Learn the Secrets to Create Award-winning Short Films
Level up your career with methods proven to get into top festivals and reach millions around the world
How Can a Short Film Change Your Career?
It's no secret that an amazing short film can launch your career. Just ask Damien Chazelle whose short, Whiplash, opened the doors to direct his feature of the same name. Paul Thomas Anderson, Sofia Coppola, George Lucas and even Steven Spielberg all followed similar paths.
The problem is it's REALLY HARD to write, finance, cast, direct, edit and distribute an amazing short film and there really aren't resources available to teach you how to do it.
But what if you had a proven blueprint to guide you through the process?
How 1 Short Film
Changed My Life
Since I was in high school in Anchorage, Alaska, I dreamed of becoming a filmmaker. In 2008 when I moved to Los Angeles, I imagined the doors would open and job opportunities would be plentiful.
Wow, how wrong I was...
Establishing a career in the entertainment industry is extremely competitive and I ended up working in various low-level PA and art department jobs before falling back to work in a completely different field just to make ends meet. Luckily, I eventually was able to find a job doing production and was thrilled to be doing what I loved.
In 2012, I founded my own production company and figured that eventually, I would have the chance to create film and television not just commercials. But fast forward to 2017 and although I had an office, a great team and amazing clients, in over 5 years I still hadn't gotten any closer to my dream of actually making films!
Everything changed when I finally took the leap to produce a short film called SOULS OF TOTALITY. I had worked on shorts before but this was different. There was an amazing cast including Emmy-winner Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black) and most importantly it was an incredible script.
SOULS OF TOTALITY POSTER
I threw myself into the process and we somehow were able to get the money, crew, cast, locations and dozens of other pieces together to actually make a short.
It isn't an exaggeration to say the resulting film changed my career.
We were an official selection for Tribeca, won a dozen film festivals including 3 Oscar-qualifying fests and the film is still being distributed to audiences around the world!
That opened the doors to exciting new film and TV projects with well-known actors, showing my work at festivals around the world and distributing to millions around the world with partners like HBO.
WATCH THE TRAILER FOR THE AWARD-WINNING SHORT
Filmmakers reach out to me all the time asking me the same question— how can I create a short that will change my career?
I'm a big believer in the power of the creative community to help each of us with our journey and it's certainly helped me. So over 10 short films later, I set out to break down the "system" to attract known actors, raise money, win festivals and reach millions.
After over a year of developing that "system", I am thrilled to share Short Film Deep Dive!
Here's Exactly What
You'll Discover Inside
SECRETS TO PRODUCING AN AWARD-WINNING SHORT FILM
You'll learn every step of the process so that your project appears professional and competes in the extremely competitive world of short film
HOW TO WRITE A FUNDABLE SCRIPT
We'll cover the complete development process to demystify the process of writing a script you can raise money to produce
HOW TO ATTRACT A-LIST ACTORS AND CREW
You'll learn how to bypass agents to get your film cast with known actors and build a team of experienced industry professionals
DOZENS OF PROVEN DOWNLOADS
Get access to with real investor decks, email templates, spreadsheets and much more to elevate your projects immediately
8
Industry Expert Instructors
34
Lessons
+7.5
Hours of Coursework
These Methods are
Proven to Work
IN A SINGLE YEAR, 3 FILMS IN COMPETITION AT OSCAR-QUALIFYING FESTIVAL HOLLYSHORTS
ON SET FOR "5150" STARRING EMMY-NOMINATED ACTOR, JOVAN ADEPO, & SELECTION AT TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL
Testimonials from
Real Filmmakers
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Here's Exactly What You're About To
Get Your Hands On...
INTRODUCTION AND GETTING STARTED
Welcome! You'll meet your instructor and cover a brief summary of what you can expect from this course. Including how to make the most of the extensive downloadable pitch decks, documents and resources included with the course.
BONUS LESSON with Denzel Whitaker (BLACK PANTHER)
CONTENT: 4 LESSONS
DEVELOPMENT
We'll dive into the development phase of your short film -- taking it from an idea to writing the script and the specific considerations you should keep in mind for shorts. We’ll also cover creating a budget and most importantly raising the money to get your film made.
BONUS LESSON with Kate Trefry (STRANGER THINGS)
CONTENT: 5 LESSONS
PRE-PRODUCTION
You’ll learn the pre-production steps leading up to shooting your short film, starting with creating partnerships and getting deals, then we’ll go deep on legal stuff, insurance, agreements and working with SAG, move through finding an incredible producer and crew along with attracting and casting brilliant actors and finally getting locations and creating your shot list, schedule and call sheets.
BONUS LESSON with Ramfis Myrthil (CICADA)
CONTENT: 6 LESSONS
PRODUCTION
Here is where we’ll cover the most high-stakes and exhilarating part of creating your short film: production! We’ll cover tips for being on set then move into the specific disciplines of cinematography and working with a DP, key departments like grip and electric and art. Also we look at other important aspects of production including 1st AD, makeup, wardrobe, sound and script supervisor. And last but certainly not least, we’ll uncover secrets to working with actors.
BONUS LESSON with Cristina Dunlap (CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH)
CONTENT: 6 LESSONS
POST PRODUCTION
You'll learn how to successfully navigate the post production process. We’ll cover so much in this module, starting with editing then moving through music, then into VFX, data management and color and ending with post sound.
BONUS LESSON with Trevor Gates (GET OUT, ATLANTA)
CONTENT: 5 LESSONS
MARKETING & DISTRIBUTION
We'll cover developing your film’s distribution strategy then move into creating your key art, trailer and online presence, next we’ll deconstruct the festival submission and premiere process and finally we’ll explain how to create a press kit and get press for your film and successfully release your film online.
BONUS LESSON with Russo Schelling (STUCCO)
CONTENT: 5 LESSONS
WHAT'S NEXT
Here we’ll discuss the different ways you can use your short film to get to the next level including how to transition from short to feature length, using your short to boost your career including getting representation and how to find new projects.
BONUS LESSON with Richard Raymond (SOULS OF TOTALITY)
CONTENT: 5 LESSONS
About Your Instructor
John Trefry has produced a dozen short films that have competed at over a hundred festivals around the world including 2x SXSW, 3x Tribeca, 7x HollyShorts and over 100 festivals around the world. Beyond his work as a creative producer and writer, John has developed innovative approaches to finance short films. He is an expert in marketing and distribution, securing exclusive releases for his films with The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Indiewire, Short of the Week and Vimeo Staff Pick to name just a few. John has developed and executed innovative strategies for his shorts leading to licensing deals generating revenue and hundreds of millions of views.
Special Guest Instructors
You'll learn directly from industry professionals who have used short films to elevate their own careers. Hear short film secrets from expert instructors whose credits include: STRANGER THINGS, GET OUT, CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH, US, ATLANTA, BLACK PANTHER and dozens more.
Denzel Whitaker
Known for his roles in Black Panther, The Great Debaters , Cut Throat City to name a few, Denzel Whitaker has simultaneously developed as a filmmaker behind the camera including working for the Peabody-awarded series The Boondocks. His short film, 5150, starring Jovan Adepo (Watchmen) and executive produced by David Oyelowo (Selma) was selected for Tribeca.
Kate Trefry
Kate is best known as a writer and producer on the Netflix series, Stranger Things, which she has written on since season 2. She also wrote and directed the narrative short, How To Be Alone, starring Joe Keery (Stranger Things) and Maika Monroe (It Follows, The Guest). The film premiered at SXSW and was released on Indiewire, ALTER, Short of the Week and Omeleto, along with foreign distributors Virgin Atlantic, Canal+, Telefonica and others.
Ramfis Mythril
Ramfis was named to the STARZ 40 Under 40 List and has an impressive track record competing at top festivals including Sundance, Cannes, Tribeca, SXSW and dozens more. Born to Haitian immigrants, he intimately understands the perils of existing as a person of color in America and has made it his life’s work and journey to give voice to the voiceless.
Cristina Dunlap
Cristina's work spans dozens of features, series, narrative shorts and commercials. It's no wonder she's in high demand with audiences and festivals going crazy for her work including at SXSW where she recently had 3 separate projects in competition. Her recent work includes the buzzed-about Sundance winner Cha Cha Real Smooth which was bought by Apple TV.
Trevor Gates
Trevor is a Supervising Sound Editor who operates out of renowned post production company, Formosa Group. He is behind many incredible projects including Get Out, Hell or High Water, The Haunting of Hill House, and Atlanta to name just a few. Trevor is an Emmy-Winner who has a reputation as artist who sonically elevates every project he works on, attracting directors like Jordan Peele, Donald Glover, Mike Flanagan and many others.
Russo Schelling
Russo is one half of the creative duo behind Stucco which he co-wrote and co-directed with Janina Gavankar (The Morning Show). Stucco premiered opening night at HollyShorts was awarded a special jury prize at SXSW and has gone on to generate over 35 Million views to become one of the most viewed short films of all time.
Richard Raymond
Richard's credits include Souls of Totality, a narrative short starring Tatiana Maslany (Emmy-winning star of Orphan Black) and Tom Cullen (Knightfall, Becoming Elizabeth) which won a total of 12 awards including, the Best Short Film of the Festival at Raindance and the Grand Jury Award at HollyShorts. He also directed A Million Eyes starring Katie Lowes and Joe Morton (Scandal) which was selected for 10 Academy Qualifying Film Festivals.
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