Filmmaking Lab Studios

GROUND BREAKING

This is a program that takes you from Craft to Creation in 5 sequenced learning series: Craft, Write, Direct, Accelerate, Generate. 

This comprehensive program is designed to guide you through every stage of the storytelling process:

1. Master the tools of the craft.
2. Apply them to your writing with purpose and clarity.
3. Bring your work to life through directing.
4. Elevate your skills with focused techniques.
5. Connect with creative community to generate your work.

Do it on your own time, with live technique trained teachers and our incredible community of likeminded artists making work around the world.

FORWARD THINKING

Do you want to make change?

Do you want to speak freely?

We've ditched outdated models of Conflict-Based Storytelling.

We create Multi-Narrative, Multi-Relational, Meaning-Centered Stories that inspire the World.

Paradigm shifting and utterly practical, The Lab Series Experience™ is here to change the way you think about Story and revolutionize how you bring it to global audiences.

For over 20 years, hit after hit, from Whale Rider, Little Miss Sunshine, Beginners, Transparent, Unorthodox and many many more, The Lab Series Experience™ inspires cutting edge, authentic voices in Film, Episodic, Commercials, and Brands.  Our 21st Century approach, The Technique™ is proven to create success across cultures - lifting diverse voices and uniting audiences worldwide. Now, we're putting these forward thinking Tools and Concepts into YOUR hands.

NEW TIMES NEED NEW STORIES

From Craft to Creation - we’re serving Tools for the New Generation.

GET READY TO ENJOY...

🌟 5 Self Guided Sequenced Learning Series take you from craft to creation. Work at your own time, in your own way.  Craft. Write. Direct. Accelerate.

1. Craft new Skills 
2. Write the Script 
3. Direct your Project 
4. Accelerate your Talents
5. Generate your Work!

🌟  Live Online Exclusives  allow you to study  directly with Joan.  

🌟  Live Online Access gives you a front row seat via zoom to Joan’s Live Labs in LA. A thrilling way to deepen your study and feel a part of the action in Hollywood! 

🌟 Workbooks walk you through the core concepts and exercises, step by step. (Releasing throughout 2025) 

🌟 Live weekly Craft Check Ins with the Technique team keep you on track and moving forward.     

🌟 Connect with like minded artists via our slack community. Find friends and make work with your fellow JSFL alums!

🌟 Goal Setting and Accountability - Set your goals, make the Map, get support. *These features vary depending on the version of the Program you subscribe to. Please inquire for more details

The Lab Series Experience™ is not a cookie cutter online course. It's real people, doing real work, in real time, with REAL IMPACT. 

Supporting new visions for 20 years, hit after iconic hit.

Now it's your turn.  We believe in your Voice. Start your Journey today!

TUITION:

Designed for Professional Artists.

New to The Technique™: email for an application & info.

Alumni: email for info.

Credit cards accepted & Payment Plans are available.

Team Study is KEY to creating the strong collaborations that get scripts written, projects made -  on time and under budget! We offer group incentives - email us to inquire!

WHAT OUR STUDENTS SAY... 

"TRANSFORMATION HAPPENS HERE!"

From emerging to famous - let's celebrate our student stories:  

"This Lab gave me a new focus and community - and ultimately changed my life!" ~ Brooke Berman (JSFL Alum, Writer, Director)

"I have been struggling to rewrite one scene in my script and the past few days just cracked it wide open." ~ Stacey Miller (JSFL Alum, Writer, Actor, Director)

"It truly was a transformative mindset going into my shoot.  I felt like I went into it knowing exactly what I needed to get.” ~ Joshua Kissi (JSFL Alum, Director, Photographer)