Create boldly. Tell responsibly.
Preparation Films teaches professional filmmaking to those building their foundation and introduces Responsible Filmmaking education to creators at every stage.
These are real filmmakers teaching the next generation of storytellers.
Preparation Films is a filmmaking company that teaches. More than 20 years of professional production experience and years in the classroom shape education that brings craft and thoughtful creative decision-making together.
Responsible Filmmaking.
Creating stories with purpose, integrity, and awareness of their impact. Every creative choice a filmmaker makes lands somewhere — on the audience, on the people represented, on the crew making it.
Responsible Filmmaking is the philosophy behind our work—not simply the name of a course. It helps creators consider purpose, impact, and the people affected by each creative choice.
Films made with purpose, without sacrificing creativity.
Learn. Partner.
Build your filmmaking foundation.
Professional Filmmaking with Impact is a self-paced online course for newer and emerging filmmakers learning the craft and the responsibility that comes with it.
- —Professional filmmaking foundations
- —Creative decision-making
- —Responsible Filmmaking principles
- —Self-paced online learning
Bring professional experience into the learning environment.
Preparation Films works alongside colleges, universities, churches, and organizations through course licensing, workshops, training, and educational programs shaped around their needs.
- —Higher education courses
- —Course licensing
- —Workshops & training
- —Customized programs
Professional filmmaking experience, brought into the classroom.
Preparation Films complements what colleges and universities already do well through course instruction, workshops, training, course licensing, and focused educational engagements.
Kristina Robison
More than 20 years in professional filmmaking. More than fifteen years in the classroom. Producing, directing, camera, editing, screenwriting, and extras casting on projects including The Chi, Empire, and The Trial of the Chicago 7.
She founded Preparation Films to make professional filmmaking education reachable — and to teach creators to use their voices with purpose.
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Ready to build your filmmaking foundation?
Explore Professional Filmmaking with Impact, or begin with the free Responsible Filmmaking Guide.