Jordan@filmmakersapprentice.com
John Lentz
Chyna-Benae Edwards
Darren Nielson
John Lentz
Chyna-Benae Edwards
Darren Nielson
Film schools love selling you the "Hollywood Dream" for the low, low price of crippling debt. We couldn't afford the fancy $100k schools, so we settled for "cheaper" university programs that STILL cost us $10,000 each!
The brutal truth? 90% of classes were film theory BS that won't help you shoot a single frame. While professors lectured about the "male gaze in French New Wave Cinema", we learned more making crappy films in our dorm rooms.
Result: $20,000 poorer, zero practical skills, and classmates who talk about Kubrick but can't operate a camera.
The Endless Rabbit Hole of Confusion
This is the path we took after film school failed us—countless hours watching random YouTube tutorials, making film after film, and learning through painful trial and error.
Here's what they don't tell you.
Every Youtuber teaches something different. One says "shoot in 4K", another says "resolution doesn't matter." You'll spend YEARS figuring out what actually works. Progress was painfully slow, and every tiny improvement felt like we were climbing Mount Everest in flip-flops.
Looking back, we'd rather eat glass than do it this way again.
Here's the crazy part: Our 9-step GLUE SCORE Framework is literally everything we learned from our $10,000 "education" and 10 years of trial-and-error... compressed into ONE weekend.
NO theory BS. NO confusing contradictions. NO wasted years.
Just a proven, repeatable formula that guarantees your films grab attention and keep viewers glued to the screen.
The choice is yours: Wasted years and thousands like we did, or skip the pain and start creating award-winning film THIS WEEKEND.
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We go from 0 to finished film as fast as possible. We walk you through EVERYTHING step by step.
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Learn the 9-Step Framework that guides you through each phase of making your film engaging and cinematic
Learn how to assemble a cast and crew on no budget
How to get cinematic shots with free resources you have access to
Cheap upgrades if you want them
Write a killer script fast
Learn proper script format
Learn the fundamentals of a good story
Get the best FREE screenwriting software
Color code your script using the industry standard system
Use The Breakdown Template for easy organization and coordination
Learn how to visualize your film before shooting
Learn camera movements and how to easily illustrate them in the storyboard
Learn Standard Coverage to work extremely fast
Watch our Shot list Template walkthrough
Turn your storyboard into a shot list to use on set
Block your scene
Setup simple cinematic lighting
Learn how to record crisp audio
Prepare any camera for shooting with our Universal Camera Settings Guide
Shoot your film!
Learn to direct for the edit using the Kuleshov Effect
Learn how to Direct Actors
Learn the principles that guide great editing
Download our Folder Structure to stay organized
Learn to edit in DaVinci Resolve, a FREE industry standard software
Edit your film in 3 stages: The Rough, Fine, and Final Cut
Learn simple Color Correction your film to achieve balanced colors
Learn to Color Grade a unique look for your film
Learn the fundamental sound design principles
Edit clean dialogue
Layer in tons of FREE sound effects
Add a fitting score
Use our Project Template to export your film with the best settings in Resolve
Learn how to submit your film to festivals to get your work seen on the big screen
GLUE DRAMA
Learn the 9-Step Framework that guides you through each phase of making your film engaging and cinematic
Learn how to assemble a cast and crew on no budget
How to get cinematic shots with free resources you have access to
Cheap upgrades if you want them
Write a killer script fast
Learn proper script format
Learn the fundamentals of a good story
Get the best FREE screenwriting software
Color code your script using the industry standard system
Use The Breakdown Template for easy organization and coordination
Learn how to visualize your film before shooting
Learn camera movements and how to easily illustrate them in the storyboard
Learn Standard Coverage to work extremely fast
Watch our Shot list Template walkthrough
Turn your storyboard into a shot list to use on set
Block your scene
Setup simple cinematic lighting
Learn how to record crisp audio
Prepare any camera for shooting with our Universal Camera Settings Guide
Shoot your film!
Learn to direct for the edit using the Kuleshov Effect
Learn how to Direct Actors
Learn the principles that guide great editing
Download our Folder Structure to stay organized
Learn to edit in DaVinci Resolve, a FREE industry standard software
Edit your film in 3 stages: The Rough, Fine, and Final Cut
Learn simple Color Correction your film to achieve balanced colors
Learn to Color Grade a unique look for your film
Learn the fundamental sound design principles
Edit clean dialogue
Layer in tons of FREE sound effects
Add a fitting score
Use our Project Template to export your film with the best settings in Resolve
Learn how to submit your film to festivals to get your work seen on the big screen
You can still keep the low budget WITHOUT it looking, sounding, or feeling that way!
The shots below were created in the SAME LOCATION, with the SAME PHONE, with the
SAME ACTORS. 👇
Darren Nielson runs a business—but he’s not a filmmaker.
No fancy gear. No film degree.
Just a dude with a brand and a phone, trying to make videos that didn’t feel like a boring PowerPoint with music.
At first? His videos were… let’s just say, rough. Like “mom’s first Facebook Live” rough.
Then he found our course. And suddenly—BAM—his content leveled up.
Not only did his videos look cinematic, they felt like actual stories people cared about.
His audience started watching longer, commenting more, and (plot twist) actually remembering his brand.
The secret? GLUE SCORE.
Scroll down to see the glow-up: from “what is this?” to “holy crap, did he hire a crew??”
Darren was able to use resources he already had access to like the lamp and the window to shape the light—creating a a stark contrast from his first video.
Quentin Tarantino directed a thought-provoking MASTERPIECE that people still talk about to this day even though he had a very small budget, did NOT attend Film School, and did NOT have mind blowing cinematography.
Most beginners think that:
Fortunately... All 3 Of Those Are False And We'll Show You Why!
FILM SCHOOL IS A $100,000 SCAM
(And We Fell For It Hard)
We're Jordan and Tyson, just two idiots who thought spending $20,000 on film school would make us the next Spielberg.
SPOILER ALERT: It didn't.
After months perfecting out "masterpiece" short film using everything we learned... it bombed harder than a Marvel movie without CGI.
That's when we said
"I think we should try something else" and then...
WE TRIED SOMETHING ELSE!
Something insane...
What if we made films with ZERO budget in just one weekend? Over and over again until we cracked the code?
Plot Twist: Our "broke weekend films" started DESTROYING our expensive film school projects.
We went from film school failures to:
✔️Writing and directing award winning short films
✔️Jordan creating a feature film (dropping 2026)
✔️Gaining 100k+ followers using our "backwards" method
✔️Winning Best Writing, Best Acting, Best Editing, and People's Choice at multiple Film Festivals
All on no budget and our 9-step framework we call GLUE SCORE
The same framework that's now helping complete beginners create cinematic masterpieces while film school graduates are still drowning in student debt.
Turns out the film industry's biggest lie isn't about "making it" it's about how you learn to make films in the first place.
cool pic of us winning a bunch of awards 😏
WATCH OUR AWARD-WINNING SHORT FILM
(We wrote, shot, and directed this in one weekend on NO BUDGET)
Hands down the best feeling is seeing your film on the big screen and watching the audience become transfixed.
That's exactly what happened when this short film started playing.
Everything was going great—until we hit that scene.
If you didn't just watch it then SPOILER ALERT: a big monster reveals itself...
Suddenly the ENTIRE theater gasps like Thanos just snapped half the air out of the room... and then they all SCREAMED!
After the film ended, the theater was filled with whispers about
our film. I get goosebumps just thinking about it.
That was the moment we realized— this is what we live for.
And now we want you to have that moment too.
Because yeah, you could drop $40k and four years on film school...
Or you could use our 9-step GLUE SCORE framework and start making festival-worthy films this weekend. No debt. No guesswork. Just results that make strangers scream (in the good way).
BTW... this short film won
Best Writing, Best Acting, Best Editing, & People's Choice Award
and it literally took us a weekend to make
This is not just another homework assignment. By the end you will have finished films in your portfolio.
50+ Straight To the Point Tutorials
We go from 0 to finished film as fast as possible. We walk you through EVERYTHING step by step using our 9-step Framework.
This is not just another homework assignment. By the end you will have finished films in your portfolio.
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Life Access to ALL Content
Billed ONE time only
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Access FUTURE Videos
FB Group Access for LIFE
Yearly Film Festival
Asset/Software Discounts
Downloads/Presets & More
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Life Access to ALL Content
Billed ONE time only
Stream all 50+ Videos
Access FUTURE Videos
FB Group Access for LIFE
Yearly Film Festival
Asset/Software Discounts
Downloads/Presets & More
30 Day Refund Policy
Alright, you doomscroller who made it all the way down here...
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