How do you start from an idea and 1 you to 40+ crew members, and with more than 10,000 audience members and viewers of your short film?If you aspire to make a short film that is not just going to be unseen, this course will reveal the steps, tips and tricks to making a professional short film that goes beyond the amateur film space and into the limelight of being seen.Learn How to Create Your Short Story from Scratch, Avoid the Mistakes Made by Amateurs.Learn through my very own directorial short debut sample The Painter (2014) on the extra steps and care that goes into creating a professional short production, as well as detailed production information you may need, to eventually work on bigger productions of your own.Why This Course?Taught by someone who used to be in your position, but has amassed 40 crew members out of nowhere, screened at multiple film festivals, all this, being just her first directorial debut short filmStep-by-step guide with actual production information and documents usedDetail insights and know-hows that would save you time and money when producing on a shoestring budgetNetworking and open collaboration opportunities with instructor and studentsLearn How to Become the Professional Short Filmmaker Everyone Wants to Work With.You will Learn How:To develop your own story ideaTo plan for development and pre-productionStoryboards, budgeting and documentation come togetherFind your cast and crew with little to no budgetFilm insurances workTo shoot and wrap-up productionTo plan for visual effects and sound in post-productionTo plan for your short film releaseComplete with additional resources, and a fun and engaging teaching style, students who complete the course will also be awarded with a bonus section - kind of like that bonus clip you sit through the entire credit roll at the end of a film.If you participate in this course, you will walk away becoming more enlightened and empowered with these new insights and knowledge on how to professionally produce your own short story idea in your head to the silver screen.The best part of it all - this course is utterly and ridiculously FREE. Vicki started as a humble student of digital media back in the small city of Singapore with a background in visual effects in film and television and computer programming. Without any contacts or connections in the United States, she began her career at the age of 18 from Singapore, working her way up into the Hollywood film industry and landing her first break working on AMC's hit series, The Walking Dead. Since then, she has worked on movies such as Guardians of the Galaxy, War for the Planet of the Apes and the recent Aquaman.At only 24 years of age, she was one of the youngest speakers and presenters at the SMPTE Annual Technical Conference in its time, where she was a panelist and speaker for virtual reality in motion pictures.She gave a TEDx talk on visual effects and virtual reality in May 2016 at Napa Valley, CA and in November 2018, was invited to speak as a keynote speaker at Elliott Masie's Learning 2018 conference, along with keynote speakers Former First Lady Laura Bush and Hamilton star Leslie Odom, Jr.