Edgar Wright teaches online filmmaking class

Edgar Wright filmmaking

Edgar Wright, director of The Cornetto Trilogy, Baby Driver and Last Night in Soho, will teach an online class on filmmaking. That’s right! You, too, can learn about bringing zombies, pub crawls and the swingin’ sixties to the big screen!

As per the press release: Edgar Wright’s filmmaking class will be “covering everything from his signature stylized edits and soundtrack selection to how he approaches his first day on set. Hard-won filmmaking secrets gathered from across Edgar’s extensive career are given a starring role with lessons dedicated to The Craft of Writing, Storyboards & Animatics, Casting & Directing Actors, Shooting Action Sequences, and the all-important Getting Your Film Seen.”

Edgar Wright’s class will consist of 27 lessons totaling four hours and include not only videos, but course notes. It launches on September 8 and can be pre-ordered here for $90. And no, this does not qualify you for student loan forgiveness…

Wright joins other notable artists that have participated in BBC Maestro’s program, which is similar to America’s MasterClass service. For comparison, MasterClass has filmmaking classes taught by Martin Scorsese, Werner Herzog, Ron Howard, and more. Through BBC Maestro, fans and students can watch Alan Moore teach Storytelling, Lee Child teach Popular Fiction and Helena Bonham Carter teach Acting. And if you’re really feeling ambitious you can take a course on classic French bistro cooking!

In a promo video, Wright states, “I hope this course will allow you to get a view inside the mind of a working filmmaker, for you to see and understand everything that comes with the art of filmmaking.”

Edgar Wright seems a suitable choice for BBC Maestro’s first filmmaking class. Not only is he an accomplished writer and director, he’s also a vivacious movie buff, annually sharing his viewing habits and linking to his 1,000 favorite films.

Source: BBC Maestro

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