Documentary Filmmaking 101

Are you captivated by the art of storytelling and aspire to bring compelling stories to life through the lens of a camera? Our Documentary Filmmaking Course, created by a filmmaker with over 30 years of experience, teaches you to master storytelling (90% of documentary filmmaking) by finding stories worth telling, capturing them effectively, and editing them into engaging narratives.

You’ll learn filmmaking fundamentals, from what to film and how to film it to honing your footage into a succinct, entertaining story. This course sends you on adventures only documentary filmmaking offers.

Join us to embark on your storytelling journey, and start turning your passion into compelling documentaries. In groups, you will plan, shoot, and edit an original short documentary.

What You Will Walk Away With

• A short-form original documentary.
• The opportunity to submit your group’s original work to be screened in front of industry professionals at the end-of-semester showcase.
• Qualification to apply for Trilith Institute’s Creative Excellence Fellowship Grant. 
  • Complete 3 of our professional education courses, and you will receive a “Trilith Institute Outstanding Achievement in Film Arts”. In addition, if you have completed 3 courses and our Mastering Self-Marketing Workshop, you will be qualified to submit an original project for our Creative Excellence Fellowship Grant, with a potential award of up to $10,000.
• A tour of Trilith Studios
• Discounts to other Trilith Institute workshops while enrolled.