Writer-Director Diploma: Shorts 2 Features

The Writer-Director Diploma is designed for filmmakers who are ready to develop their first feature film project.

The intense (30+ hours per week) nature of this course suits participants with experience in short filmmaking or comparable media, such as TV, theatre or commercials, and who are looking for professional development and can only afford a short period away from paid employment.

• Write a feature film screenplay under the supervision of a professional script editor/screenwriter. You pitch your project directly to film & TV industry professionals
• Direct a pilot project using material from your feature screenplay
• Develop fluency in the grammar of visual storytelling
• Working with professional actors, you put into practice the art of directing performance
• You are exposed to a range of techniques through seminars and workshops with tutors who are practising film & TV industry professionals
• Direct at least three digital workshop projects that involve directing professional actors under the supervision of a guest director
• Leave the course with both a showreel that showcases your work and access to film & TV professionals, including producers, agents and development executives
• This intensive programme of study is designed for filmmakers who can manage more than one creative project at once
• You raise an additional budget for the trailer/scene from your feature project so you can be as ambitious as your ideas demand and the money you raise can justify
• While on the course you receive complimentary membership of Club Panico@LFA, our networking group that gives you access to other filmmakers, events with industry professionals on all aspects of independent filmmaking, job vacancies, film screenings and a forum to discuss cinema in general.
• We look favourably on applicants who have previously completed one of our other Diploma courses