If you’re a filmmaker who’d like to explore the ways AI tools can enhance your creative process, Full Sail DC3’s Generative AI for Filmmaking course can help you on your journey. Open to both novice and experienced filmmakers, this three-week class covers the role AI can play in pre-production, production, and post-production. You’ll use AI chatbots to develop ideas, outlines, and scripts; generate still images, short clips, and extended clips during production; and use AI editing tools to complete a short film. By blending theory with practical applications, this course teaches the basics about the role of rapidly evolving AI tools in the world of film.

Generative AI for Filmmaking

Students explore the ethics of AI in media and use generative AI tools to outline a story prompt, generate a script, and create a storyboard for an AI-driven short film.

Introduction & AI for Pre-Production

Students discover how they can generate backgrounds, dynamic images, short and extended clips, music, and more for their short film.

Production

Students wrap up by editing a cut of their short film using generative AI editing tools and discuss ways to search for AI editing opportunities.

Post-Production

This course explores the practical applications of generative AI tools in the film production process.

Explore the art of storytelling and the technical aspects of mobile video production in Full Sail DC3’s hands-on mobile content creation course. From idea generation to recording to post-production, discover how you can capture and share engaging video content using only your smartphone.

Mobile Video Editing & Production: Create Compelling Content

Students learn about basic principles for creating videos on their smartphone, like selecting a video topic, composition techniques, mobile video formats, and strategies for impactful storytelling.

Introduction & Storytelling

Students gain hands-on experience in the planning and recording phases of mobile video production, including scriptwriting, choosing audio and video settings on their smartphone, and lighting techniques.

Pre-Production & Production

Students learn about editing techniques, like how to edit mobile videos to create a clear narrative, how to add royalty-free music, and how to share their content on different platforms.

Post-Production & Sharing

This course teaches technical video production skills and creative storytelling techniques for creating short-form video content on a smartphone.

Podcasts have become a cultural phenomenon, offering a unique platform for individuals and organizations to share stories, ideas, and conversations with the world. However, creating a successful podcast requires a producer who is confident in several skillsets. In Full Sail DC3’s Podcast Essentials: Production &amp; Editing Skills, you will work through the three stages of production to prepare, record, and edit a podcast that you can distribute and market to audiences. This course is for you if you’re eager to explore the art and techniques of producing compelling podcasts or expand your podcasting knowledge and experience.

Podcast Essentials: Production and Editing Skills

Students receive a general overview of the podcasting industry, outline podcasting production steps, and use storytelling concepts to draft a script.

Introduction & Podcast Pre-Production: Storytelling and Scriptwriting

Students learn about the hardware and software used in podcast production, set up their recording/filming space, and record their own podcast segment.

Podcast Production: Gear, Setup, and Recording

Students wrap up by practicing audio and video editing skills, examining common podcast distribution tactics, and developing marketing assets to promote a completed episode.

Podcast Post-Production: Editing and Distribution

This course focuses on the technical skills needed to produce and edit a podcast from start to finish.

Whether it’s Westworld or Westeros, creating epic worlds on screen is a complicated job that balances technical know-how with industry nuance and creative vision. If you’re interested in pursuing a role in film production, you want to learn from someone who has done it – someone like Stephen Beres. He’s an Emmy-winning producer and technologist who has worked on some of television’s biggest shows, including HBO’s Game of Thrones, Westworld, and True Detective. In this course, Stephen draws from his years of experience to give in-depth insights into the visual language of film.

The Craft of Cinematography: Mastering Visual Language

Stephen introduces himself and goes over what students will learn in this course.

Introduction

Students explore basic visual language concepts and learn how to identify visual language in movie scenes.

Critiquing Visual Language

Stephen shows students how to find sources of inspiration and how to use those sources to bring original ideas to the screen.

Communicating Visual Language Intent Through Inspiration

Students learn how to conduct camera movement tests and how to use the results to achieve their visual language goals.

Movement Test Analysis and Application

Students discover how camera dynamic range tests can help them determine the best camera to use for their preferred visual language.

Dynamic Range Test Analysis and Application

Stephen explains how to conduct mixed and available light tests on different cameras, and discusses how the test results can help build a film’s visual language.

Mixed and Available Light Test Analysis and Application

Students use provided footage to create and edit a reel that showcases their chosen visual language.

Putting it Together

Emmy-winning producer Stephen Beres takes you through techniques he’s used working on shows like Game of Thrones and Sesame Street.

Are you a music or audio professional who’s ready to expand your production skills with immersive audio? This Full Sail DC3 course can equip you with the skills to adapt music for immersive audio experiences. Focusing on Dolby Atmos, the course covers essential concepts, tools, and techniques for producing high-quality immersive mixes. Through hands-on projects, guided tutorials, and reflective discussions, you’ll prepare your music for platforms like streaming services, home theaters, and live experiences. This course also explores immersive audio in visual media – including film, TV, and video games – highlighting how immersive sound enhances storytelling and user experience.

Immersive Audio Engineering: Mixing & Mastering for Entertainment

Students learn about immersive audio terminology; key differences between stereo, surround, and immersive audio; immersive audio formats; and immersive capture techniques.

Introduction to Immersive Audio

Students set up and configure a Dolby Atmos production environment, implement proper speaker layouts, and review and analyze a stereo mix to prepare it for immersive remixing.

Introduction to Dolby Atmos

Students discover how to prep a Pro Tools session; assign, engage, and utilize objects for immersive panning; and use automation and effects to enhance immersive environments.

Mixing & Spatialization in Dolby Atmos

Students identify common issues in immersive audio production and apply solutions, learn about session templates for complex workflows, and consider advanced Atmos techniques.

Optimizing, Troubleshooting & Advanced Techniques

Students learn about immersive audio deliverables and understand delivery specifications, then export, validate, deliver, and archive an immersive mix using Dolby Atmos Renderer.

Mastering & Exporting Immersive Audio for Distribution

Students explore tools and techniques for designing immersive soundscapes in visual media, discuss theatrical Atmos Dub Stage configurations, consider VR applications, and more.

Immersive Audio in Visual Media

Students learn to adapt music for immersive audio experiences using Dolby Atmos software applications.

If you’d like to explore spatial computing through hands-on activities, this Full Sail DC3 course is for you. You’ll use Spline 3D development software to create and manipulate 3D environments, design user interactions, and develop location-based AR games. This course also delves into advanced techniques like AI integration and haptic feedback, so you’ll gain experience with cutting-edge skills. By the end of this course, you’ll complete a comprehensive spatial computing project that showcases your ability to design a user-centered, immersive experience.

Spatial Computing & XR: Create Immersive Environments

Students learn the basics of XR and its applications across various industries. They’ll also explore sample XR projects and develop a proposal for their own interactive XR experience.

Introduction to Spatial Computing

Students explore the foundations of 3D modeling, practice basic environment-building skills in Unity and Unreal Engine, develop 3D thinking skills, and learn to design user-friendly 3D spaces.

Working with 3D Environments

Students create basic AR/VR interactions using Unity and Unreal Engine, design a short AR/VR experience, and create a personal reference library of tools, assets, and 3D resources.

AR/VR Interaction Design

Students examine case studies of games like 'Pokémon GO', then develop small-scale AR game concepts that place virtual objects at GPS coordinates in an interactive storytelling experience.

Inspiration from Popular XR Games

Students learn about the integration of AI and machine learning in spatial computing, develop an interactive AI bot, and develop an AR interactive story using AI-developed content.

Advanced Techniques in Spatial Computing

Students use the skills they’ve developed throughout the course to build their comprehensive spatial computing project and a video presentation to explain their concept and process.

Spatial Computing Project

This class teaches skills for using AR and VR technology to create a spatial computing project.

Public speaking is an art form, and if you’d like to develop your own flair for presentations this Full Sail DC3 course is for you. Effective presentations require storytelling, structure, creative thinking, and performance skills. In this class, you’ll learn to craft and deliver compelling pitches that engage your audience like a well-told story. Through storytelling methods, audience connection techniques, and performance strategies, you’ll develop your own signature speaking style for pitches, presentations, performances, podcasts, and beyond. No matter what you’re presenting, you’ll leave this course with the confidence, adaptability, and presence to pitch with clarity, authenticity, and impact.

Public Speaking: Develop Your Signature Speaking Style

Students explore their personal brand voice, analyze powerful storytelling techniques, and craft a compelling “why” message to build the foundation of their pitch.

The Art & Authenticity of Speaking

Students learn to strengthen their vocal tone, pacing, and body language, as well as how to use sound, visuals, and props to make presentations more dynamic and engaging.

Performance is Everything

Students practice improvisation, adjust their delivery for different formats, and integrate audience-driven techniques to craft a final persuasive and interactive pitch.

Adapting to the Expected & Unexpected

This class teaches public speaking skills for impactful presentations and pitches.

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