AI for Filmmakers
Your Tools, Your Voice, Your Rights
Four hours. You leave with hands-on tools for your workflow, decision frameworks for your rights, and the confidence to use AI on your next project without second-guessing.
Built for filmmakers by a filmmaker. Workshop-tested.
AI tools are already showing up in pre-production, writing rooms, score composition, and post. Some filmmakers are using them. Most are guessing about what is safe, what is legal, and what is ethical. The rules differ by role, by union, by festival. And the people behind the camera have far fewer protections than the people in front of it. This workshop gives you the tools to stop guessing and start deciding.
Who This Is For
You already have the expertise. This workshop teaches you how to give it to AI.
Filmmakers who want to use AI to work smarter without compromising their craft, their rights, or the jobs around them. You are not anti-AI. You want to know how to use it on your terms.
Writers & Screenwriters
You want AI to help with research, outlining, and brainstorming without replacing your voice. The WGA rules leave gaps you need to understand before you use any tool on a project.
You leave with: prompting techniques that preserve your voice, a clear picture of where the guild rules apply and where they do not, and documentation that protects your copyright.
Directors & Producers
You decide whether AI shows up on your production. You carry the liability. You need a system for making those calls at every stage, from pre-production through distribution.
You leave with: a decision framework you apply before AI touches any part of your project. Three questions. Works on every tool, every production.
Composers & Music Supervisors
You score films. You license music for productions. You're the person the director calls when the temp track isn't working. AI is already generating cues that sound close enough to land on a rough cut. The question is what happens to your role when "close enough" gets cheaper every month.
You leave with: a decision framework for when AI belongs in your scoring workflow and when it doesn't, documentation that proves the human authorship of your cues, and the 3 C's (consent, compensation, credit) applied to your production context.
Musicians & Recording Artists
Your catalog, your voice, your arrangements. All training data now. The same frameworks that protect filmmakers' rights (consent, compensation, credit) translate directly to your work. AI can generate a track that sounds like your style. The question is whether you have a system for proving what's yours and deciding where AI belongs in your process.
You leave with: the frameworks (3 C's, Camera Negative Protocol, decision filters) applied to your recordings and catalog during the workshop, plus documentation patterns that prove a recording is yours.
Also for: musicians, authors, photographers, documentary filmmakers, and anyone making decisions about AI in their creative work. No technical background needed.
What You Walk Away With
Not a lecture. Not a tool list. Things you can use on your next project starting Monday.
- 1 A decision framework you use before AI touches your project. Three questions. Works on every tool, every role, every production. You practice it on your own work during the workshop.
- 2 Hands-on AI skills built around your expertise. You write prompts that sound like you, not like a machine. You see the difference between flat AI output and expert-led output in real time, on your own project.
- 3 Documentation that protects your work. Your own Refusal Log (what you accepted, rejected, and why), a generation log template, and a festival disclosure checklist. Not theory. A system you use starting Monday.
- 4 The full picture of what protections exist for your role. Where union contracts apply, where they stop, and what the gap means for writers, composers, and behind-the-camera creators specifically.
- 5 Shared language for a conversation that matters. The 3 C's: Consent, Compensation, Credit. A framework you use with collaborators, producers, and anyone making AI decisions on your production.
- 6 Proprietary tools built for filmmakers, plus 14 days of free beta access. Tunestamp for timestamped proof of human authorship. Provenance Tracker for documenting your creative process. Writers Room Council for AI-powered story interrogation that stress-tests your script, finds plot holes, and challenges weak choices. Live demo in the workshop, plus beta access.
What Happens in the Room
You write a flat prompt and watch what AI gives you. Then you rewrite it with your expertise structured in. Same tool. Completely different output. That moment is when it clicks: AI did not get smarter. You told it who you are. From there, you apply the Three Questions framework to your own project, see a live Writers Room Council demo where AI stress-tests a story, finds the weak points, and challenges you to make it stronger, and leave with a handout kit of templates, checklists, and reference sheets.
What Past Attendees Said
"This AI training course was genuinely one of the most valuable learning experiences. Practical, eye-opening, and immediately applicable. I was so inspired that I actually started making progress on my own project right there in class."Vitaly Perakh, Writer & Entrepreneur
"Within 30 minutes, I was writing prompts that led to engaging and fun social media posts, with options to quickly create more posts for specific audiences and purposes. This a great workshop for those who want to use AI tools to streamline work tasks for the first time or expand on what they already know!"Jane Hare, Producer (Everon Media)
"The technology is here and advancing and we should use it as another tool in our creative toolbox."Jacob Dubizhansky, Filmmaker (SD Streaming Film Festival)
Why Now
Union contracts are being renegotiated. Festival policies are changing every season. Studios are making AI decisions without waiting for consensus. The filmmakers who build these skills now will be the ones leading the conversation, not reacting to it. Every month you wait is another month of guessing while the rules get written without you.
About Alex
Berklee-trained composer and writer with 30+ years of performance and 2,500+ events. Co-wrote "A Cut Above," which won multiple awards at the San Diego Streaming Film Festival and 48 Hour Film Project Gala. He started using AI in 2023 to run his own creative business, then turned the conversation happening in his workshops into decision frameworks filmmakers can actually use. 40+ primary sources. Workshop-tested.
"Alex is offering a valuable workshop to learn how to navigate using AI as a good tool, to help creatives thrive. If you or a friend is interested in learning more about how to have AI assist (not replace) you on your creative journey, Alex is a safe bet."Heather Hilton, Media Personality & Podcaster
Common Questions
Is this anti-AI?
No. Alex uses AI every day in his business. This workshop is about knowing where the lines are, not about avoiding AI. The frameworks help you use AI with your eyes open.
Do I need to understand AI to attend?
No. If you have never used an AI tool, you are in the right place. We start from zero and build from your expertise up. The only prerequisite is knowing your own craft.
I am not in a union. Is this still relevant?
Yes. Union contracts set the precedents, but the frameworks apply whether you are union or non-union. Festival policies, copyright implications, and documentation practices affect every filmmaker.
What if I can't make it after I pay?
Full refund up to 48 hours before the workshop. After that, your spot transfers to a future session.
What do I need to bring?
A laptop with a web browser. That is it. We will set up everything else during the session.
Is this legal advice?
No. Alex is a practitioner, not a lawyer. The frameworks are built from verified research into union contracts, festival policies, and case law. They help you ask better questions and make informed decisions. They are not a substitute for legal counsel on your specific project.
Reserve Your Seat
You walk in with questions about AI in your work. You walk out with the tools to answer them on every project. $175.