What is your special interest in life? People who struggle and how they can be helped, or animals that need protection from harm and danger, or maybe your focus is the environment and preserving the health of the planet we all live on. Whatever your area of operation - you need funds. And one of the best ways to secure funding is to tell your story in a way that people can understand and believe in what you are doing.

Well here is an opportunity to learn how to make effective films.

This course is for students who are either part of an NGO or want to make films for their favourite charities and/or non-profits organisations. If you are part of an NGO you will develop in-house production skills for your charity. If you are outside an NGO you will learn how to find an organisation you want to make a film for, then hope to take a brief from them on how they will use the film, then you write a proposal for your film and finally develop a script that will ensure your film has compelling content.

To help you along with planning your first promotional film there is also an on-the-job practical project consisting of three exercises (with detailed handouts) to help you along with producing your first promotional film. Remember, you get to choose the organisation doing the kind of work that you are most interested in. So help your favourite charity by making a film for them.

Have fun and at the same time take away some practical skills that will help you and your charity make films that will not only be great to watch but will also help them with funding and support.

For more detailed production skills also take a look at the Documentary Filmmaking Masterclass, also on Udemy.