Film Production School in Cleveland

Get Real World Film Production Experience in Cleveland

Have you dreamed of turning your favorite book into a movie? Or do you want to create a completely original work but don’t know where to start? Either way, a Killer Script has well-developed acts, believable dialogue, and compels the audience to want to know what’s next.

You’ll also learn the importance of stepping away from the work, getting it read by another pair of eyes, and how to integrate notes and change your material in order to produce a polished script. Formatting, outlines, treatments. First drafts, re-writes, polishing. Securing an agent, becoming a member of the Writers Guild of America, selling your script. Becoming a screenwriter is about much more than making up stuff in your head. It’s a constant dance between creativity and structure, imagining and honing, as well as knowing more and saying more with less. Writing well for the screen takes work, discipline, and planning. Your Film Connection mentor can help you learn the way it’s done and in a number of months, you can have that movie down in final form, ready to be sold and made.

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Our Cleveland Film Industry Mentors Help you Build Real World Connections

Did you know CLEVELAND, OHIO is the 17th largest DMA in the U.S? It is home to the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame as well as the Baseball Hall of Fame in nearby Canton. One-time Cleveland DJ Alan Freed is widely credited with coining the phrase “rock and roll” to describe the new form of film that was taking over the airwaves. Cleveland was the location of the first rock and roll concert, the Moondog Coronation Ball in 1952. Fittingly, the authorities shut it down after the first song.

Superman creators Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel grew up in Cleveland, where together they contrived the idea for the man of steel. Cleveland has served as the location for many feature films, including The Fortune Cookie, Deer Hunter, Antwone Fisher and the holiday favorite A Christmas Story. Many scenes for Spider-Man 3 were filmed in Cleveland. The city was also the setting for the popular sitcom, The Drew Carey Show. Altogether there are more than 215 feature films, TV series or specials made in Cleveland. Besides Drew Carey, other famous Celebrities born in Cleveland include Halle Berry, Arsenio Hall, Andy Warhol and Debra Winger.

Fittingly, Film Connection offers Cleveland students award-winning courses in both TV and Film. Whether you plan on being a director, producer, writer, DP, camera operator, editor, etcetera, Film Connection’s mentored-externship programs and workshops are designed to suit your needs. Within approximately six to nine months, a you can have the opportunity to make real industry connections in Cleveland while you acquire real-world, on-the-job experience. Are you ready?

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