filmmaking Mentorship sessions

secure your ticket to the learning fast lane!

Welcome fellow creative! Whether you’re starting out in film or you’re a seasoned pro, elevating your storytelling craft amidst the stressors of running your own business and family life can be a daunting task. SSBV is an option we highly recommend, however we recognise courses aren’t for everyone, and that’s where our customisable mentorship sessions come into their own. Whether you're keen to engage in a reimagining of the birth film genre, dive into a specific aspect of filmmaking or gain creative traction on your latest film—we've got you covered!

What are my options?

Focus on a specific aspect of filmmaking or keep things open ended the choice is yours!

  • Storytelling

  • Conceptualisation

  • Production

  • Editing

  • Colour Grading

  • Mixing audio

  • Project Critique

  • Co Edit

  • General Filmmaking

how it works?

Setting up a Filmmaking Mentorship Session with Dania Lauren

  • Purchase your session to access your Filmmaking Mentorship Session course player

  • Follow instructions in your Filmmaking Mentorship Session course player

  • Answer our quick questionnaire to help us get to know you and what areas of filmmaking you are wanting to focus on during our session

  • Select a date and time for your mentorship session

  • Connect with Dania Lauren (via Zoom) for your live mentorship session

Standard session

Tailor made mentorship with Dania Lauren (60 Mins)

Our student lead one-on-one mentorship sessions give you the opportunity to customise your own learning experience and tap into the vast experience and knowledge industry leading birth videography Dania Lauren has to offer. Want to dive into the fundamentals of storytelling or get your geek on and talk tech? We're here for you. Keen to engage in a reimagining of birth films or focus on a specific aspect of filmmaking—the choice is yours!

$500/hour

project critique

Storytelling project critique with Dania and Andrew (60 mins)

Take your storytelling project to the next level with an in-depth critique and constructive feedback from Soulful Storytellers instructors Dania and Andrew. Critiques can be requested at any point in the creative process to help you gain creative traction, provide fresh perspective for your edit or get down to the details of fine-tuning your audio mix and colour grade. Includes written report + 60 min live feedback / mentorship session.

Whether you’re starting out in film or you’re a seasoned pro, project critiques are valuable exercise that we're confident will spark inspiration and elevate your storytelling. To get the most out of these sessions we highly recommend using them in conjunction with the SSBV course storytelling project, either as an add on to SSBV Core and Plus membership or part of the exclusive mentorship included in the SSBV Elevate membership.

$600

live co-edit

collaborative edit with Dania Lauren (2 hours)

Gain invaluable insights into the decision making that goes into editing immersive audio-visuals as you co-edit one of your own films with award winning filmmaker Dania Lauren. If you’re stuck in a creative rut and hungry for inspiration these sessions give you a unique opportunity to tap into a fresh perspective that will elevate your storytelling and breath fresh life into your edit wherever you're at in the editing process. Whether it’s blocking in your edit, choosing music, fleshing out your visuals, fine-tuning your cuts and transitions, adding the finishing touches to your audio mix and colour grade or all of the above—when you choose to activate this turbo boost is up to you!

$1200