Miguel Parga, who is based in NYC, has been in the film industry for since 1997. Working for ABC Network News, he won an Emmy, a DuPont, and a Peabody Award for excellence in journalism. As a writer in Los Angeles, he worked on over 20 feature-length scripts and has also directed 21 short films, some of which have appeared in festivals throughout the world. Since 2007, he has taught at the New York Film Academy, and was the director at the Harvard University and Mumbai summer programs. His filmmaking book, What They Didn't Teach You in Film School, was published in 2019 by Ilex, translated to Spanish by Hoaki. Miguel is a member of the Directors Guild of America.

INTRODUCTION - THE POWER OF STORYTELLING What Is Filmmaking? What You’ll Need The Three Stages: Writing, Shooting, Editing Your Crew WRITING What Is a Story? And What Makes a Good Story?        Conflict and Obstacles The Classic High School Short The Outline Key Points A Story Well Told: The Script        Scene headings        Action        Characters        Dialogue        Parenthesis        Transition lines Going Deeper: Working and Reworking a Scene SHOOTING Prepping The Shoot Establishing and transition shots        Talking Scenes         The axis of action         Types of shots The Coverage Method         The insert Moving Shots          Motivated and unmotivated shoots         Pros and cons The Puzzle Method Let’s Review Scheduling a Shoot Scheduling a Scene          Day 1          Day 2          Day 3 The Two Narrative Modes          Continuity          The 180 Degree Rule           Montage Directing Actors Rehearsal           First Rehearsal           Second Rehearsal           Third Rehearsal During the Shoot           Acting Actions           Obstacles           Circumstance Set Etiquette The Kuleshov Effect Content On Set - The Shoot           The Production Board           First day of shooting           The cadence