Posted on June 5, 2024 by Elise Nation -
TRAINING – PACKAGING – SELLING YOUR STORY
Spending a day for pitch training offers invaluable benefits for anyone in the TV and film industry. The training provides a unique and immersive environment where aspiring creators can learn the art of pitching directly from industry experts. Here are some key benefits:
- Expert Guidance: Receive mentorship from seasoned professionals who have a track record of successful pitches and productions. Their insights and feedback are tailored to help refine and perfect your pitch.
- Hands-On Experience: Engage in practical exercises that simulate real-world pitching scenarios, allowing you to build confidence and adapt to various pitching environments.
- Networking Opportunities: Connect with fellow creators and industry professionals, fostering relationships that can lead to future collaborations and opportunities.
- Cutting-Edge Techniques: Learn the latest trends and strategies in pitching, ensuring your presentations are current, compelling, and aligned with industry standards.
- Comprehensive Training: Gain a thorough understanding of the entire pitching process, from conceptualization and development to presentation and follow-up, equipping you with the skills needed to succeed in a competitive market.
- Feedback and Refinement: Present your pitch and receive constructive critiques, helping you to identify strengths and areas for improvement, ultimately enhancing the effectiveness of your pitch.
This training is a transformative experience that equips you with the tools, knowledge, and confidence needed to pitch your TV and film projects successfully, increasing your chances of turning creative ideas into reality.
Posted on March 25, 2024 by lmcarter -
Posted on February 27, 2024 by Elise Nation -
This class is perfect for aspiring visual storytellers, creative minds, and anyone passionate about bringing digital worlds to life. Whether you’re a beginner looking to explore the exciting realm of VFX and animation or a budding artist seeking a comprehensive understanding of the entire production process, this course is tailored to empower your artistic journey.
- Students will attain an intrinsic understanding of how VFX and computer-generated animations are achieved.
- Students will be introduced to the major aspects of the VFX/Animation process, from start to finish.
- Students will learn at a high level each of the following disciplines and how they are interrelated to each other; match moving, modeling, rigging, animating, texturing, lighting/rendering, FXs, layout, compositing, and editing.
- Students will be given the opportunity, tools, and guidance to create their own computer-generated media.
What You Will Walk Away With
- Materials for your reel.
- Developed using the provided professional software.
- The opportunity to present your work at our student showcase.
- Students, alone or in groups, can submit original works to be screened, table read, performed, etc. in front of school and industry professionals.
- 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 Trilith Institute workshops while enrolled.
Posted on February 22, 2024 by Elise Nation -
In this three-part series with the Alliance Theatre you will:
- Perform on-camera acting exercises
- Sharpen your acting skills take after take
- Receive individual feedback for your work
- Learn about close-ups, continuity, and auditioning
- Take your first step toward the silver screen.
Sharpen your on-camera acting skills, develop your film acting technique, create and build relationships, motivate your scenes through positive expectations, and perform scenes on camera.
Put your film acting technique into practice, find out what is expected on a film set, workshop full-length film scenes, and receive direction from experienced professionals.
Sign up for Individual courses or all three in the series.
Posted on February 22, 2024 by Elise Nation -
Unlock your creativity, hone your comedic instincts, and dive into the world of sketch comedy with this exciting and dynamic course offered in collaboration with Dad’s Garage Theatre.
Using improvisation and proven writing techniques, students will develop sketches as individuals and in small groups. At the end of the 5-week course, sketches will be filmed at Trillith Institute, helping students add to or start building their sketch comedy reels.
Whether you’re an aspiring comedian or just looking to have a blast while learning acting or screenwriting, this class will take you on a journey through the art of improvisation and sketch comedy development. Dad’s Garage, a renowned comedy institution, brings its expertise to your fingertips in this hands-on, laughter-filled experience.
Students will participate in weekly group writing sessions outside of class to further develop the skill of pitching ideas, how to give and take critical feedback, and how to work with others in a writing room scenario. Students create their very own scripts that can be recorded at the end of the course.
Posted on December 14, 2023 by lspaulding -
Taught by an industry professional with over a decade’s experience in storyboarding and art direction for many popular television programs, most recently Archer.
If you are an artist that’s interested in bolstering your visual storytelling skills for television and film production this 12-week course offers just that.
This course is for artists who already have skill sets in drawing fundamentals (constructive figure drawing, perspective drawing, composition, etc) and are familiar with working digitally.
Attendees who complete the course will gain a better understanding of how the process works in actual television/film production and the skills they need to competently work as a board artist in the industry.
The course will be an in-person with all the access to tools and materials of the trade – storyboard pro, Cintiq workstations, etc will be made available to students taking the course.
At the end of this course, there will be an opportunity to apply for a job with this skill set at Floyd County.
Please reach out using our contact page if you have any questions or concerns.
