Back in January, 2022, we endeavored to restart our Filmmaking Fundamentals program at Northwest Film Forum. It was a huge undertaking at the time because we had only done one other class since the COVID-19 Pandemic, and we were still very unsure of how people would respond. We also decided to completely revamp the program and separate the Production and Post-Production tracks into two individual programs. What this allowed for was a more robust look at all the technical departments and also gave us more time to explore Post-Production with individuals who were interested. Here is a sample of the curriculum that we developed for this first year:

Week 01 - Introductions and Screenwriting

Week 02 - Intro to Cameras

Week 03 - Intro to Sound

Week 04 - Intro to Lighting

Week 05 - Pre-Production

Week 06 - Casting

Week 07 - Advanced Camera Techniques

Week 08 - Production Day

Week 09 - Review and Reflect