Filmmaking Courses Online

If you want to make a movie, these online filmmaking courses can help.

The classes will teach you how to write a screenplay, produce a movie, and distribute it.

All classes are online and available on demand so that you can learn at your own pace. And unlike other filmmaking courses, these are taught by working professionals. These online filmmaking courses are a great place to start if you want to learn how to make a movie.

Film Producer Overview

The Filmmaker Action Pack will give you a complete overview of all the best practices for getting your film produced and sold. This video series will teach you what it takes to make movies, with step-by-step instructions on how to get things done. When you complete this introductory training, you will know the steps to take your story from script to screen.

Filmmaker Action Pack
Write Your Screenplay

Write Your Screenplay

In order to make a great film, you need a great screenplay. The characters need to seem real, and the dialogue must sound natural. The plot needs to be suspenseful, and the story needs to have a satisfying ending. This step-by-step video training will show you how to write a great screenplay, using techniques that professional screenwriters have used for decades.

Film Business Plan

A film business plan is a document that tells prospective investors what your movie is about and how much it will cost to produce. Your film business plan will also explain how you intend to market and sell your film. And most importantly, your film business plan will explain why someone should invest in your movie. In this video training, Tom Malloy shows you how to finish your film business plan fast.

Movie Plan Pro
Funded Development Strategy

Development Funding Strategy

After producing multiple feature films, I realized there is one distinct secret strategy between feature films that get produced and those that do not. A large percentage of the projects where I employed the “funded development strategy” was successful in getting the green light. In this step-by-step video training, you’ll discover how to employ this strategy in your own film production.

Cast Name Actors

Casting name actors is often the differentiating factor between producing a backyard indie or making a professionally produced film. And when your film is fully finished and ready for the marketplace, having a name cast is often the difference between landing a theatrical release or a straight to VOD release. This step-by-step video training shows you how to find, approach, and cast name actors.

Cast Name Actors
Find Film Investors

Find Film Investors

In this series of videos, I break down step by step the directions for How to Find Investors who could potentially invest in your film projects. And if you’ve watched my videos before, you know I hold NOTHING back. I give you every tactic I have used and continue to use. These are the same techniques that have allowed me to have a successful career in movies.

Pitch Your Film

You can learn a lot about the filmmaking process. But unless you learn how to pitch, your career will move at a very slow pace. For this reason, pitching is THE most important skill you can learn to accelerate your filmmaking success. What you’ll gain in this training is the exact system that allowed me to pitch and close deals on many films. And you can learn it too.

Producer Pitch Secrets
Produce Your Film

Produce Your Film

This step-by-step video training will show you the mechanics of film production. You will learn how to source your team, hire a crew, get locations, and get permits. You will also discover strategies on how to plan each day of your shoot, organize your team, and stay on budget. When it’s all said and done, you’ll have a completed feature film that is ready for sales and worldwide distribution.

Film Distribution Prep

Getting a film distribution deal is exciting. After all your hard work, your feature film will finally be available on popular platforms like Netflix for the world to see. That is until you get the dreaded call. Your motion picture delivery has failed quality control, and you missed the delivery window. As a result, your distribution deal is dead. This video training helps you avoid common delivery pitfalls.

Filmmaking Courses Online
American Film Market Roadmap

American Film Market

The American Film Market is a trade show that happens every fall in Santa Monica, California, where movie buyers and movie sellers meet and make deals. As a film producer, AFM also offers you the opportunity to meet and pitch your feature film to industry executives and film distributors. This video training shows you how to navigate the American Film Market like a professional.

Get Film Distribution

Film distribution is the process that gets your feature film seen and sold in movie theaters, video-on-demand platforms, and television networks all around the world. To get worldwide distribution, you will need to work with a film sales agent or distributor. This video training shows you how to attract distributors and negotiate an awesome distribution deal in today’s marketplace.

Film Distribution Playbook
Filmmaker Membership

Filmmaking Stuff HQ Mastermind

The mastermind provides you with access to in-depth training and resources on all aspects of filmmaking. Plus you’ll have access to a community of other serious filmmakers to support you. The professional filmmaker training included is current and actionable. You will get Tom Malloy’s real-world, professional tactics so you can develop, fund, produce and sell your feature film.