cut Due

    • Final Project - Final Cut Due

A next-generation, collaborative teaching environment

  • Live Video Classes

    Stream video with no laggy playback and co-navigation of shared media

  • Contextual Evaluation

    Add time-based comments on videos, exercises and projects.

  • Dynamic Syllabus

    Bring your curriculum to life on media-centric, beautifully designed syllabus pages

  • Crew Collaboration

    Assign students to Crews to enable group projects, live meetings, peer review, and more

  • Media Management

    Host, stream, share, download, annotate, and review without leaving the platform

  • Notifications

    Stay on track with email and text notifications and alerts