The 5 Pillars
of Cinematic Storytelling

Stop copying trends and start creating confidently in your own voice!

Discover how to communicate your cinematic intentions to audiences through the art of visual storytelling. Using Film Reframed’s “5 Pillars” method, you'll gain actionable insights through draw-over diagrams of stills from your favorite films.

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The 5 Pillars of Cinematic Storytelling

Stop copying trends and start creating confidently in your own voice!

Discover how to communicate your cinematic intentions to audiences through the art of visual storytelling.

Using Film Reframed’s “5 Pillars” method, you'll gain actionable insights through draw-over diagrams of stills from your favorite films.

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This course material is instructed from core concepts, so whether you're an aspiring filmmaker or an industry veteran, you're sure to learn something applicable to you.

What’s included

star How to achieve confidence in your shot compositions and angle selections

star How to originate your own image ideas (instead of replicating ideas from other films)

star New ways to understand movies as you watch them (like identifying plot twists and character developments before they happen!)

star The 5 pillars of cinematic storytelling

star How composition affects an audience’s experience & understanding of a film

star How to identify the primary intention behind each shot in your shotlist

star How to communicate that intention through composition & visual storytelling

star And more!

What’s included

star How to achieve confidence in your shot compositions and angle selections

star How to originate your own image ideas (instead of replicating ideas from other films)

star New ways to understand movies as you watch them (like identifying plot twists and character developments before they happen!)

star The 5 pillars of cinematic storytelling

star How composition affects an audience’s experience & understanding of a film

star How to identify the primary intention behind each shot in your shotlist

star How to communicate that intention through composition & visual storytelling

star And more!

REAL WORLD EXAMPLES

Thanks to draw-over diagrams of stills from your favorite films, you’ll come away with new love and appreciation for the cinematic art form, as well as dozens of actions to apply directly to projects you are working on.

Not only that, but you’ll also be learning based on examples from a diverse group of filmmaking masters. We believe in reframing the “straight white male” dominated film canon, so you can learn from a wide variety of artists (instead of a narrow subset).

How it works

Who is this course for?

Whether you're an aspiring filmmaker or an industry veteran, this course teaches at a pace that will be valuable to you. Writers, Directors, DPs, Actors, and Film Enthusiasts will all walk away with a new perspective on their work.

Who is this course for?

Whether you're an aspiring filmmaker or an industry veteran, this course teaches at a pace that will be valuable to you. Directors, DPs, Writers, Actors, and Film Enthusiasts will all walk away with a new perspective on their work.

That’s why we call it Film Reframed!

MEET YOUR

INSTRUCTOR

MEET YOUR

INSTRUCTOR

Roman Cuilla Martinez is a Latine storyboard artist and filmmaker in Los Angeles, CA.

He has contributed his unique visual storytelling approach to dozens of projects for clients like ABC, American Express, Target, M&M's, California Pizza Kitchen, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Doritos, and many others. As the founder of Film Reframed, Roman has led professional education programs for NBC, Comcast, Telemundo, CBS, LFI, and Paramount's development and diversity pipelines. Working as a visual storytelling consultant, Roman also collaborates with emerging directors worldwide to help them make a memorable splash with their feature film debuts.

Can't attend live?

All attendees receive a recording of the intensive that is accessible for 14 days.