Are you waiting for your Designers to Tell You your Money Shots?
Become the Filmmaker Others Aspire to Be
From Text to Moving Images Online Workshop: Worldbuilding, Film Design & Budgeting for your Creative vision.
Are you questioning if you even have what it takes?
You have what it takes. You’re just missing a major tool. The greats, like Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Wes Anderson, and Emerald Fennell, all know these tools.
You deserve to know them.
You deserve to know how to worldbuild, utilize film design to enhance your stories, and what you actually need to bring your creative vision to life.
You Don’t Need to feel like an imposter anymore.
MY NAME IS SARAH COGAN; I'M COSTUME DESIGNER & VISUAL PRODUCERS
Who champions indie filmmakers, like yourself, by crafting cinematic cohesion by aligning your script to your visual design by skillfully integrating your creative vision across all areas of design—production & Art Direction, Costumes & Wardrobe, Hair & Make-Up and Lighting Design.
In Text to Moving Images, I teach the process I use and the psychology behind design to help you:
clarify your creative vision for your current film and all future projects
understand how to communicate with your designers to acheive your creative vision
know what your non-negotiable storytelling language is
And, how to budget your film based on what you are looking to create
COURSES
Worldbuilding, Film Design & Budgeting for Your Creative Vision
What’s Covered
The Cognitive Science of Storytelling
Breaking Your Film Down for Design
The Cognitive Science Behind Storytelling
World Mapping
Relationship Mapping
Visual Storytelling Language Graphing
Worldbuilding Across Genres
How to Craft Conflict Visually
The Psychology of Color, Line/Form, Texture, Scale and Movement
Character & Spacial Design
Honing Your Vision Effectively with Research
Workbook with over 60 sites and tools to find the perfect image
Budgeting for Your Creative Vision
Collaboration Best Practices
Included with the Course:
11.5+ Hours of Trainings over 8 Modules
10+ Workbooks and Worksheets to Guide You Through the Process
Lifetime Access (including updates and new information)
Twice a Month Exclusive Q&A Office Hours for Support
It’s time to say exactly what you mean with every shot.
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Watch the Trainings
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Use the Workbooks to Craft Your Storytelling Language
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Create Well Crafted Films that Draw Audiences In
Who Is the Workshop for?
Screenwriters who want to craft worlds that inform the action of their stories.
Early career Film Designers who want to learn how to build worlds that are nuanced and immersive.
Directors who want to hone their visual storytelling skills & build dynamic worlds on screen
Producers who want to learn how to budget based on the creative needs and to better communicate with their creative teams.
What people are saying
“As a screenwriter and first-time feature director, Sarah Cogan’s class From Text to Moving Image was like learning a new language for how best to communicate with my creative production teams. Beyond her expertise and stellar preparations for each class, Sarah’s passion for the topic and commitment to her students’ comprehension made each class a joy to attend. From learning about production design to costumes to framing to the power of color choice across the board, I now see every script I write in technicolor and possibility thanks to Sarah Cogan.”
“Sarah is a great teacher in addition to being a brilliant visual storyteller. In addition to thoroughly covering the nuts and bolts of foundational techniques, she helps you get inspired, and she helps you understand why any of this matters. Having these tools in my back pocket has greatly increased the production quality of my shots, even if I’m shooting on the fly. I came away inspired and ready to take on my next project with a new eye for visual details. Highly recommend!”
“The course [Text to Moving Images] and workbook is something I have already gone back to over and over again, when I work on each new directing project. This approach has given me more confidence as a director.”
What’s My Investment?
Get the FREE 3-Day Workshop & Workbook
3-Day FREE Workshop
On the fundaments of Film Design.
A LETTER FROM SARAH
Hello and Welcome!
Excited to have you here. Film education is lacking a major component that is holding many filmmakers back, possibly even you. The worst part, filmmakers don’t even know they are missing this information.
Over the course of my career, I watched filmmakers struggle to tell their stories in the way they’d dreamed of due to lack of planning and budget. Often, one of the biggest pieces of filmmaking process gets completely overlooked: their film’s design.
You see, film is a visual art based in the written word. We live in a world where people listen to how you say it over what you say. In film, your film’s design is your how. Your what is your script. Perfect your how and you will create films that stand the test of time.
My goal is to help filmmakers create work that gets them seen, heard, and to the next level of their career and creative abilities.
The Film Design Process is my life's passion, and I am thrilled to share this passion and knowledge with you.
See you in the trainings!
Sincerely,
SARAH COGAN
Costume Designer & Visual Producer