Seasoned directors rarely share secrets, especially in a field as competitive as directing commercials.
If you're serious about a career in commercials and branded content, we've got you covered with this online workshop from award-winning director, Aasaf Ainapore.
WORKSHOP: Directing Commercials Bootcamp
Date: Friday 13th November 2020
Time: 10am-5pm
Format: Workshop
Cost: £150
This highly focused deep-dive is for broadcast professionals who want to direct commercials for a living. Learn from Aasaf Ainapore's 25 years of experience directing award-winning (Cannes Lions, D&AD) commercials for global brands including Samsung, Spotify, UNIQLO and Netflix.
The course is 7 hours (two breaks) and will require participants to complete a homework assignment. There will also be a portion of the course dedicated to review of participant reels. You'll be required to submit your reel or body of work as a link for Aasaf to review in advance of the course.
What You'll Learn:
- How to get signed by a production company
- How to get a directing gig
- How to write the treatment
- Case studies from director's treatment to finished commercial
- The lifecycle of an ad campaign for a filmmaker
- The director’s responsibility on a gig
- How to think like a commercials director
- How to create a commercial from an agency script
- SETIQUETTE: Agency & client protocol
- Spec spots. Yes? No? The best way to make them
- The lifecycle of an ad campaign for a filmmaker
This is an online workshop that will show you how to approach filmmaking for commercials and branded content as a career.
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