Directing for television requires you to master a unique set of skills to succeed. In this class you’ll learn specific techniques like:
Camera blocking on set
Working with actors
Working with production department heads
Addressing notes from the studio
Prepping your shots
And much more… Whether you’re a beginning director or have experience, this class will help you relevant tools expand your knowledge base.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Morenike Joela is one of only a handful of African-American women directors working in multi-cam television. She directed an episode of the NAACP Image Award-winning series, Family Reunion, for Netflix, and has directed episodes of three hit Disney series— Raven’s Home, Coop & Cami Ask The World and BUNK’d. Recently selected as one of eight emerging directors to participate in the Alliance of Women Directors Industry Support program, she also directed the feature film, Deadly Dispatch for TVOne starring Tamala Jones and Dominique Perry that premiered in July 2019.
Her work directing Season 1 of the Google-funded digital series GODCOMPLX won the Jury Award at the 2017 Diversity En Cannes Short Film Showcase and earned her an Outstanding Director nomination at 2017 LA WebFest. She was promoted to Co-EP/Showrunner for Season 2 of GODCOMPLX which premiered on Amazon in May 2019. In addition to directing two episodes, she ran the writer’s room, and supervised the creative production of the series and it’s 4 other directors including the Last OG’s Allen Maldonado and Malik Yoba.
She transitioned to scripted television after an impressive career producing entertainment and cultural lifestyle programming for MTV News, BET, NBC, TNT, OWN, TVOne and PBS. If she wasn’t working as a triple threat in the entertainment industry, she’d be Janet Jackson’s backup dancer, a detective, or an archeologist--in that order.
Follow her journey: @morenikejoela (IG & Twitter)