In this 4 week workshop, you will learn the basic elements of how to write for a low budget so that you can produce your own films. We will discuss what makes something cinematic, how to write for a theme and budget simultaneously, how to keeping it visual, how to challenge your own ideas, and how to give feedback and be a collaborator.

You will leave the class with a 3-5 page short that you can make for no budget.

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Jason Abrams is an award-winning filmmaker from St. Louis, Missouri. His films have been programmed in the St. Louis International Film Festival, New York No Limits, Beyond the Short, Shorted, Filmshortage and many other festivals that use the word short in their name in fun and interesting ways. His debut feature, Hungry Dog Blues, premiered in 2023 at SLIFF and won Best Film at New York No Limits.  It is currently rated at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes (if you believe in that sort of thing) and can be viewed on Amazon Prime. He is currently working on an ongoing series of no budget shorts called “Variations on A Theme” in which he creates original stories based on a single theme. All the shorts are shot on an iPhone with a two person crew. They can be viewed on YouTube & Vimeo.