1-MONTH CRASH COURSE: INTRO TO VIRAL VIDEO PRODUCTION
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Students will learn the art and business of creating and producing video content that aligns with and creates awareness for a personal brand or an employer’s brand. This project-based, experiential, learning module covers the technical, aesthetic, psychological, and commercial principles of creating and producing video content that has the potential to go viral. Students will develop basic expertise in content ideation, creation, branding, pre-production, production, and post-production by creating and producing a web video or web series pilot with viral marketing potential for a brand. Learn the proven formula behind how to produce original share-worthy content. Understand the pain points of a target audience, play to their emotions, and produce with purpose. Students will learn how to ideate, create, and produce projects that work for the web and mobile mediums, and they will graduate as 21st-century content creators, ready to market their works |
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3-MONTH CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
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Learn about the basics of becoming a success in the field of New Media with Virtual Film School’s three-month certificate program!
Over the course of three months, students will delve into courses on Writing for New Media, Viral Video Production, and Digital Marketing to develop and harness skills essential to the intersectional digital and creative industries. Students will experience creative mentorship from teachers who are experts in their respective fields while working on creative projects that will provide learners with great experience and tools to build their portfolios and creative careers.
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1-YEAR DIPLOMA IN NEW MEDIA PRODUCTION
This intensive one-year program equips you with the skills and knowledge to thrive in the ever-evolving landscape of new media. You'll explore the fundamentals of creating engaging content, crafting compelling narratives, and utilizing cutting-edge technologies to tell your stories in innovative ways.
Who is this program for?
Aspiring creative professionals with a passion for storytelling and new media platforms
Individuals seeking a career shift into content creation, video production or digital media marketing
Entrepreneurs looking to develop their online brand and engage with audiences effectively
Aspiring creative professionals with a passion for storytelling and new media platforms
Individuals seeking a career shift into content creation, video production or digital media marketing
Entrepreneurs looking to develop their online brand and engage with audiences effectively
NEW MEDIA PRODUCTION COURSES
Fundamentals of New Media (6 Units)
Are you outgoing? Do you sometimes like to tell stories or pretend you’re someone else? Maybe you’ve thought about trying acting? Well, here’s your chance! In this class, you’ll learn from top Hollywood talent the basics of how to act, perform, and maybe even become a digital star! Discover how to express yourself individually and how to work as a web-team, gaining valuable leadership skills while having fun and making friends. Learn how to create engaging, compelling characters, and make every role shareworthy.
Acting Fundamentals for New Media (6 Units)
Nowadays, just about everyone wants to become a YouTube star. But there are over 500 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute, so how can you possibly get discovered? Here’s how. This class details how to make videos and video series that generate so much excitement, your bodyguard will need a bodyguard. From brainstorming cool concepts to building your personal brand and cashing in on paid production and distribution opportunities, learn how NOT to get lost in the vast wasteland of crap that gets uploaded to YouTube every minute.
New Media Videography, Lighting and Sound Techniques (6 Units)
If you own a mobile phone, you already have the gear to make videos. But if you want to make videos like the pros do, you’ll need the mad-skills like the pros have, which no amount of fancy gear can make up for. Video-making is an art, and art takes practice. In this class, you’ll practice framing and composition, picture enhancement, shot technique, coverage, sound, lighting, and how to bring your ideas to life and capture the spectacular.
Brand Development: Theory and Practice (6 Units)
Back in the 20th Century, you had to be Rockefeller-rich to build a personal brand. Nowadays, anyone with a snappy idea and clever no-budget execution can attract an audience of millions. In this extraordinary class, you’ll learn how to build, implement and present a personal brand in the digital age.
New Media Writing I: Writing a Digital Series Pilot (6 Units)
At traditional media film schools, they teach the history of 20th Century filmmaking. At Virtual Film School, we teach the history of 21st Century digital content creation, because if you know the success stories of social media history, you’re bound to repeat it. Ever wonder why the Grumpy Cat meme earned $100 million dollars, book and merchandising deals, and even a Lifetime movie? Now you can learn how to create content that’s relevant and trending in a digitally dominated social landscape.
New Media Writing II: Writing a Digital Series (6 Units)
The web shows that win all the awards and cash are the best written. Period. But you have to be a mega-genius to write a hit digital series, right? Wrong. All you have to do is work at it. But you have to work in the right direction. Otherwise, you’re just spinning your wheels like a caffeinated hamster. Learn how to play to the strengths of the small screen and create series of concepts that work for the Web. In this master class, you’ll create a web series pitch bible, a; business plan, a pilot script, and the first three episodes of your webisode series.
Online Video Directing (6 Units)
Are you inspired by famous Hollywood directors like Steven Spielberg or Freddie Wong? Do you like telling people what to do? What to say? And how to say it? Then you just might be a director (or a jerk, but let’s just go with the director for now). In this awe-inspiring class, you’ll learn the art of visual storytelling, how to create a shot list and storyboards, how to work with producers, casting directors, actors, production designers and cinematographers, while gaining confidence and leadership skills.
Online Video Pre-Production and Producing (6 Units)
You’ve got a great concept. You’ve got a great script. But if you want to save time and money, preproduction is best done before the shoot. This valuable class demystifies scheduling and budgeting, prop shopping, location scouting, greenscreen and set construction, call sheets, clearances, permissions and more and shows you how to pull it all together before the director first calls action.
Online Video Production: Producing and Shooting a Digital Series (6 Units)
Dreamers may dream, but producers produce results. Students will learn why producing is like “herding cats” while they produce a webisode series from ideation to script-lock to financing, casting, shooting, editing, re-shooting, and all the other aspects of post-production.
Online Video Editing (6 Units)
Congratulations! You produced a digital series. Now it’s time to start editing (aka, the process of turning a bunch of un-matching, spottily lit, badly framed shots into shareworthy content). Learn editing theory and techniques, how to export video, titles and color correction, the art of the trailer, and edit your own project as well as your classmate’s work.
Audio Post-Production (6 Units)
If your video sounds good, it is good. Learn from top Hollywood producers the basics of sound design and how to sound like a pro -- even on a bubblegum and shoestring budget.
Are you outgoing? Do you sometimes like to tell stories or pretend you’re someone else? Maybe you’ve thought about trying acting? Well, here’s your chance! In this class, you’ll learn from top Hollywood talent the basics of how to act, perform, and maybe even become a digital star! Discover how to express yourself individually and how to work as a web-team, gaining valuable leadership skills while having fun and making friends. Learn how to create engaging, compelling characters, and make every role shareworthy.
Acting Fundamentals for New Media (6 Units)
Nowadays, just about everyone wants to become a YouTube star. But there are over 500 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute, so how can you possibly get discovered? Here’s how. This class details how to make videos and video series that generate so much excitement, your bodyguard will need a bodyguard. From brainstorming cool concepts to building your personal brand and cashing in on paid production and distribution opportunities, learn how NOT to get lost in the vast wasteland of crap that gets uploaded to YouTube every minute.
New Media Videography, Lighting and Sound Techniques (6 Units)
If you own a mobile phone, you already have the gear to make videos. But if you want to make videos like the pros do, you’ll need the mad-skills like the pros have, which no amount of fancy gear can make up for. Video-making is an art, and art takes practice. In this class, you’ll practice framing and composition, picture enhancement, shot technique, coverage, sound, lighting, and how to bring your ideas to life and capture the spectacular.
Brand Development: Theory and Practice (6 Units)
Back in the 20th Century, you had to be Rockefeller-rich to build a personal brand. Nowadays, anyone with a snappy idea and clever no-budget execution can attract an audience of millions. In this extraordinary class, you’ll learn how to build, implement and present a personal brand in the digital age.
New Media Writing I: Writing a Digital Series Pilot (6 Units)
At traditional media film schools, they teach the history of 20th Century filmmaking. At Virtual Film School, we teach the history of 21st Century digital content creation, because if you know the success stories of social media history, you’re bound to repeat it. Ever wonder why the Grumpy Cat meme earned $100 million dollars, book and merchandising deals, and even a Lifetime movie? Now you can learn how to create content that’s relevant and trending in a digitally dominated social landscape.
New Media Writing II: Writing a Digital Series (6 Units)
The web shows that win all the awards and cash are the best written. Period. But you have to be a mega-genius to write a hit digital series, right? Wrong. All you have to do is work at it. But you have to work in the right direction. Otherwise, you’re just spinning your wheels like a caffeinated hamster. Learn how to play to the strengths of the small screen and create series of concepts that work for the Web. In this master class, you’ll create a web series pitch bible, a; business plan, a pilot script, and the first three episodes of your webisode series.
Online Video Directing (6 Units)
Are you inspired by famous Hollywood directors like Steven Spielberg or Freddie Wong? Do you like telling people what to do? What to say? And how to say it? Then you just might be a director (or a jerk, but let’s just go with the director for now). In this awe-inspiring class, you’ll learn the art of visual storytelling, how to create a shot list and storyboards, how to work with producers, casting directors, actors, production designers and cinematographers, while gaining confidence and leadership skills.
Online Video Pre-Production and Producing (6 Units)
You’ve got a great concept. You’ve got a great script. But if you want to save time and money, preproduction is best done before the shoot. This valuable class demystifies scheduling and budgeting, prop shopping, location scouting, greenscreen and set construction, call sheets, clearances, permissions and more and shows you how to pull it all together before the director first calls action.
Online Video Production: Producing and Shooting a Digital Series (6 Units)
Dreamers may dream, but producers produce results. Students will learn why producing is like “herding cats” while they produce a webisode series from ideation to script-lock to financing, casting, shooting, editing, re-shooting, and all the other aspects of post-production.
Online Video Editing (6 Units)
Congratulations! You produced a digital series. Now it’s time to start editing (aka, the process of turning a bunch of un-matching, spottily lit, badly framed shots into shareworthy content). Learn editing theory and techniques, how to export video, titles and color correction, the art of the trailer, and edit your own project as well as your classmate’s work.
Audio Post-Production (6 Units)
If your video sounds good, it is good. Learn from top Hollywood producers the basics of sound design and how to sound like a pro -- even on a bubblegum and shoestring budget.
1-YEAR DIPLOMA IN NEW MEDIA MONETIZATION
Are you passionate about creating engaging content and captivating audiences online? This intensive one-year program equips you with the skills and knowledge to thrive in the dynamic world of new media.
You'll master the art of viral video production, digital marketing, and social media strategy, while exploring diverse platforms and monetization avenues to build a successful online presence.
If you are looking to develop and diversify your communication and marketing skills, build your own brand and a successful online presence, this degree is for you.
You'll master the art of viral video production, digital marketing, and social media strategy, while exploring diverse platforms and monetization avenues to build a successful online presence.
If you are looking to develop and diversify your communication and marketing skills, build your own brand and a successful online presence, this degree is for you.
NEW MEDIA MONETIZATION COURSES
Fundamentals of New Media (6 Units)
Are you outgoing? Do you sometimes like to tell stories or pretend you’re someone else? Maybe you’ve thought about trying acting? Well, here’s your chance! In this class, you’ll learn from top Hollywood talent the basics of how to act, perform, and maybe even become a digital star! Discover how to express yourself individually and how to work as a web-team, gaining valuable leadership skills while having fun and making friends. Learn how to create engaging, compelling characters, and make every role shareworthy.
Brand Development: Theory and Practice (6 Units)
Back in the 20th Century, you had to be Rockefeller-rich to build a personal brand. Nowadays, anyone with a snappy idea and clever no-budget execution can attract an audience of millions. In this extraordinary class, you’ll learn how to build, implement and present a personal brand in the digital age.
Digital Marketing (6 Units)
This digital marketing introduction shows you what’s what and how to make your personal brand go viral. What does a solid digital marketing strategy look like? Discover how to define and understand your audience and the relevant digital social marketing platforms to launch on. Learn how to conquer the field and measure success.
Introduction to Social Media Deployment with an Emphasis on Youtube (6 Units)
If you can make it on YouTube, you can make it anywhere. Yet most don't make it on YouTube. Here's how to avoid the most common career-crushing mistakes that will limit your channel growth forever. Learn how to create, distribute, and monetize content just like the top monetizers do, and become a YouTube star.
Alternative Social Media Deployment: Linkedin, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok (6 Units)
Nowadays, just about everyone wants to become an overnight Internet sensation. But in crowded markets, how can you stand out? Here's how. This class details how to create, launch, optimize and grow your personal brand on Linkedin, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. From brainstorming cool concepts to posting shareworthy content, learn the basics of how to organically gain notoriety, without having to buy likes and followers.
New Media Monetization in the Creator Economy: How Content Creators Get Rich (6 Units)
This New Media monetization intensive takes digital marketing to the next level with a study of social media success and fail stories and helps you successfully launch your personal brand on the ten most popular social sharing sites in the world and measure monetization.
Introduction to New Media Business (6 Units)
Have you ever dreamed of starting your own 21st Century startup or a digital movie studio specializing in original web video content? Now you can learn how to create, validate, and pitch a business startup idea, develop a million-dollar business plan, crowdfund a startup idea, and even master the art of IRL networking to build buzz and attract seed money.
Introduction to New Media Production (6 Units)
Website and App Development Fundamentals (8 Units)
If you don’t have a website in today’s digital economy, your personal brand doesn’t exist. But how do you build a website if you don’t know how to code? No worries – no coding required for this easy-peasy, hands-on workshop that demystifies website building, search engine optimization, and even shows you how to build a million-dollar APP from idea to execution to monetization and beyond.
Are you outgoing? Do you sometimes like to tell stories or pretend you’re someone else? Maybe you’ve thought about trying acting? Well, here’s your chance! In this class, you’ll learn from top Hollywood talent the basics of how to act, perform, and maybe even become a digital star! Discover how to express yourself individually and how to work as a web-team, gaining valuable leadership skills while having fun and making friends. Learn how to create engaging, compelling characters, and make every role shareworthy.
Brand Development: Theory and Practice (6 Units)
Back in the 20th Century, you had to be Rockefeller-rich to build a personal brand. Nowadays, anyone with a snappy idea and clever no-budget execution can attract an audience of millions. In this extraordinary class, you’ll learn how to build, implement and present a personal brand in the digital age.
Digital Marketing (6 Units)
This digital marketing introduction shows you what’s what and how to make your personal brand go viral. What does a solid digital marketing strategy look like? Discover how to define and understand your audience and the relevant digital social marketing platforms to launch on. Learn how to conquer the field and measure success.
Introduction to Social Media Deployment with an Emphasis on Youtube (6 Units)
If you can make it on YouTube, you can make it anywhere. Yet most don't make it on YouTube. Here's how to avoid the most common career-crushing mistakes that will limit your channel growth forever. Learn how to create, distribute, and monetize content just like the top monetizers do, and become a YouTube star.
Alternative Social Media Deployment: Linkedin, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok (6 Units)
Nowadays, just about everyone wants to become an overnight Internet sensation. But in crowded markets, how can you stand out? Here's how. This class details how to create, launch, optimize and grow your personal brand on Linkedin, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. From brainstorming cool concepts to posting shareworthy content, learn the basics of how to organically gain notoriety, without having to buy likes and followers.
New Media Monetization in the Creator Economy: How Content Creators Get Rich (6 Units)
This New Media monetization intensive takes digital marketing to the next level with a study of social media success and fail stories and helps you successfully launch your personal brand on the ten most popular social sharing sites in the world and measure monetization.
Introduction to New Media Business (6 Units)
Have you ever dreamed of starting your own 21st Century startup or a digital movie studio specializing in original web video content? Now you can learn how to create, validate, and pitch a business startup idea, develop a million-dollar business plan, crowdfund a startup idea, and even master the art of IRL networking to build buzz and attract seed money.
Introduction to New Media Production (6 Units)
Website and App Development Fundamentals (8 Units)
If you don’t have a website in today’s digital economy, your personal brand doesn’t exist. But how do you build a website if you don’t know how to code? No worries – no coding required for this easy-peasy, hands-on workshop that demystifies website building, search engine optimization, and even shows you how to build a million-dollar APP from idea to execution to monetization and beyond.
3-YEAR BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN NEW MEDIA
This three-year program equips you with the creative and technical skills necessary to thrive in the rapidly expanding new media landscape. You will explore the theoretical underpinnings of new media, develop expertise in content creation and distribution, and gain an understanding of the business and ethical considerations within the industry. This degree offers students a comprehensive curriculum with hands-on learning, and instruction from real professionals in the field. At only a fraction of the cost of the average Bachelor's degree, graduates will leave this program with the skills and confidence to earn money and begin their careers in a diverse range of fields within New Media, monetization, and communication.
Embrace the future of communication.
Enroll in the Bachelor of Arts in New Media Studies at Virtual Film School today!
3-YEAR B.A. NEW MEDIA COURSES
Fundamentals of New Media (6 Units)
Nowadays, just about everyone wants to become a YouTube star. But there are over 500 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute, so how can you possibly get discovered? Here’s how. This class details how to make videos and video series that generate so much excitement, your bodyguard will need a bodyguard. From brainstorming cool concepts to building your personal brand and cashing in on paid production and distribution opportunities, learn how NOT to get lost in the vast wasteland of crap that gets uploaded to YouTube every minute.
Introduction to Virtual Production (OPTIONAL) (6 Units)
Learn in-demand skills in this expert-led course in After Effects and Motion Graphics. Build your motion confidence on both 2D and 3D animation, compositing and effects software like After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, CDs Max and Cinema 4D. Master conceptualization, assessment, formulation, cultivation, storyboards, animatics and green screen techniques, applying storytelling and film theories to your final project.
Acting Fundamentals for New Media (6 Units)
Are you outgoing? Do you sometimes like to tell stories or pretend you’re someone else? Maybe you’ve thought about trying acting? Well, here’s your chance! In this class, you’ll learn from top Hollywood talent the basics of how to act, perform, and maybe even become a digital star! Discover how to express yourself individually and how to work as a web-team, gaining valuable leadership skills while having fun and making friends. Learn how to create engaging, compelling characters, and make every role shareworthy.
New Media ideography, Lighting and Sound Techniques (6 Units)
If you own a mobile phone, you already have the gear to make videos. But if you want to make videos like the pros do, you’ll need the mad-skills like the pros have, which no amount of fancy gear can make up for. Video-making is an art, and art takes practice. In this class, you’ll practice framing and composition, picture enhancement, shot technique, coverage, sound, lighting, and how to bring your ideas to life and capture the spectacular.
New Media Writing I: Writing a Digital Series Pilot (6 Units)
At traditional media film schools, they teach the history of 20th Century filmmaking. At Virtual Film School, we teach the history of 21st Century digital content creation, because if you know the success stories of social media history, you’re bound to repeat it. Ever wonder why the Grumpy Cat meme earned $100 million dollars, book and merchandising deals, and even a Lifetime movie? Now you can learn how to create content that’s relevant and trending in a digitally dominated social landscape.
New Media Writing II: Writing a Digital Series (6 Units)
The web shows that win all the awards and cash are the best written. Period. But you have to be a mega-genius to write a hit digital series, right? Wrong. All you have to do is work at it. But you have to work in the right direction. Otherwise, you’re just spinning your wheels like a caffeinated hamster. Learn how to play to the strengths of the small screen and create series of concepts that work for the Web. In this master class, you’ll create a web series pitch bible, a; business plan, a pilot script, and the first three episodes of your webisode series.
Online Video Directing (6 Units)
Are you inspired by famous Hollywood directors like Steven Spielberg or Freddie Wong? Do you like telling people what to do? What to say? And how to say it? Then you just might be a director (or a jerk, but let’s just go with the director for now). In this awe-inspiring class, you’ll learn the art of visual storytelling, how to create a shot list and storyboards, how to work with producers, casting directors, actors, production designers and cinematographers, while gaining confidence and leadership skills.
Online Video Pre-Production (6 Units)
You’ve got a great concept. You’ve got a great script. But if you want to save time and money, preproduction is best done before the shoot. This valuable class demystifies scheduling and budgeting, prop shopping, location scouting, greenscreen and set construction, call sheets, clearances, permissions and more and shows you how to pull it all together before the director first calls action.
Online Video Production: Producing and Shooting a Digital Series (6 Units)
The web shows that win all the awards and cash are the best written. Period. But you have to be a mega-genius to write a hit digital series, right? Wrong. All you have to do is work at it. But you have to work in the right direction. Otherwise, you’re just spinning your wheels like a caffeinated hamster. Learn how to play to the strengths of the small screen and create series of concepts that work for the Web. In this master class, you’ll create a web series pitch bible, a; business plan, a pilot script, and the first three episodes of your webisode series.
Online Video Editing (6 Units)
Congratulations! You produced a digital series. Now it’s time to start editing (aka, the process of turning a bunch of un-matching, spottily lit, badly framed shots into shareworthy content).
Audio Post-Production for Online Video (6 Units)
Learn editing theory and techniques, how to export video, audio editing, titles and color correction, the art of the trailer, and edit your own project as well as your classmate’s work. If your video sounds good, it is good. Learn from top Hollywood producers the basics of sound design and how to sound like a pro -- even on a bubblegum and shoestring budget.
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Nowadays, just about everyone wants to become a YouTube star. But there are over 500 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute, so how can you possibly get discovered? Here’s how. This class details how to make videos and video series that generate so much excitement, your bodyguard will need a bodyguard. From brainstorming cool concepts to building your personal brand and cashing in on paid production and distribution opportunities, learn how NOT to get lost in the vast wasteland of crap that gets uploaded to YouTube every minute.
Introduction to Virtual Production (OPTIONAL) (6 Units)
Learn in-demand skills in this expert-led course in After Effects and Motion Graphics. Build your motion confidence on both 2D and 3D animation, compositing and effects software like After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, CDs Max and Cinema 4D. Master conceptualization, assessment, formulation, cultivation, storyboards, animatics and green screen techniques, applying storytelling and film theories to your final project.
Acting Fundamentals for New Media (6 Units)
Are you outgoing? Do you sometimes like to tell stories or pretend you’re someone else? Maybe you’ve thought about trying acting? Well, here’s your chance! In this class, you’ll learn from top Hollywood talent the basics of how to act, perform, and maybe even become a digital star! Discover how to express yourself individually and how to work as a web-team, gaining valuable leadership skills while having fun and making friends. Learn how to create engaging, compelling characters, and make every role shareworthy.
New Media ideography, Lighting and Sound Techniques (6 Units)
If you own a mobile phone, you already have the gear to make videos. But if you want to make videos like the pros do, you’ll need the mad-skills like the pros have, which no amount of fancy gear can make up for. Video-making is an art, and art takes practice. In this class, you’ll practice framing and composition, picture enhancement, shot technique, coverage, sound, lighting, and how to bring your ideas to life and capture the spectacular.
New Media Writing I: Writing a Digital Series Pilot (6 Units)
At traditional media film schools, they teach the history of 20th Century filmmaking. At Virtual Film School, we teach the history of 21st Century digital content creation, because if you know the success stories of social media history, you’re bound to repeat it. Ever wonder why the Grumpy Cat meme earned $100 million dollars, book and merchandising deals, and even a Lifetime movie? Now you can learn how to create content that’s relevant and trending in a digitally dominated social landscape.
New Media Writing II: Writing a Digital Series (6 Units)
The web shows that win all the awards and cash are the best written. Period. But you have to be a mega-genius to write a hit digital series, right? Wrong. All you have to do is work at it. But you have to work in the right direction. Otherwise, you’re just spinning your wheels like a caffeinated hamster. Learn how to play to the strengths of the small screen and create series of concepts that work for the Web. In this master class, you’ll create a web series pitch bible, a; business plan, a pilot script, and the first three episodes of your webisode series.
Online Video Directing (6 Units)
Are you inspired by famous Hollywood directors like Steven Spielberg or Freddie Wong? Do you like telling people what to do? What to say? And how to say it? Then you just might be a director (or a jerk, but let’s just go with the director for now). In this awe-inspiring class, you’ll learn the art of visual storytelling, how to create a shot list and storyboards, how to work with producers, casting directors, actors, production designers and cinematographers, while gaining confidence and leadership skills.
Online Video Pre-Production (6 Units)
You’ve got a great concept. You’ve got a great script. But if you want to save time and money, preproduction is best done before the shoot. This valuable class demystifies scheduling and budgeting, prop shopping, location scouting, greenscreen and set construction, call sheets, clearances, permissions and more and shows you how to pull it all together before the director first calls action.
Online Video Production: Producing and Shooting a Digital Series (6 Units)
The web shows that win all the awards and cash are the best written. Period. But you have to be a mega-genius to write a hit digital series, right? Wrong. All you have to do is work at it. But you have to work in the right direction. Otherwise, you’re just spinning your wheels like a caffeinated hamster. Learn how to play to the strengths of the small screen and create series of concepts that work for the Web. In this master class, you’ll create a web series pitch bible, a; business plan, a pilot script, and the first three episodes of your webisode series.
Online Video Editing (6 Units)
Congratulations! You produced a digital series. Now it’s time to start editing (aka, the process of turning a bunch of un-matching, spottily lit, badly framed shots into shareworthy content).
Audio Post-Production for Online Video (6 Units)
Learn editing theory and techniques, how to export video, audio editing, titles and color correction, the art of the trailer, and edit your own project as well as your classmate’s work. If your video sounds good, it is good. Learn from top Hollywood producers the basics of sound design and how to sound like a pro -- even on a bubblegum and shoestring budget.
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Brand Development: Theory and Practice (6 Units)
Back in the 20th Century, you had to be Rockefeller-rich to build a personal brand. Nowadays, anyone with a snappy idea and clever no-budget execution can attract an audience of millions. In this extraordinary class, you’ll learn how to build, implement and present a personal brand in the digital age.
Digital Marketing (6 Units)
This digital marketing introduction shows you what’s what and how to make your personal brand go viral. What does a solid digital marketing strategy look like? Discover how to define and understand your audience and the relevant digital social marketing platforms to launch on. Learn how to conquer the field and measure success.
Introduction to Social Media Deployment with an Emphasis on Youtube (6 Units)
If you can make it on YouTube, you can make it anywhere. Yet most don't make it on YouTube. Here's how to avoid the most common career-crushing mistakes that will limit your channel growth forever. Learn how to create, distribute, and monetize content just like the top monetizers do, and become a YouTube star.
Alternative Social Media Deployment: Linkedin, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok (6 Units)
Nowadays, just about everyone wants to become an overnight Internet sensation. But in crowded markets, how can you stand out? Here's how. This class details how to create, launch, optimize and grow your personal brand on Linkedin, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. From brainstorming cool concepts to posting shareworthy content, learn the basics of how to organically gain notoriety, without having to buy likes and followers.
New Media Monetization in the Creator Economy: How Content Creators Get Rich (6 Units)
This New Media monetization intensive takes digital marketing to the next level with a study of social media success and fail stories and helps you successfully launch your personal brand on the ten most popular social sharing sites in the world and measure monetization.
Introduction to New Media Business (6 Units)
Have you ever dreamed of starting your own 21st Century startup or a digital movie studio specializing in original web video content? Now you can learn how to create, validate, and pitch a business startup idea, develop a million-dollar business plan, crowdfund a startup idea, and even master the art of IRL networking to build buzz and attract seed money.
Final Captstone Project (60 Units)
The capstone course is the final course in the VFS curriculum. Students are expected to create their own internet-based series of at least 6 episodes. This project could be a new web series, a series of pics, a website dedicated to a specific topic, a citizen journalism project – it’s the student’s choice, but the student must receive approval from the instructor to begin. The capstone course meets twice a week for 2 months and will be largely directed study with the instructor acting as a mentor and “Executive Producer.” By the end of the capstone course, students will have completed and posted a web-based series with a plan for monetization in place. beyond!
Back in the 20th Century, you had to be Rockefeller-rich to build a personal brand. Nowadays, anyone with a snappy idea and clever no-budget execution can attract an audience of millions. In this extraordinary class, you’ll learn how to build, implement and present a personal brand in the digital age.
Digital Marketing (6 Units)
This digital marketing introduction shows you what’s what and how to make your personal brand go viral. What does a solid digital marketing strategy look like? Discover how to define and understand your audience and the relevant digital social marketing platforms to launch on. Learn how to conquer the field and measure success.
Introduction to Social Media Deployment with an Emphasis on Youtube (6 Units)
If you can make it on YouTube, you can make it anywhere. Yet most don't make it on YouTube. Here's how to avoid the most common career-crushing mistakes that will limit your channel growth forever. Learn how to create, distribute, and monetize content just like the top monetizers do, and become a YouTube star.
Alternative Social Media Deployment: Linkedin, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok (6 Units)
Nowadays, just about everyone wants to become an overnight Internet sensation. But in crowded markets, how can you stand out? Here's how. This class details how to create, launch, optimize and grow your personal brand on Linkedin, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. From brainstorming cool concepts to posting shareworthy content, learn the basics of how to organically gain notoriety, without having to buy likes and followers.
New Media Monetization in the Creator Economy: How Content Creators Get Rich (6 Units)
This New Media monetization intensive takes digital marketing to the next level with a study of social media success and fail stories and helps you successfully launch your personal brand on the ten most popular social sharing sites in the world and measure monetization.
Introduction to New Media Business (6 Units)
Have you ever dreamed of starting your own 21st Century startup or a digital movie studio specializing in original web video content? Now you can learn how to create, validate, and pitch a business startup idea, develop a million-dollar business plan, crowdfund a startup idea, and even master the art of IRL networking to build buzz and attract seed money.
Final Captstone Project (60 Units)
The capstone course is the final course in the VFS curriculum. Students are expected to create their own internet-based series of at least 6 episodes. This project could be a new web series, a series of pics, a website dedicated to a specific topic, a citizen journalism project – it’s the student’s choice, but the student must receive approval from the instructor to begin. The capstone course meets twice a week for 2 months and will be largely directed study with the instructor acting as a mentor and “Executive Producer.” By the end of the capstone course, students will have completed and posted a web-based series with a plan for monetization in place. beyond!
Elective Courses (Choose A Minimum of 3 Courses)
Website and App Development Fundamentals (8 Units)
If you don’t have a website in today’s digital economy, your personal brand doesn’t exist. But how do you build a website if you don’t know how to code? No worries – no coding required for this easy-peasy, hands-on workshop that demystifies website building, search engine optimization, and even shows you how to build a million-dollar APP from idea to execution to monetization and beyond!
Vlogs and Live Video (8 Units)
Let’s say you’re so broke that your computer is made out of bamboo and it’s powered by a rat on a treadmill. So long as it has a webcam, you can launch a video blog. Video blogs are the easiest and cheapest way of presenting content. But the vlogosphere is very crowded, so it’s essential to make your vlogs stand out. This vlog intensive covers vlog genres like gaming, history, technique, and helps you write and shoot clever content that grabs eyeballs and goes viral.
Introduction to Virtual Production, After Effects, and Motion Graphics (8 Units)
Learn in-demand skills in this expert-led course in After Effects and Motion Graphics. Build your motion confidence on both 2D and 3D animation, compositing and effects software like After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, CDs Max and Cinema 4D. Master conceptualization, assessment, formulation, cultivation, storyboards, animatics and green screen techniques, applying storytelling and film theories to your final project.
Digital Media Journalism (8 Units)
Do you like to report facts and news that is largely ignored by large media companies? Do you use social media to tell your friends what’s going on in your community or to share current events around you? Take your social sharing to the next level and become a bonafide digital media journalist and a voice for the voiceless in this master class. Learn laws and ethics, how to increase rankings in search, and how to use self-promotion in an increasingly crowded digital space with an ever-shrinking news cycle.
VR/AR Storytelling and Production (8 Units)
Our brains are hardwired to see the narrative. That's what makes the potential of VR and AR for content creation so exciting. This is the ultimate introduction to virtual reality storytelling and production. Discover the freedom of this exciting new medium and create simulated environments or a magical alternate universe using cutting edge, immersive technologies.
Podcasting (8 Units)
How to create, produce, distribute and monetize a Podcast.
If you don’t have a website in today’s digital economy, your personal brand doesn’t exist. But how do you build a website if you don’t know how to code? No worries – no coding required for this easy-peasy, hands-on workshop that demystifies website building, search engine optimization, and even shows you how to build a million-dollar APP from idea to execution to monetization and beyond!
Vlogs and Live Video (8 Units)
Let’s say you’re so broke that your computer is made out of bamboo and it’s powered by a rat on a treadmill. So long as it has a webcam, you can launch a video blog. Video blogs are the easiest and cheapest way of presenting content. But the vlogosphere is very crowded, so it’s essential to make your vlogs stand out. This vlog intensive covers vlog genres like gaming, history, technique, and helps you write and shoot clever content that grabs eyeballs and goes viral.
Introduction to Virtual Production, After Effects, and Motion Graphics (8 Units)
Learn in-demand skills in this expert-led course in After Effects and Motion Graphics. Build your motion confidence on both 2D and 3D animation, compositing and effects software like After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, CDs Max and Cinema 4D. Master conceptualization, assessment, formulation, cultivation, storyboards, animatics and green screen techniques, applying storytelling and film theories to your final project.
Digital Media Journalism (8 Units)
Do you like to report facts and news that is largely ignored by large media companies? Do you use social media to tell your friends what’s going on in your community or to share current events around you? Take your social sharing to the next level and become a bonafide digital media journalist and a voice for the voiceless in this master class. Learn laws and ethics, how to increase rankings in search, and how to use self-promotion in an increasingly crowded digital space with an ever-shrinking news cycle.
VR/AR Storytelling and Production (8 Units)
Our brains are hardwired to see the narrative. That's what makes the potential of VR and AR for content creation so exciting. This is the ultimate introduction to virtual reality storytelling and production. Discover the freedom of this exciting new medium and create simulated environments or a magical alternate universe using cutting edge, immersive technologies.
Podcasting (8 Units)
How to create, produce, distribute and monetize a Podcast.