DETOUR - William Dickerson

In 'DETOUR: Hollywood,' Dickerson puts the making of his 'Underground Hit,' Detour, on display for all to see. He will teach you what you really need to know about making a microbudget film, or a film of any budget for that matter, from the nuts and bolts of directing, to getting your movie made and out into the world, including:

• The Director as the sole defense for the story
• Understanding the two main ingredients of filmmaking: Subtext and Point of View
• Beating out a script
• The template for creating the perfect Director's Binder
• Action Verbs: How to adjust performance through severity and mildness
• Avoiding the trap of 'style over substance'
• The importance of Theme; Detailed 'behind-the-scenes' of the Pre-Production, Production, Post-Production and Distribution of Detour
• How the distribution model has changed...for the better.

William Dickerson is an award-winning screenwriter, director and author, whose debut feature film, Detour, was released theatrically and On Demand worldwide. He has a Master of Fine Arts from the American Film Institute and teaches Directing at the New York Film Academy.