Online course
The Cinematic Curriculum Method
Most courses are assembled. This one is directed. Thirteen modules on the structural logic film has used for a century — act, sequence, scene, pacing, world — applied module by module to the course you are actually building.
13 modules · 50 lessons · ~813 min
01 — Outcomes
What you'll learn
Write the logline first
One sentence your whole course is about. Everything downstream either serves it or gets cut.
Map the course as a world
Regions, landmarks and thresholds. When learners know where they are, they stop needing to be led.
Pace it like an edit
Complexity, rest and intensity placed on purpose. Most courses fail on rhythm long before they fail on content.
Structure act, sequence and scene
Act structure for the programme, sequence logic for the module, scene design for the lesson.
Build a visual language
A diagram canon with fixed grammar — arcs, maps, spirals, grids. Cognitive architecture, not decoration.
Design the return
Re-entry points, sequels and spin-offs, so the work outlives its first cohort.
02 — Curriculum
Inside the course
M00 · Welcome to the World 2 lessons
- M00 · Orientation — Welcome to the World
- M00 · L02 — Tools of the World18 min
M01 · The Cinematic Foundations 4 lessons
- M01 · L01 — The Director's Mindset28 min
- M01 · L02 — The Logline of Learning25 min
- M01 · L03 — Themes and Motifs25 min
- M01 · Capstone — Director's Vision & Course Audit
M02 · The Protagonist Arc 4 lessons
- M02 · L01 — The Learner as Protagonist23 min
- M02 · L02 — Before & After States23 min
- M02 · L03 — Archetypes, Beats & Emotional Pacing23 min
- M02 · Capstone — The Arc Forest
M03 · Worldbuilding for Education 4 lessons
- M03 · L01 — The Three Layers of a Learning World23 min
- M03 · L02 — Casting Your Course23 min
- M03 · L03 — Psychological Safety as Set Design23 min
- M03 · Capstone — The World Map of Your Course
M04 · Story Structure in Curriculum 4 lessons
- M04 · L01 — Beats, Turning Points & the Story Spine32 min
- M04 · L02 — The Six Cinematic Structures32 min
- M04 · L03 — The Three-Level Structural Map29 min
- M04 · Capstone — Story Spine & Integrated Design
M05 · Cinematic Pacing & Rhythm 4 lessons
- M05 · L01 — What Pacing Actually Is23 min
- M05 · L02 — The Five Laws of Cinematic Pacing24 min
- M05 · L03 — The Emotional Arc of a Module24 min
- M05 · Capstone — The Pacing Grid & Module Audit
M06 · Scenes & Sequences 4 lessons
- M06 · L01 — What Makes a Scene a Scene23 min
- M06 · L02 — Anatomy of a Cinematic Lesson24 min
- M06 · L03 — Modules as Sequences24 min
- M06 · Capstone — The Scene-to-Sequence Map
M07 · The Craft of Iteration 4 lessons
- M07 · L01 — The Myth of the Perfect Course23 min
- M07 · L02 — Feedback Loops That Actually Work23 min
- M07 · L03 — The Iterative Edit23 min
- M07 · Capstone — The Edit Plan
M08 · The Ordeal Zone 4 lessons
- M08 · L01 — Productive vs Destructive Struggle18 min
- M08 · L02 — Designing the Ordeal18 min
- M08 · L03 — Breakthrough Architecture19 min
- M08 · Capstone — Design a Complete Assessment System
M09 · The Resolution 4 lessons
- M09 · L01 — Why Courses End Wrong18 min
- M09 · L02 — The Final Performance18 min
- M09 · L03 — The Resolution Sequence18 min
- M09 · Capstone — Integration Map & Course Story
M10 · The Summit of Mastery 4 lessons
- M10 · L01 — Identity Change as the Real Outcome18 min
- M10 · L02 — Community as Mirror18 min
- M10 · L03 — Fandom Culture & the Mastery Arc18 min
- M10 · Capstone — Design Your Capstone Assessment
M11 · The Architecture of the Return 4 lessons
- M11 · L01 — Why Transfer Fails18 min
- M11 · L02 — The Transfer Toolkit18 min
- M11 · L03 — The Epilogue Arc18 min
- M11 · Capstone — Design Your Return Path Plan
M12 · The Director’s Studio 4 lessons
- M12 · L01 — The Director's Vision Statement18 min
- M12 · L02 — Integrating Everything18 min
- M12 · L03 — What Comes Next22 min
- M12 · Capstone — Assemble Your Cinematic Course Bible
03 — Your instructor
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Questions
Before you ask
What is actually in it?
Thirteen modules, thirty-eight lessons and twelve capstones. The lessons teach the method; the capstones make you apply it to your own course, one piece at a time, until the course is built.
Who is it for?
Educators, course creators, instructional designers and programme leaders who can already write content and cannot work out why the finished thing does not land. It assumes you have something to build.
Do I need a film background?
No. The method borrows filmmaking's structural thinking, not its equipment. Everything cinematic is explained from first principles as it is introduced.
How long does it take?
It is self-paced and there is no cohort to keep up with. The capstones are the work; how fast you move through them depends on the course you are building.
What do I get for the founder price?
The full thirteen-module course and the Cinematic Curriculum Method book. The founder price is a launch price and it goes up to the full price afterwards.
Is it one payment?
Yes. One payment, no subscription, no renewal.
Ready when you are
The Cinematic Curriculum Method
Most courses are assembled. This one is directed. Thirteen modules on the structural logic film has used for a century — act, sequence, scene, pacing, world — applied module by module to the course you are actually building.
Enrol at the founder price — £200
One payment · no subscription · the Cinematic Curriculum Method book included