MODULE 1.0 · 5 MIN · BEGINNER
// LEARN — THE ACADEMY
Film Schoolfor thePhone Generation.
No gear? No problem. No budget? Even better. We teach you to make films with what you have — your phone, your environment, your story. AI is your co-pilot, not your replacement.
Free, phone-first film education. Online / self-directed / AI-assisted.
This is not a shortcut. It's a compression: professor-level material — the same story structures taught in film schools, the same cinematography principles behind cinema cameras — delivered in modules a smartphone generation can digest between matatu stops.
- FREE
- HANDS-ON
- AI-POWERED
- NO GEAR REQUIRED
- PROFESSOR-LEVEL, COMPRESSED
// WHICH ONE IS WHICH?
THE ACADEMY
YOU ARE HEREFree, phone-first film education. Online / self-directed / AI-assisted.
FILM SCHOOL
GO THERE →Hands-on filmmaking at Boondocks Lab. Physical / project-based / production experience.
YOUR ACADEMY PROGRESS
YOU ARE 0% THROUGH THE ACADEMY · 0/20 MODULES
// CURRICULUM
Six tracks. Twenty modules. One camera you already own.
MODULE 1.1 · 12 MIN · BEGINNER
Seeing Like a Cinematographer
MODULE 1.2 · 10 MIN · BEGINNER
Sound is 50% of Your Film
MODULE 1.3 · 12 MIN · INTERMEDIATE
The 5-Shot Sequence
MODULE 1.4 · 15 MIN · INTERMEDIATE
Cinematography Principles: Light, Lenses & Movement
// THE STUDY GROUP
Film school is lonely. Ours isn't.
The study group is where assignments get watched, roasted and loved. Daily feedback from the Lab and fellow students across Kenya. Assignments get critiqued against the same principles film schools teach — Vogler structures, lighting setups, the 180-degree rule — just without the lecture hall.
> free forever. bring your phone and your excuses — we'll keep the phone.
OR LEAVE YOUR NUMBER — THE BRAIN DOES THE REST