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Filmmaking: Write, Direct and Distribute Your Feature Film (Udemy.com)

Skip Film School! Learn to be a Film Director and Distribute Your Movie Around the World

4.5
1,235 reviews

Created by: Paul Bright

Last updated November 2020

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What you will learn

  • Write a screenplay
  • Schedule and organize the entire film production
  • Raise funds to pay for making the movie
  • Find the cast, locations, costumes and props
  • Film the movie using lighting and camera angles that tell the story
  • Understand the basics of film editing
  • Choose the right distribution options for releasing the movie

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  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 56% of them
  • Reviews1,235#31 of 294 by number of reviews
  • Length6.8 hourslonger than 79% of them
  • Last updatedNovember 2020earlier than 72% of them

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Course Description

This is an all-encompassing guide for making an independent feature length movie. By the end of this course you will have the information you need to successfully make a feature film that you can distribute around the globe to be seen by millions of people. 

I'm sharing with you my experience as a veteran screeenwriter, director, producer and editor of 12 feature films. Normally film students pay a lot of money to learn this information at universities, and often all they really learn is cinema theory. 


Udemy Students tell me all the time that they learned more in this course than 4 years of film school.


These course includes 93 videos that tell you what you need to do and how to do it to make your movie. 

This course covers:

  • the basics of screenwriting

  • turning your screenplay into a shooting script

  • organizing and scheduling your film shoot

  • tips on saving money

  • calculating your budget

  • fundraising

  • contracts you'll need with cast and crew*

  • basic tips for filming, lighting and recording audio

  • basic film editing instruction and concepts, along with tips to make the editing easier

  • tips for finishing the film to give it the professional look

  • thorough review of distribution options for your movie

  • and tons and tons of details about all the steps in between

The videos include lectures, demonstrations and examples illustrating the information I'm sharing. 

This course also includes sample spreadsheets, contracts, and a list of additional resources. You will get all the forms and resources I use to make a movie.

*** A special bonus video (Lecture 53) is included on filming with Covid-19 Safety Precautions. During the global pandemic it is possible to continue making films safely. The 24 minute video explains the basics of how filming adapts to safety precautions and how we can keep everyone healthy on our indie film productions.

I LOVE filmmaking. I LIVE to make movies. If you have a story you want to tell, this course gives you the tools to do it. 


*I'm not a lawyer. These sample contracts are not legal advice.

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Instructor Details

Paul Bright

I work outside the entertainment industry's studio system creating truly independent feature films for niche audiences who are not being served by the major corporations which dominate Hollywood. 

I am a writer, director, producer and editor and make a new feature film in a year. I have eleven feature films in global distribution, another film in post-production and three more features in development. 

My movies have been translated into dozens of languages and seen by millions of people. I've sold my films at the European Film Market in Berlin, Germany. In addition to film festivals, I've been flown to private screenings hosted by film fans and funders. Screenwriters hire me as their script doctor to make their stories 'work.' Filmmakers hire me to schedule and budget projects. 


I started my career working as a union actor in Hollywood. By watching seasoned professionals I learned how to produce and direct my own films. 

Most importantly I learned from their mistakes.

I still perform in front of the camera and record audiobooks because it's fun. My primary career is producing and directing feature films. 

I love teaching new filmmakers about this incredibly exciting, fulfilling craft. I've guest lectured at UCLA Film School and helped students from NYU, Columbia, School for Visual Arts in New York, and the film program at the University of Texas, Austin. 

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By Udemy User on 5/6/2026

I am grateful that atleast I have a way to learn what I had to drop awefully because of aweful crowd, a wermin 56 + cougar hag, her 24 chummy paycho #abe_chutiye, a defender douchbag bouncer, another nutjob druggie calling all his mates bitches, all the crowd there was mainly druggies, deans who would oil a aunty ass to get their inner woman die, girls looking for the aunty shelter from the venomous world, you may not get a very precise picture from just my words but still my heart came out, thanks for the opportunity to learn with industry people and their ethics

By Shauna Winsett on 9/22/2022

Paul’s class is certainly worth it! Worth the money, and more importantly, worth your time! His class teaches everything from the moment you come up with the idea all the way until it’s a completed film. He is very detailed and gives information on each and every step of the way. I’m impressed! I spent hours researching the best class to take and Paul’s class is number 1! I feel so much more confident and informed after finishing this course. Thanks Paul!

By Jacinda Collins on 4/15/2022

It gave me a basic overview of filmmaking techniques however I wish that it delved a little deeper into some part including how to approach filming different angles and cinematography techniques

By Adama Bamba on 11/22/2020

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By Jurgen Smith on 11/15/2020

It helped me realize that it isn't impossible to create a movie. My initial plan was to gain knowledge from a producer's perspective to write better movie scripts, but now I have the knowledge to take on the project myself.

By S V S Kumar on 11/15/2020

Yes. It's a good match for the choice.

By Afkar Fathani on 11/8/2020

it gave me insights, a lot

By Nikhil on 10/27/2020

It's really a very knowledgeable videos the Paul is the best explainer it's really a excellent!

By Arun Kunnath Valappil on 10/13/2020

This Has been a great learning. The Film Making Series by Paul Bright is so detailed and will surely be a big help in anyones filmmaking journey.
Thank you Paul for bringing your experience to us.

By Preston Michael Simpson on 10/7/2020

There's more knowledge here than you could imagine! Some I didn't even learn in college!

By Pathik K Gheewala on 10/2/2020

Good to start with!

By Thully HN Masilela on 9/22/2020

Before this course, I used to think making a film on my own was impossible. This course showed me the possibilities and opened my eyes in the most amazing way. I am definitely going to film my script. I'll be using this course to also plan and execute my film. Thank you Paul. You're amazing.

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  • Updated: icon November 2020
  • Level: Intermediate Intermediate
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