Learn the craft of filmmaking, create work that stands out, and build a YouTube channel and a business around your own voice.
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Six chapters that take you from the first idea to the final frame, and from your first client to a channel of your own.
Find your direction and build a creative process you can come back to, project after project. The four decisions every film you make gets built on.
Turn an idea into a story people feel, remember, and want to watch. Structure, scripting, and the beat sheet used on every project.
Work with light, composition, and movement to make every frame intentional, whether you're on a set or a sunlit street with one camera.
Bring it all together through rhythm, sound, and color. A clean workflow, efficient cutting, and the place where the film gets written a second time.
Build a channel around your point of view, not somebody else's formula. Positioning, packaging, and a publishing rhythm you can sustain.
Learn to pitch, price, and deliver work that clients value. Offers, outreach, and the client process behind consistent paid projects.
Practical resources to take the work off the page. Templates, planners, and real project breakdowns.
Map the story before you shoot, from the opening moment to the final payoff.
Bring your scope, costs, and production plan together before a project begins.
Channel planning tools, title and thumbnail references, and reusable publishing templates.
Pitch decks, outreach frameworks, and a practical process for finding and delivering client work.
Behind-the-scenes conversations about what clients need and how they choose a filmmaker.
Follow the planning, shooting, and editing process behind a complete short-form video.
See how the pitch deck, moodboard, budget, and final deliverables connect.
A structured month of practical steps to develop your work, your channel, and your business.
In developmentThe library is still being built. Join the waitlist for the final course and bonus details.
This is not a gear channel and it is not a get-rich course. Read both columns before you join.
After 8 years on YouTube, client films through R76 Productions, and consulting for channels with 13M+ subscribers, Dylan built Filmmaker by Design as the course he wished existed when he started.
Soon. The waitlist hears first, gets launch pricing, and gets a heads-up before doors open to everyone else.
It works best if you have already picked up a camera and made something, even if it was rough. Chapter one covers foundations, so you will not be lost, but the academy is built to make good work great rather than to explain what a shutter is.
Whatever camera you have, from a mirrorless body to a phone. The lessons are about decisions, not equipment. Lighting, composition and story do the heavy lifting.
The editing chapter is workflow-first, so the principles carry across Premiere, DaVinci Resolve and Final Cut. Where a specific tool is shown, the reasoning behind each step is explained so you can apply it in your own app.
For life. New breakdowns, tools and chapter updates are added over time and every one of them is included.
Pricing is announced at launch. Waitlist members get the best price before the public launch, and that is the only place the founding offer will be sent.
Join the waitlist and be part of the first chapter of Filmmaker by Design. Story. Craft. Editing. Audience. Business.
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