Mastering the art of visual story-telling

This is a school for storytellers. We are looking for passionate people who have a significant message to tell. If you love films and if you want to have a part in producing meaningful, relevant films for this generation, then this school is for you! The University of the Nations film program has launched dozens of its students into film and television industry careers.

Intensive training in today's digital film technologies  

The School of Digital Filmmaking provides intensive training in topics such as directing, producing, screen writing, digital and film camera operation, lighting for film and video, digital sound, computerized editing, working with actors, and other technical aspects of filmmaking, as well as a comprehensive view of the film industry.

Through practical assignments, students receive an broad view of the world of television, film and professional video production. Industry professionals teach and supervise students on hands-on exercises. Students write, shoot and edit the projects produced with professional equipment provided by the university.

The school emphasizes excellence, relevance and effective communication. It also explores integrity issues and the challenges this media presents. The school gives special consideration to character development in an industry where the challenge is to learn how to deal with success and rejection without compromising your morals.

Topics include:

• Camera operation (digital video and film camera)
• Audio, digital and analog recording, and sound mixing
• Lighting technique
• Picture composition
• Directing actors
• Film history
• Screenwriting
• Computerized digital non-linear editing
• Production management
• Post production
• Marketing and distribution

In only three months,  our students produce and direct their own short film and assist on at least three others with sound, camera, art, etc. The main focus of the school is fictional narrative storytelling. The SDF does not teach how to do video journalism, documentaries, commercials or music videos.

Tuition & Dates

The next School of Digital Filmmaking will run from April 5 and run for three months. Information regarding student fees will be sent to all applicants. For more information contact: uofnfilmschoolinfo@gmail.com

Prerequisites

Completion of the YWAM-DTS (Discipleship Training School and Field Assignment) or YWAM-CDTS (Crossroads Discipleship Training School).

Credits

Twelve (12) credits will be earned upon successful completion of this school.

New film projects

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Meet the School leaders

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Internship

Upon successfully completing the school, there will be opportunities for students to do an internship in professional film and TV facilities. Such opportunities happened on the sets of "To End All Wars", "Liitle House in the Prairie", "After", "The Path to 9/11" and just recently "The Dark is Rising". Students have also worked in places such as:

• Paramount Pictures, Hollywood, California.
• Lakeshore Entertainment, Hollywood, California.
• ORTV, Tai Pei, Taiwan.
• Vision Arts, Santa Monica, California.
• CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network), Virginia Beach, Virginia
• Killer Films, New York.
• Pray for Rain Pictures, Hermosa Beach,California.
• Overseas Locations, Amsterdam, India, Russia, Japan, etc.

The School of Digital Filmmaking is developing a number of opportunities for students to take their first steps into the film industry. We are working with a growing number of film directors (mostly our former students who are now directing their own films) in opening opportunities for practical training in film sets.



These internship opportunities are limited and a pre-selection process will be necessary to choose students to take part in them.



An example of such opportunities happened when we took a group of students onto the set of the film "To End All Wars". Students worked as assistants to the different departments and had first-hand experiences of the filmmaking process.

What the students have to say:

"I learned the foundation and the basis for my career and my calling. Without this spiritual foundation and without the practical tools I was given, I would not have been able to go through the process of making a film. I constantly go back to what I l learned at UofN and apply those principles."
- David Cunningham, director of the motion pictures "Beyond Paradise", "To End All Wars" and "Little House in the Prairie" miniseries.

"Being a writer, the School of Digital Film making was instrumental in directing the transition from page to screen. It enabled me to offer my view of the world, and that is a world that needs Christ. The methods and values that I brought away from the school have equipped me with the skills and confidence to succeed in a very unique and relevant industry."
- Terrence Nelson, Killer Films, New York

"I went to check out a film school in Vancouver (it's a 10-month course and costs over $14,000, not including residence). I had an interview and I showed them my school projects. They told me there was no point in me taking their school because everything they were going to teach us I had already learned. By the way, they had four cameras to share between 80 students."
- Jessie Scherle, 1999 student.

Video interviews with former students

Enock Freire (Brazil), Associate Producer - Pray For Rain Pictures, Hollywood, CA, USA (4.2 Mb)
Jennie Dvoak (USA, Development Executive - Santa Monica Studios, Hollywood, CA, USA (1.9 Mb)
Mike Ramsey (USA), Line Producer - Script-To-Screen Productions, Hollywood, CA, USA (2 Mb)

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Graduates from the UofN Kona and Film School have been involved with the following films:

• “The Matrix Reloaded,” director Andy Wachowski/Lana Wachowski, starring Keanu Reeves
• “X-Men: The Last Stand,” director Brett Ratner, starring Hugh Jackman
• “The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,” director Andrew Adamson, starring Georgie Henley
• “The Day After Tomorrow,” director Roland Emmerich, starring Jake Gyllenhaal
• “The Patriot,” director Roland Emmerich, starring Mel Gibson
• “Leminy Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events,” director Brad Silberling, starring Jim Carey
• “The Aviator,” director Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio
• “The Polar Express,” director Robert Zemeckis, starring Tom Hanks
• “I, Robot,” director Alex Proyas, starring Will Smith
• “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian,” director Shawn Levy, starring Ben Stiller
• “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” director Scott Derrickson, starring Keanu Reeves
• “Shooter,” director Antoine Fuqua, starring Mark Wahlberg
• “Underworld: Evolution,” director Len Wiseman, starring Kate Beckinsale
• “Cast Away,” director Robert Zemeckis, starring Tom Hanks
• “What Lies Beneath,” director Robert Zemeckis, starring Harrison Ford
• “Anna and the King,” director Andy Tennant, starring Jody Foster
• “Deep Blue Sea,” Renny Harlin, starring Thomas Jane
• “Doctor Dolittle,” director Betty Thomas, starring Eddie Murphy
• “Tears of the Sun,” director Antoine Fuqua, starring Bruce Willis
• “Smart People,” director Noam Murro, starring Dennis Quaid
• “The Incredible Hulk,” director Louis Leterrier, starring Edward Norton
• “Surf’s Up,” director Ash Brannon/Chris Buck, starring Shia LaBeouf (voice)
• “Serendipity,” director Peter Chelsom, starring John Cusack
• “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang,” director Shane Black, starring Robert Downey, Jr.
• “2012,” director Roland Emmerich, starring John Cusack
• “Watchmen,” director Zack Snyder, starring Billy Crudup
• “Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” director Steve Carr, starring Kevin James
• “Eagle Eye,” director D.J. Caruso, starring Shia LaBeouf
• “Cloudy With  a Chance of Meatballs,” director Phil Lord/Chris Miller, starring Bill Hader (voice)
• “Bad News Bears,” director Richard Linklater, starring Billy Bob Thornton
• “Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous,” director John Pasquin, starring Sandra Bullock
• “I Heart Huckabees,” director David O. Russell, starring Jude Law
• “The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement,” director Garry Marshall, starring Anne Hathaway
• “Matchstick Men,” director Ridley Scott, starring Nicholas Cage
• “John Tucker Must Die,” director Betty Thomas, starring Brittany Snow
• “Elektra,” director Rob Bowman, starring Jennifer Garner
• “The Chronicles of Riddick,” director David Twohy, starring Vin Diesel
• “A lot Like Love,” director Nigel Cole, starring Ashton Kutcher
• “The Seeker: The Dark is Rising,” director David L. Cunningham, starring Alexander Ludwig
• “Stuart Little 2,” director Rob Minkoff, starring Michael J. Fox (voice)
• “America’s Sweethearts,” director Joe Roth, starring John Cusack
• “Beowulf,” director Robert Zemeckis, starring Robin Wright-Penn
• “The Go-Getter,” director Martin Hynes, starring Lou Taylor Pucci
• “No Saints for Sinners,” director Nathan Frankowski, starring Rick Crawford
• “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed,” director Nathan Frankowski, starring Ben Stein
• “After…,” director David L. Cunningham, starring Daniel Caltagirone
• “Dare Not Walk Alone” (documentary), director Jeremy Dean
• “Pastor Shepherd,” director Edwin L. Marshall, starring Pastor Shepherd
• “The Path to 9/11,” director David L. Cunningham, starring Harvey Keitel
• “After. Life,” director Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo, starring Liam Neeson,
• “Eight Legged Freaks,” director Ellory Elkayem, starring David Arquette
• “Raising Hope” (TV series), 2010
• “One Tree Hill” (TV series), 2008-2009
• “Scrubs” (TV series), 2009
• “Psych” (TV series), 2008-2009
• “Scream Queens” (TV series), 2008
• “Mind of Mencia” (TV series), 2007-2008
• “Prisonbreak” (TV series), 2007
• “Heroes” (TV series), 2007
• “In Plain Sight” (TV series), 2008
• “The Simpsons (TV series), 2008
• “Smallville” (TV series), 2004

The following links are some IMDb resumes of past UofN graduates:

www.imdb.com/name/nm0933014/
www.imdb.com/name/nm1653175/
www.imdb.com/name/nm2298425/
www.imdb.com/name/nm1939205/
www.imdb.com/name/nm0241018/