Low-Budget Filmmaking
Low-Budget Filmmaking
FILM TV X 476.6
Learn techniques and theories examining all phases of the low-budget filmmaking process, from development to production to post-production, and how to translate a minimum budget into maximum quality on screen.
Typically Available
Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer
Duration
As few as 11 weeks
Units
4.0
Current Formats
Online
Cost
Starting at $835.00
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What you can learn.
What you can learn.
Discover how to analyze and break down the screenplay
Learn about financing the production, evaluating the marketplace, marketing, and distribution
Learn how to apply creativity to a budgetary plan to maximize on-screen value
Learn how to cast and select key production personnel
Learn production design, music, editing, sound design
Apply concepts learned to your own projects
About This Course
In this detailed exploration of low-budget filmmaking, learn techniques and theories examining all phases of the process, from development to production to post-production. The focus is on translating a minimum budget into maximum quality on screen. Topics include the script, financing the production, evaluating the marketplace, analyzing and breaking down the screenplay, learning to apply creativity to a budgetary plan to maximize on-screen value, casting, selecting key production personnel, production design, music, editing, sound design, marketing and distribution. Throughout the class, you are able to apply concepts learned to your own projects.
Spring 2026 Schedule
Date
Details
Format
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This section has no set meeting times.
Online
Notes
Internet access required. Materials required.
Deadline
Refunds only available from February 02, 2026 to April 12, 2026
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
Shoot from the Heart: Successful Filmmaking from a Sundance
by Diane Bell
ISBN 1615932887
This course applies toward the following programs
Directing
certificate
certificate
Master the art of filmmaking. Learn the craft of directing through the process of producing an original short film.
Master the art of filmmaking. Learn the craft of directing through the process of producing an original short film.