Movie Making Class.
Movie Making Class.
In Person
Make Your Movie Now! Class
Time:
Tuesdays
7:00 pm to 9:30 pm
Jan. 27th to March 3rd
Location:
TBD
Teacher:
Tom Booker
Cost:
$225
Register by January 16th
and SAVE $25!
(Use Code SAVE$25)
Online
Make Your Movie Now! Class
Time:
Sundays
Noon to 2:30 pm
Feb. 1st to March 8th
Location:
On Zoom
Teacher:
Tom Booker
Cost:
$225
Register by January 16th
and SAVE $25!
(Use Code SAVE$25)
Make Your Movie Now!
Start AND Finish Your Film in Six Weeks!
This class is designed to give you the knowledge and tools you need to write, produce, and direct your own short film using the resources you already have, and to have a genuinely fun time doing it.
I’ve taught this class many times, but this version makes the process even simpler and more accessible by focusing on the film studio you already carry in your pocket: your smartphone. No fancy equipment is required. The goal is clear and non-negotiable. You will finish a short film.
Our class motto says it all:
“We want to finish this film so that the next one will be even better.”
Over six weeks, we will cover scriptwriting and development, the basics of film production and editing, and how to begin discovering your own directing style. During the first few weeks, you will write and develop a short script with a strong emphasis on writing for the resources you actually have right now, including locations, actors, time, and tools.
We keep it simple.
We keep it achievable.
And most importantly, we keep it fun.
By the end of the course, you will be set up to shoot and edit your own short film, and you will have the confidence and momentum to keep making more.
– For ages 18 & Older
– This class is limited to 8 students
Tom Booker is a former college mascot who began studying improvisation in 1986 at The Second City Training Center in Chicago. He later trained with legendary improv teacher Del Close at ImprovOlympic (iO), where he performed with the renowned house troupe Blue Velveeta.
Tom is a founding member of Chicago’s Annoyance Theatre. While there, he performed in the Off-Broadway production of The Real Live Brady Bunch at the Village Gate Theatre in New York and later at the Westwood Playhouse in Los Angeles.
After moving to Los Angeles in 1991, Tom co-founded Theatre-A-Go-Go! with Laura Hall, the musical director from Whose Line Is It Anyway? He went on to teach improv and sketch writing at The Second City Training Center in Los Angeles. During this time, he also co-wrote and co-directed the feature film Kill the Man with producing partner Jon Kean. The film starred Luke Wilson and premiered at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. Tom has appeared in numerous television shows, several films, and nearly one hundred commercials.
From 2001 to 2007, Tom taught improv classes, sketch writing classes, and commercial audition workshops at The Second City Training Center.
In 2007, Tom moved from Los Angeles to Austin and founded The Institution Theater, an improv theater and training center in South Austin. The theater remained open until March 2020, when it was forced to close due to the global pandemic.
Make Your Movie Now! Class
(In Person)
Time:
Tuesdays
7:00 pm to 9:30 pm
Jan. 27th to March 3rd
Location:
TBD
Teacher:
Tom Booker
Cost:
$225
Make Your Movie Now! Class
(Online)
Time:
Sundays
Noon to 2:30 pm
Feb. 1st to March 8th
Location:
On Zoom
Teacher:
Tom Booker
Cost:
$225
MakeYour Movie Now!
Start AND Finish Your Film in Six Weeks!
This class is designed to give you the knowledge and tools you need to write, produce, and direct your own short film using the resources you already have, and to have a genuinely fun time doing it.
I’ve taught this class many times, but this version makes the process even simpler and more accessible by focusing on the film studio you already carry in your pocket: your smartphone. No fancy equipment is required. The goal is clear and non-negotiable. You will finish a short film.
Our class motto says it all:
“We want to finish this film so that the next one will be even better.”
Over six weeks, we will cover scriptwriting and development, the basics of film production and editing, and how to begin discovering your own directing style. During the first few weeks, you will write and develop a short script with a strong emphasis on writing for the resources you actually have right now, including locations, actors, time, and tools.
We keep it simple.
We keep it achievable.
And most importantly, we keep it fun.
By the end of the course, you will be set up to shoot and edit your own short film, and you will have the confidence and momentum to keep making more.
– For ages 18 & Older
– This class is limited to 10 students
Tom Booker is a former college mascot who began studying improvisation in 1986 at The Second City Training Center in Chicago. He later trained with legendary improv teacher Del Close at ImprovOlympic (iO), where he performed with the renowned house troupe Blue Velveeta.
Tom is a founding member of Chicago’s Annoyance Theatre. While there, he performed in the Off-Broadway production of The Real Live Brady Bunch at the Village Gate Theatre in New York and later at the Westwood Playhouse in Los Angeles.
After moving to Los Angeles in 1991, Tom co-founded Theatre-A-Go-Go! with Laura Hall, the musical director from Whose Line Is It Anyway? He went on to teach improv and sketch writing at The Second City Training Center in Los Angeles. During this time, he also co-wrote and co-directed the feature film Kill the Man with producing partner Jon Kean. The film starred Luke Wilson and premiered at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. Tom has appeared in numerous television shows, several films, and nearly one hundred commercials.
From 2001 to 2007, Tom taught improv classes, sketch writing classes, and commercial audition workshops at The Second City Training Center.
In 2007, Tom moved from Los Angeles to Austin and founded The Institution Theater, an improv theater and training center in South Austin. The theater remained open until March 2020, when it was forced to close due to the global pandemic.