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Have the film industry demystified in one weekend. Learn how to shoot, edit and direct your first feature cost-effectively and develop a plan for submitting to film festivals and distributors. Learn how to put value for money on the screen.

Tutor:	Elliot Grove	Venue:	St George's Church, Bloomsbury Way London WC1A 2HR
Date:	26, 27 February 2011	Duration:	2 day weekend
Time:	9:30am - 6:00pm	Price:	£299.94 inc VAT

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Want to make a movie and don't know where to start? There has never been a better time to break into the British film industry. British independent filmmakers are the toast of Hollywood. The successes of The Queen, The Last King of Scotland, London To Brighton and Red Road have proven that.

This intensive weekend seminar shows you how to shoot a 35mm colour quality feature film, ninety minutes long with a Dolby stereo soundtrack for as little as £10,000. We did it at Raindance. We made the 35mm feature film Table 5 for just £278.38. Share our first-hand experience in making movies that look great on a minimal budget. All formats, including film, HDV and HD, and even mobile phones are discussed

Elliot Grove has developed a clear process that will assist you in producing, directing and selling your first feature film. This is the step-by-step method which launches successful careers. Movies like Pi, The Blair Witch Project, Chuck and Buck, Clerks and El Mariachi were all made using the principles that are demonstrated through lecture and video clips on this course. The writers, directors or producers of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Janice Beard 45 wpm, Lighthouse, Waking Ned, Sliding Doors and Memento have all attended this intensive seminar before making their first films.

A 100+ page workbook full of useful information is given to each participant. If you do not learn enough low budget tips to cover the cost of this course, we will refund you the difference.

This course is part lecture and part group discussion.
Day 1: Make The Movie

Learn a step-by-step process using proven cost-effective, lo-to-no budget filmmaking techniques by considering the best and most efficient ways to produce, direct, shoot and edit a saleable feature film.

• Pre-Production: getting organised for an efficient shoot
• Budgets from £500 to £1,000,000 are discussed in detail
• Proven lo-budget short cuts and faking a million pound budget
• Using sound and music to enhance production values
• Getting professional actors
• The essentials of the art and craft of film directing
• More than fifty lo-budget shooting tips
• Avoiding the three big filmmaking mistakes

Day 2: Sell The Movie

Discover the secrets and real facts behind marketing, selling and distributing your finished film throughout the world and the pre-planning you need to turn your movie into this year's cult classic, and yourself into a hot filmmaker.

• The movie game: presenting your first project to investors.
• Distribution and marketing
• Publicity: the essential ingredient to selling your film
• PR kit: creating an effective package
• Film buyers and film markets
• Plotting the film festival route
• Film financing: executing a strategy for a £50k-£3m budget
• Honing a workable pitch for your film.
• The distribution deal

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Writers looking for insider knowledge of how films are made and marketed, directors and producers seeking valuable information on how films and film careers are made, and anyone interested in the filmmaking process.

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Few people know more independent filmmakers than Elliot Grove. He explains the tricks of the trade from practical experience and reveals some of the latest paradigms through lecture, exercises and video clips.

Elliot Grove founded Raindance Film Festival in 1993, the British Independent Film Awards in 1998 and Raindance.TV in 2007. He has produced over 150 short films, and 5 feature films. He has written eight scripts, one of which is currently in pre-production. His first feature film, TABLE 5 was shot on 35mm and completed for a total of £278.38. He teaches writers and producers in the UK, Europe, Japan and America. He has written two books which have become industry standards: RAINDANCE WRITERS' LAB (Focal Press 2002) and RAINDANCE PRODUCERS' LAB (2004). His first novel THE BANDIT QUEEN is scheduled for publication in 2008.

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"Have enjoyed your lecture on lo-to-no budget film producing this weekend. Very inspiring and clear! Absolutely worth coming over from Belgium for. - Wiet Proesmans

"I just want to say thanks. I was on your course for lo-no budget filmmaking this weekend, and it was great. Really cleared some of the uncertainty in my head about the process of making a film, getting it distributed, etc. I'm going to go back to your book again now.. and I'll be back in touch pretty soon with news of my debut feature" - Daniel Johnson

"It was BRILLIANT!. Elliot is amazing. Raindance is amazing. You guys are geniuses; and I met some really cool people on the course too. I now promise, word-of-mouth-wise; to promote you guys obsessively to everyone I know, regardless of whether they want to make films or not -- you're great. Thanks!. And whenever I can afford it, I'll be back around to take another course. Meanwhile, I shall continue shooting.Thanks again!." - Daniel Johnson

"Thanks for an excellent course this weekend. It was so full of demystified information, and 'how to', bringing us right into the world of film-making. I particularly liked the last point about karma. Within that point, you see, there is a big link between doctoring and making films (Boy, have I got a build-up of good karma to take to the check-out!). Thanks a lot," - Jenny

"What a great weekend!!
The seminar on 'Low to No budget course' was a fascinating and easy to digest breakdown on how to create and promote a personal project. I have actually worked in the film industry for nearly 12 years, in various departments but currently in Production, I thought this seminar would be interesting to find out more on the overall producing of a film.
I walked into your meeting with no intentions of creating my own projects, It was to be a lecture where I would absorb a little more knowledge to help me to climb the industry ladder, but as I traveled home on the Sunday evening with all that new information running riot in my head, the thought of creating a 'short' didn't seem such a crazy idea after all.
I am yet to come up with a good or GREAT script but the seed has been planted so I know the imagination will come up with something in the near future, through your passion for independent film making I have realized since the seminar, I need to take a different approach, experience the buzz from working on something personal instead of just being a small cog in a big operation.
I am thinking of doing the 'How to make a short' seminar now, it depends on how the funds are looking! lol, I want to thank you Elliot for a memorable experience, it is guys like you who keep the British film industry alive," - Michelle Wraight

"I attended the Lo-To-No Budget Filmmaking course with Elliot Grove this weekend and would like to thank you and him, I came away feeling as though I had been in the trenches learning from the GURU, I'm proud to say that Elliot has given me a great foundation of information to draw from. Thank you - Sharleen Tutton

“As a film student, I learnt more over those two days than I have in over two years at film school.” - Pablo Robertson

“The course gave me the confidence to go ahead with making my debut short film, which I'd already got in pre-production but was unsure of. Elliot gave me the confidence to go ahead with it and we shot it in Chester - on an almost non-existent budget, using many of his hints and tips - in January this year.” - Chris Smith

"Just to say a million thank yous for the course last weekend. It was absolutely fab! I totally enjoyed it and you inspired me to go forwards instead of staying still." - Louise Berne

"You are a walking movie in human form and once my movie finally finds its feet - I would really love for you to be around because you just have that extra special know-how to get it spectacular!" - Bill Friend

"Hi Elliot: Just thought I'd email you to say a big "THANKS!" for the course over the weekend. It was an excellent couple of days. And it ended up being such a great shot in the arm that I've knocked out about 3 or 4 film ideas already on to paper. (Time to write a script or two, then...)

If I'd known about it a few years ago I could have saved myself an awful lot of time and money not having to do an MA in Filmmaking.
I learnt more over one weekend (about the things that REALLY matter) than I did in a couple of years in film school!" - Jamie

“It was great. A wealth of both information and inspiration. Well worth the money, and one of the best things I’ve done in the last 10 years.”- Ross Jackson

"What I really liked was that the course offers real hands-on information that I can put to use immediately. Also, while there are many valuable books out there on the subject of producing, most focus on big studio work and American market reality, and that's too far removed from what beginning British filmmakers face. The Raindance courses provide information that's relevant to us here and now and and as such are invaluable." - Mel Melcer

“The Lo-To-No Budget course is a must. Since taking it I have done three short films and a commercial. These were as an actress but I also met great people, have a greater understanding of the industry and I am writing my first script. I know how to write, market and distribute it. All hail Elliot Grove!” - Catherine Hall

“The course really did make me feel like I could do it so there is no way I'm going to give up, ever!” - Russell Gomm