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Our Award Winning Feature Film Tabernacle 101 made on a Micro- Budget
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- Learn how to use the Film Equipment in the List
- The complete A-Z of making professional low-budget films
- Learn to plan, shoot, edit, and market your own movie
Our students have produced award-winning films and built careers in the film industry
Set a realistic production timeline with our guidance and make your film now 2025 – 2026
Follow the Action To Do List at then end of each Lesson to create a micro-budget film with maximum production value (Short Film or Feature Film)
- Our Full Famous 4-Month Filmmakers School, re-created as an on-demand video value course (188 Video Tutorials)
Please watch the following short Video Full information on Making your Film
Make your completed Film this year and get it seen around the world
Your Filmmaking Roadmap
Screenwriting: Learn how to write a professional screenplay
Casting: Discover how to find and direct the right actors for your film
Technical Training: Master the essentials of camera, lighting, and sound
Pre-Production & Producing: Plan, budget, and prepare your shoot step by step
Production: Film a 10-minute movie — a real, on-set experience
Post-Production: Edit, colour grade, and complete your film with sound and music
Distribution & Marketing: Learn how to get your film seen by audiences
Industry Pathways: Understand how to find paid work in the film industry
Career Planning: Map out a long-term strategy for your filmmaking career
NUMBER ONE REASON TO ENROL: Make your own film now as you complete the Flagship Masterclass
Photo from our Film Set Melbourne
The Filmmaker Instructor Taught by Active Filmmakers for Future Filmmakers
Colm O'Murchu
Colm O’Murchu is a successful Indie Filmmaker and Director of four world-wide successfully released feature films: The Elixir, The Makeover, Dealing with Destiny and Tabernacle 101. He created and has run Australian Film Central since 1997 and helped filmmakers produce hundreds of short films and feature films. His mission is to help up-and-coming and emerging Filmmakers make their films successful and loves to help up-and-coming filmmakers make it in the film business
Tabernacle 101 Trailer - Our Feature FilmCash Budget $85K - Production Value $ 3 million
The above 100-minute film, “Tabernacle 101”, was made on $85K with a $3 Million Production Value. The Film had a cinema release in the USA and released on Streamer Platforms in the USA on Tubi and Prime. Learn how to make your own Films that find the maximum audience.
Training the Film Directors
and Producers of Tomorrow
Vanessa Madrid - Actor
Absolutely loved the 5 month Short Film School. You learnt everything you need to be able to create your very own film! I went on to produce my very own short film 😁.
The Flagship Filmmaking Masterclass Course
Enrol from anywhere in Australia
- 🎞️ Produce and Direct your Own Film The A – Z of producing and directing a film. Follow the To Do List
- 💻 Learn Anywhere, Anytime: Access the entire 188-video Video Tutorials on demand
- ✍️ Master the Core Skills: Screenwriting, directing, producing, shooting, editing, and colour grading all inclusive of this program
- 🎥 Real Project-Based Learning: Make and work on your own short or feature film as you move through the course
- ✍️ Learn how to save every $ and make your film for the smallest cash budget with maximum production value
- 🔁 Lifetime Access: Revisit tutorials and updates anytime, from any device
- 💵 Flexible Payment Options: Pay upfront or with Afterpay (4 easy instalments)
- ✅ 7-Day Money-Back Guarantee: Join risk-free — if it’s not right for you, we’ll refund you
🛡️ The Course Investment
You’re about to have the entire face to face Melbourne
4-Month Filmmaker School that costs 4 K— now reconstructed into 188 video lessons — for a limited-time launch price of only $395.
This is online so you do not need to be in Sydney
🛡️ 7-Day Money-Back Guarantee
- If, within the first 7 days, you’ve genuinely participated and completed at least three modules,
- But feel the course isn’t right for you, simply call our Course Manager to request a refund.
- This takes the Risk out of investing in the course
- Over the last 28 years, we’ve had thousands of filmmakers go through our programs — and our refund rate is extremely low because people genuinely get results.
🎯 Our goal is simple — to make sure you’ve given the course a fair go. If it’s not the right fit, we’ll happily refund you.
The main purpose is simple
To learn how to make your film professionally and do it step by step by completing the The Action To Do List.
Once your film is made, learn in the course how to get your Film into Film Festivals successfully and find a Distributor to get your film seen by the world.
All you have to do is show up for the Course, learn from the Tutorials and complete the To Do List at the end of each lesson. Over 4 months you will make a Short film or over one year make a Feature Film ( 80 – 90 Minutes Long)
You’ll have lifetime access. Once enrolled, you can log in anytime and rewatch all 188 video tutorials whenever you like.
Absolutely. Most of our filmmakers begin with very little or no experience. You’ll follow a clear, step-by-step roadmap, and by the end, you will have completed your own film.
The course is 100% online. You’ll study through on-demand video tutorials, downloadable resources, and a clear weekly Action-To-Do List to guide your progress. Also you will have one Strategy Call with our Film Instructor to plot out your Film Production.
You can start with a smartphone or basic camera, a laptop or desktop computer for editing (Adobe Premiere Pro preferred), and a few affordable accessories.
We’ll show you how to get professional results with minimal gear and where to access free or low-cost equipment options.
We send you a list of Gear to get. Depending on what you choose this can cost anywhere from $400 – $1800
You can start with $400 worth of gear as you will need to get professional sound. But your Smartphone Camera on any new phones with the free professional camera app will give you a cinematic film
Most short films are completed within 8–14 weeks, while micro-budget features often take 6–18 months from planning to completion.
The course helps you set a realistic timeline and follow it with weekly accountability.
You follow what I have done and you will make your film. This is the blueprint.
Yes you will have Email Support and Phone Support with any technical issues logging into the course or if the course is not working on your computer or for any course issue or arranging the Strategy Call. It is not for training
No experience needed. The course is designed for aspiring and emerging filmmakers who want to make their first film.
You’ll be guided step by step — no prior filmmaking experience required. If you are an experienced filmmaker, the flagship will be an accelerator that will get your film made now.
Yes! This is a project-based program. The whole purpose of the Flagship Filmmaking Masterclass is for you to complete the “To Action Do List”
You’ll plan, shoot, and edit your own short or feature film while you complete the course — with clear steps to keep you on track.
The Flagship is the Blueprint for you to make your own film.
Follow it and get your film made.
You can start small and grow your ambitions.
🎥 Short Film: Most students spend around $500–$2,000 using a smartphone or DSLR.
🎬 Micro-Budget Feature: Typically $10,000–$20,000, often cash-flowed over 12–18 months.
Inside the course, you’ll learn how to plan, fund, and make your film step by step, with strategies to raise your small cash budget, attract collaborators,
💡 Check out the trailer for my feature film Tabernacle 101 on this page.
which I produced for $80,000 Cash budget but the film has a $3,000,000 production value. This is proof that you don’t need a massive budget to make a quality feature film.
Many students work with a few collaborators and a small tight crew.
You’ll learn how to run small, efficient film shoots, and later, how to build a professional crew as your projects grow.
We will also show you how to find an experienced Camera Person and Location Sound Recordist now to get your film shot.
Yes! Many of our graduates have had their films selected in local and international film festivals.
The course includes a full module on Film Distribution & Marketing, including . We teach you how to enter film festivals and how to give your film the best chance to be selected in film festivals. We also teach you about the Film Markets and how to get your film distributed if you make a Feature Film.
Yes. Choose Afterpay to split the $395 price into four easy payments of $98 per payment.
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