SHORT FILMMAKING - Writing, Producing, & Making SHORT FILMS (Udemy.com)
Learn Screenwriting and Filmmaking for Short Films and How to Produce a Short Film!
Created by: Jordan Imiola
Last updated July 2026
What you will learn
- Learn to make a short film(s) from start to finish on a tow budget or no budget at all.
- Edit and learn all the tips needed to set a deadline and stick to your deadlines.
- Acquire the skill of how to make a short film and run a seamless production.
- Develop your concept for a short film and learn how to write your script.
- Learn how to cast and find actors in your city!
- Know what a logline is and how to make on to intrigue your cast and crew
- Master 3 Act Stucture and use techniques from feature films for your short films.
How it compares
Against the other 293 rated Udemy courses in Video Editing & Animation on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 56% of them
- Reviews100#201 of 294 by number of reviews
- Length1.8 hoursshorter than 78% of them
- Last updatedJuly 2026more recently than 92% of them
Course Description
This short course covers everything you need to know to Make Your Own Short Film.
Screenwriter, producer, and film director, Jordan Imiola has created on short film on a low or zero budget.
In this course, you'll learn how to:
Develop your concept for your short film
Learn how to write your script.
Learn how to cast and find actors in your city.
Learn how to produce your short film and run a seamless production.
Edit and learn all the tips needed to set a deadline and stick to your deadlines.
Know what to do after you publish your short film.
Create and produce your short film as you watch this course, and please share it!
After watching this class, you'll have the tools and knowledge to write and produce a short film. After each lesson, work on your short film until it's finished and out into the world.
These lessons will go over coming up with your idea, writing your script, rewriting your script, assembling table reads with actors, casting, producing, editing, and how to set up a premiere for your short film.
If you enjoyed this class, please check out my other classes and leave a review. :) Thank you!
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
100 Reviews
Jordan Imiola
Jordan Imiola is a produced screenwriter with award-winning movies, TV shows, web series, and more. Jordan has over 30 IMDb Writing credits and has a track record of selling and optioning scripts. He's worked at 20th Century Fox, Disney, NBCUniversal, Marvista Entertainment, Untitled Entertainment, and Funny Buffalo Films and has ghostwritten several screenplays.
Find his two screenwriting podcasts on Spotify! Including SCREENWRITERS TALK SCREENWRITING and THE DEADLINE JUNKIES SCREENWRITING PODCAST.
During his junior year at Buffalo State University, he was the first student to be nominated for the WGA Michael Collyer Fellowship. Jordan is also the creator and showrunner of several successful comedy series, including "Monster Therapy," "Romantically Hopeless," and "Sports TV," which stars "Workaholics" Eric Griffin.
In 2020, Jordan wrote and directed the feature film, cult classic Zoom comedy, "Christmas Staycation." (Now streaming on Tubi and on DVD everywhere). He's also the creator of "The Deadline Junkies Screenwriting Podcast," where he and his two funny friends interview TV showrunners, staff writers, and successful blockbuster screenwriters.
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Reviews
By W. B. Graves on 3/7/2026
As a new filmmaker, I am learning a framework from a new lens view on critical key points in pre and post-filming from a script. An example would be understanding the importance of having the right cast, sticking to deadlines, keeping conversation close to non-existent when filming on set, and looking for h___ yes people who want to work. Thank you, Mr. Jordan Imiola. Regards, Walter B. Graves, DBA, BI JKJ Productions, Filmmaker
By Allison Burke on 12/3/2025
Excellent Advice espeically on production! These lessons are getting my brain moving and grooving on how to get a film made! Loving it!!
By Shankar Balakrishnan on 7/9/2025
Course content is precise and easy to follow so far.
By Elanor Idamae on 4/1/2025
Loved learning how to write and produce a short from Jordan. The lessons on formatting a screenplay really helped me.
By Rudy Giani on 11/20/2024
The section on Writing and Production was super good and incredibly helpful. I'm going into the section on Post-Production now, but so far, I'm learning a lot and it's very beneficial for my short film.
By Drew Golden on 7/9/2024
Tons of practical information and I like how the course goes from step to step. From pre-production to production to post-production.
By Samantha Flynn on 5/25/2024
Really good short film writing and production advice especially that's budget friendly. Inspries me to move quicker on my short than take another year trying to write it. This helped a lot with knowing what to do.
By Cornelia Bullen-Smith on 5/1/2024
I am so disappointed. All the time I listen I feel the presenter of this content might either go to sleep at any moment or will start yawning or crying in despair - the voice and the manner of speaking is just so empty of enthusiasm, and or panache that I find it extremely difficult to concentrate on the content. this is not a 'hell yeah!' presented course. I am very disappointed. The disappointment has grown as I finished listening to the presentation. The content is most probably very helpful and useful, however the delivery is depressing and not up to the standard I expected. I wish you good luck, Jordan Imiola and thank you for sharing your experience and for the extra lesson I received today - henceforth I will not only research the credentials of the presenter but also the voice and delivery of speech. go well. Cornelia
By Valerie Fradine on 4/23/2024
Phenomenal Short Film Course!!! Learning a lot and geting ready for preproduction of my short! This course has helped me immensley!
By Maddie Magnolia on 11/8/2023
Excellent Insight on how to make a short film from start to finsih. Very satisfied so far at the advice and instructions laid out.
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Overall Score : 90 / 100






