Last week’s blogpost took you behind the scenes of the preparation process for Making the Short Film. This week, we’d like to share a few photos from the actual filming and post-production process. The students spent the whole day at the ELFS Japan Studio with two actors, taking turns directing their assigned scenes as well as […]
We are about to enter a transitional phase in the film school’s history as we move into a bigger, better premises, so have taken a moment to reflect on why we think what we do is awesome. You will Learn Stuff This is fairly self-explanatory. Our tutors are all experienced professionals from a range of […]
We invited former English Language Film School Japan student, Anita, to write a guest post on how she is progressing on her filmmaking journey, a couple months after taking our course, Making the Short Film. Read on for her observations and experiences. Making the Short Film — First Baby Steps as a Director by Anita […]
What did our students get up to on our February course? This past week, we ran 2018’s first edition of Making the Short Film, a course on which our students learn by actually shooting a short film. We welcomed a diverse, international group of fantastic filmmakers, with all levels of experience, and together went on […]
We sat down with our Screenwriting for Beginners tutor Matthew Allen and asked him a few questions. First, could you introduce yourself to our readers? Yeah, I’m a produced, represented writer living in Tokyo. I’m from Australia, but have also worked in the States. How did you end up in Japan? How long have you […]
What is Making the Short Film? Learn to make films by making a short film over three evenings and a weekend. That’s what our most recent course entailed, guiding our students from the script to the screen. The three weekday evenings grounded everyone in the basics of filmmaking, covering directing the script, the camera, the […]