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 story Understanding the two main ingredients of filmmaking: Subtext and Point of View Beating out a script The template for creating the perfect Director’s Binder Action Verbs: How to adjust performance through severity and mildness Avoiding the trap of style over substance
The importance of Theme; Detailed behind-the-scenes of the Pre-Production, Production, Post-Production and Distribution of Detour How 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 On Demand worldwide. He has a Master of Fine Arts from the American Film Institute and teaches Directing at the New York Film Academy.