DETOUR

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 storyUnderstanding the two main ingredients of filmmaking: Subtext and Point of ViewBeating out a scriptThe template for creating the perfect Director's BinderAction Verbs: How to adjust performance through severity and mildnessAvoiding the trap of "style over substance"The importance of Theme; Detailed "behind-the-scenes" of the Pre-Production, Production, Post-Production and Distribution of DetourHow 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 digitally worldwide. He has a Master of Fine Arts from the American Film Institute and is a faculty member at Hofstra University's Lawrence Herbert School of Communication and AMDA College and Conservatory of the Performing Arts.