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Movie Director Course

What will I learn?

Open up your chance to become a proper movie maker with our Course on How to Direct Movies. We'll start by looking at the basics of writing movie stories, learning how to build strong characters, how people talk in movies, and how to put a story together. You'll learn how to guide actors by understanding what makes their characters tick and controlling the feeling in each scene. Improve how you tell stories with pictures by learning about camera positions, lighting, and how to arrange things in a shot. Make your movies have their own style by creating a feeling and a look. Finally, you'll learn how to put your project together and show it off, ready to grab people's attention everywhere.

Apoia's Unique Features

Online courses available for life
Certificate aligned with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
24/7 online support
Select and arrange the chapters you want to study
Set your own course schedule
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, no internet needed

Develop skills

Enhance the practical skills listed below

Become good at writing movie stories: Make characters that people care about and stories that keep them watching.

Direct actors well: Talk to actors and help them give good performances that show the right feelings.

Tell stories with pictures: Use camera positions, lighting, and the way you set up shots to tell your story.

Movie style: Create a feeling and a look for your movie, and use pictures to show what your movie is about.

Show off your projects: Put your movie together in a good way and show it to people like a professional.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before beginning, feel free to change the chapters and the workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below

This is a free course focused on personal and professional development. It is not akin to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.