When we launched the Academy back in February, the promise was simple. Share what we know. Bring in other creators as teachers. Make this place useful to anyone actually trying to make a film with these tools.
We've been shipping.
Today there are 30 new courses in the Academy, 9 sequenced learning paths to follow, and the structure to turn "browse and hope" into "pick a goal, follow the path."
The courses
These cover the craft of filmmaking, not just the AI tools that sit on top of it. Cinematography, story structure, editing, sound, on-camera performance, the production pipeline, master directors and cinematographers, the platforms creators publish to, the business and legal floor underneath all of it.
Each course is 5–8 lessons of roughly 1,000–1,500 words apiece, with a hero image, inline visuals, and a Try this exercise at the end of every lesson. No filler.
A few we're especially proud of:
- Visual Storytelling Foundations — the Five C's, composition, lighting, lens choice, and the master shot
- Story Architecture — Three-Act, Hero's Journey, Save the Cat, Story Circle, the Eight-Sequence Method
- Edit for Impact — cuts that hold attention, color grading basics, the first three seconds
- On-Camera Craft — talking to the lens, voice modulation, teleprompter naturalism
- Sound by Design — recording clean dialogue, AI music tools, mood matching, licensing
- The Production Pipeline — the five stages, call sheets, dailies, the QA pass
- Director Studies — Volume I — Nolan, Tarantino, Villeneuve, P.T. Anderson, Malick, Wes Anderson, Sorkin
- YouTube Mastery for Filmmakers — the algorithm, retention, thumbnail psychology, packaging
That's eight. There are twenty-two more.
The learning paths
Thirty courses is a lot to browse. So we sequenced them.
A learning path is a curated set of courses aimed at a specific goal — what to learn first, second, third, in the order that actually works. Nine of them are live today:
- Filmmaker Foundations — the everything-you-need-to-know-before-anything-else starter
- The Cinematographer Track — image, light, lens, colour, masters
- The Director's Track — story, performance, three volumes of master studies
- Build a YouTube Channel — long-form creator
- Short-Form Creator — TikTok / Reels / Shorts
- Commercial Filmmaker — paid client work end to end
- Documentary Filmmaker — doc specialty
- Music Video Director — music video craft
- Post-Production Specialist — editing, colour, audio post, VFX
Pick a path. The order is the answer to "what should I learn next?"
What's still coming
This is the first wave. Next up:
- Video lessons to complement the article-format ones we're shipping with
- Quizzes and certificates that actually mean something
- More directors, more cinematographers, more verticals
- Premium courses with payment in SOL, USDC, USDT, AUD, and card — so the creators who teach can be paid for their work
For now, every one of these 30 courses is free. Every learning path is free. Go browse the Academy, pick a course or a path, and start today.
Knowledge gets better when more people share it. The next generation of filmmakers won't just watch — they'll make. We're here to help you ship.
