We’ve set dates for our early 2025 One-Day and Methodology Master Classes, and spots are still available.
Our one-day or multi-day workshops will sharpen your skills whatever your interest, timeframe or resources.
Learn storytelling, filmmaking, video, multimedia production and business skills.
Decide which training option is right for you and apply now!
One Day Master Class
The MediaStorm One Day Master Class provides a general, yet precise, overview of documentary video and multimedia storytelling approaches. MediaStorm founder Brian Storm will walk you through specific examples as well as proven tips to improve your interviewing, editing and distribution techniques.
Active discussion is both encouraged and expected from all participants. Theory is backed up by real world examples using MediaStorm’s award winning work.
The One Day Master Class is designed for anyone interested in learning about the ins and outs of producing and distributing documentary film and multimedia content.
Attendance is online via Zoom.
Upcoming dates:
- January 25, 2025
- March 1, 2025
What participants are saying:
“This workshop left me feeling more confident, inspired and committed to storytelling with a deep sense of purpose. Brian is a phenomenal teacher and a generous one– in addition to sharing his decades of experience in business, his personal perspective and practice in the craft of storytelling, he works to make each workshop participant feel that they belong and that their voice matters. I deeply appreciated Brian’s unpacking of the journalistic ethos that informs all MediaStorm productions. Brian gets to the heart of why storytelling matters and why it is so important today– powerful storytelling can change hearts and minds. In his words, if we can tell stories that show what binds us together and not what is tearing us apart, we can have an impact on the world around us. Prepare to walk away from this workshop with a robust set of tools for making work that matters, great insight into the mechanics of storytelling, a framework of ethical considerations to live and work by and some all-around valuable lessons on how to be a good human.” — Indaia Whitcombe, Folklorist & Visual Storyteller
”Brian is a one-of-a-kind storyteller with incredibly useful knowledge to share. He fits many different important aspects of storytelling into the session, such as the various ways as a filmmaker you can make income. He shares the secrets of what truly makes MediaStorm so successful.” — Mackenzie Behm, Independent Documentary Filmmaker
Methodology Master Class
The MediaStorm Methodology Master Class gives participants a chance to look inside the workings of a successful film and interactive production company, while taking them step-by-step through both the creative and business aspects of digital storytelling.
Founder Brian Storm will share MediaStorm’s workflow and storytelling methods and discuss essential elements of project organization and storytelling concepts.
Our goal is to teach and inspire others to improve on MediaStorm’s model and approach, and to foster a growing family of storytellers that will continue collaborating with one another and moving the business forward for years to come.
You can attend the workshop in Los Gatos in person or online via Zoom.
Upcoming dates:
- June 25-27, 2025 – (Deadline to apply is May 1, 2025)
What participants are saying:
“MediaStorm is a company pushing the boundaries of storytelling and raising the bar higher with every project they produce. The Methodology Workshop is the ultimate gateway to the behind the scenes, providing an opportunity to understand how they accomplish such great work. Anyone whose job involves multimedia and storytelling should take this workshop. I am grateful for Brian and his team for sharing their knowledge and experience with such generosity.” – Kemal Akdogan, Freelance Photographer and Filmmaker
“My week at the Methodology Workshop with Brian Storm and his team has been life changing. All of my questions about MediaStorm’s quality documentary filmmaking were answered as we went deeper than I expected into the storytelling secrets that make them who they are. Now the blanks are filled in, and I’m looking forward to increasing the quality of my own multimedia projects with renewed passion.” – Carla Adelmann, Freelance Documentary Photographer