Live Online Courses

Sundance Collab’s Live Online courses allow participants to attend live, virtual class sessions on the same day and time over a specified period.

Live Online Courses - Registration Closing Soon!
Register by September 14

Rewriting Your TV Pilot and Crafting Your Pitch

Advanced
Looking for support to polish your original pilot and prepare your TV series pitch? Revise your pilot with an accomplished TV writer as your guide. In this live online, eight-week course designed for aspiring and experienced TV writers, a Sundance Collab Instructor will offer a comprehensive approach to refining your pilot, creating a TV series show bible, and preparing a compelling pitch to industry professionals.
Register by September 17
Live Online Course

Rewriting Your Screenplay and Crafting Your Pitch

With: Lee Moss and Q Terah Jackson

Rewriting Your Screenplay and Crafting Your Pitch

Advanced
With: Lee Moss and Q Terah Jackson
Looking for support to polish your script and prepare your pitch? Revise your feature film screenplay with an accomplished screenwriter as your guide. In this live online, nine-week course designed for aspiring and experienced screenwriters, a Sundance Collab Instructor will offer a comprehensive approach to refining your script and preparing to pitch it to industry professionals.
Register by September 29
Live Online Course

How to Effectively Collaborate with Your Cinematographer

Instructor: Tal Lazar

How to Effectively Collaborate with Your Cinematographer

Intermediate
Instructor: Tal Lazar
In this intermediate four-week online course, you will build on your understanding of the language of visual storytelling and how to effectively communicate your ideas with your collaborators.
Register by October 5
Live Online Course

Anatomy of a Nightmare: Writing Your Horror Feature

With: Lee Moss and Zandashé Brown

Anatomy of a Nightmare: Writing Your Horror Feature

Beginner to Intermediate
With: Lee Moss and Zandashé Brown
In this eight-week live online course, you will move from idea to outline through a review of the foundations of compelling storytelling, and lessons on character, conflict, dialogue, and the components of the horror genre.
Register by October 12

Visual Storytelling: The Shot, The Image, and The Camera

Intermediate
With: Peter Markham
Mastering visual storytelling is like learning a new language—the language of the screen—and it is a critical component of a director’s work. Over four weeks, gain expertise on the practical aesthetics of the moving image—explored from the perspectives of both shot and camera.
Register by October 12
Live Online Course

How to Schedule, Budget, and Prepare Your Production for Financing

Instructor: Summer Shelton

How to Schedule, Budget, and Prepare Your Production for Financing

Beginner to Intermediate
Instructor: Summer Shelton
In this introductory four-week online course, you will learn the basics of feature film scheduling and budgeting, location scouting, hiring a casting director and making offers to talent. Creators at any level of experience are welcome to join.
Register by October 21
Weekend Intensive

Solo Documentary Filmmaking with Bing Liu and Luke Lorentzen

Instructor: Bing Liu and Luke Lorentzen

Solo Documentary Filmmaking with Bing Liu and Luke Lorentzen

With: Bing Liu and Luke Lorentzen
In this online weekend intensive, Oscar nominee Bing Liu and Sundance Directing Award winner Luke Lorentzen will share how they capture extraordinary, deeply personal footage as solo operators. Leave this weekend inspired and renewed by what a lone wolf documentary filmmaker can create!