LET's Create STORIES THAT MATTER the power to make your ideas come to life is now at our finger tips... REGISTER NOW FOR THE WORKSHOP FIND THE FILM IN YOUR IDEA learn to see, hear, shoot and build your film the film creators workshop 1.0

Come with An Idea

Find the Film in Your Story

Build Your Film

the film creators

WORKSHOP

PROGRAM LAUCH KICK-OFF

the film creators workshop

Oct 23 - 25

Location: Suite Genius Offices Lonsdale

2 blocks north of The Shipyards

COME PREPARED WITH YOUR IDEA

  • A Working Short-film Script OR
  • 1–3 page story outline/treatment OR
  • A Documentary Concept

 Leave to Film Your 1 to 2 Minute Proof of Concept, Scene, or Trailer

schedule

FRIDAY 4 - 9 PM

FIND THE FILM INSIDE THE IDEA 

4 PM

  • Check-In + Informal Meet & Greet

5 PM – 9 PM

  • Welcome + Filmmaker Challenge
  • What Is Your Film Really About?
    Break
  • Short Film Storytelling
  • Screenplay to Screen
  • Script / Treatment Lab
  • Homework + Wrap

SATURDAY 9:30 AM - 6 PM

LEARN TO SEE, HEAR & SHOOT 

9:30 AM

  • Doors Open

10 AM 

  • Project Check-In
  • Visual Storytelling + Camera
  • Hands-On Camera Lab

12:15 PM

  • Lunch

12:15 PM

  • Lunch

1 – 6 PM

  • Sound Is Half Your Film
  • Lighting With Intention
    Break
  • Blocking + Directing Performance
  • One-Minute Scene Challenge
  • How to Film With What You Have
  • Project Planning Lab

SUNDAY 9:30 AM - 4 PM

BUILD YOUR FILM 

9:30 AM

  • Door Open

10 AM 

  • Review + Lessons
  • From the Shoot
  • Storyboarding
  • Shot Lists + Coverage
  • Storyboard / Shot List Lab 

12:45  – 1:30 PM 

  • Lunch

1:30 – 4 PM

  • Producing the Shoot
  • Individual Project Consultations
  • Proof-of-Concept Pitches

core instructional focus

keep It essential

The workshop should stay practical. Technical information is taught only when it helps students make a stronger creative decision or execute the proof of concept safely and clearly.

Approximate Emphasis

  • Story + Script / Treatment 30%
  • Visual Storytelling + Directing 25%
  • Camera + Sound + Lighting 20%
  • Storyboard + Production Planning 20% Industry / Next Steps 5%

Core Teaching Questions

  • Whose story is this?
  • What does the character or subject want?
  • What gets in the way?
  • Why should the audience care?
  • What changes?
  • What can be shown rather than explained?
  • What is the simplest version we can actually shoot well? 

THREE DAYS.

ONE STORY. ONE SHOOT-READY PROOF OF CONCEPT.

Then go make it — and come back next month to screen it.

deliverables

day 1

  • One-sentence logline.
  • One-paragraph story summary.
  • Central theme or question.
  • Selected 1 to 1.5-minute sequence to develop.
  • Revision notes for the script or treatment.

day 2

  • How to Film
  • The One-Minute Scene Challenge
    • One person enters a room. They discover something unexpected. Another person arrives.
    • Key question: Could the audience understand the scene without dialogue?

day 3

  • A stronger working script or documentary treatment.
  • A defined 1 to 1.5-minute proof-of-concept sequence.
  • A storyboard (approximately 6-12 frames).
  • A practical shot list.
  • A basic production breakdown.
  • A one-day shoot plan.
  • A realistic plan for when and how to shoot the piece.

follow up screening

  • in one month, join us for screening in person
  • location: to be announced

About Kenton

storytelling kahuna

let's make waves and ride them together!

I have been painting stories in my head...

I have been painting stories in my head and bringing them to life on stage, in writing, through performance, and on film since I was a kid. I think I got hooked on storytelling with “show & tell” in kindergarten.

Looking back, I have always been a creative and a visual storyteller—from taking photos and playing with a Super 8 camera, thanks to mentors Peter and Michael, to performing monologues and writing and acting in youth group sketches. A friend once told me storytelling was my “spiritual food.” I think they were right.

Kahlil Gibran wrote, “It has been said that next to hunger and thirst, our most basic human need is for storytelling.” We need human storytellers. Stories are part of how we connect, understand one another, survive, and thrive.

You may be like me—full of ideas and dreaming about stories, but sometimes held back by the tools or not knowing where to begin. That is why I created the Film Creators Workshop. It is for the creative and storyteller in all of us.

The power to make films is now literally at our fingertips...

The power to make films is now literally at our fingertips. And before we even get to AI, I believe we need to start with the human part: learning how to build, shape, and tell a story ourselves.

I have taught more than 400 students in film production and screenwriting and over 700 students in film theory, digital media development, and social media marketing. Since 2010, I have also led film and media workshops for universities, creative arts programs, film schools, and acting schools.

After years of helping clients, organizations, and students tell their stories, I am also bringing more of my own stories to life—both behind and in front of the camera.

Being able to sit in the seat of the clients and organizations I have worked with and help tell their stories powerfully has prepared me to think more deeply about the stories I need to tell. Teaching students who want to create has also inspired me to remain a lifelong learner.

Our time is now to share our stories.

Let’s do it. 

  • “

    I have so many ideas and want to take a stab and making my stories into films.   Kenton’s the person I am turning to and he does in real time (in real person), not via a video.

    Actor
  • “

    I did not know what I wanted to do but took a few course and came back to take another from Kenton. I am now studying film and I love it.

    BCIT Media Student
  • “

    I love creating an I got to have fun making my film ideas come to life.

    UBC Education
  • “

    Even with being part of a program, I needed to challenge myself and I got to learn how to write a full feature film from Kenton.

    UBC Film Studies Alumni
  • “

    When I die or when I am close to dying, I want to get Kenton to help me make my documentary eulogy. He said, I could make it myself and could show me how to.   Can’t wait for him to take this workshop on the road.

    Family Friend

the film creators workshop

1.0

Oct 23 - 25

Maximum 10 Participants

Regular Tuition: $1100 CDN  •  Launch Tuition: $750 + GST CDN (save $350)

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Reserve your spot with a deposit and balance due Oct. 15th

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Contact us at wecreate@kentonmediaproductions.com