A film school that puts people first
Latitude Film School exists because filmmaking education should be available to anyone who wants it. Most of what you need to know to make great films is free to watch. No paywalls guarding the basics, or even the advanced. The courses that we sell are role-specific courses for those wanting to level up in specific avenues, but if you want to learn how to make better films then you can start right away, wherever you are.
Treating people well is the norm, not the exception. That applies to crews, to students, and to the planet. What makes Latitude Film School different is the fact that we visibly work to make the industry more accessible and inclusive; we built an app to track carbon production costs, we make what we can free for all, and Aram has led productions that put diversity and opportunity at the forefront of the production team, like Green Grass. Visible effort and genuine care are woven into the fabric of Latitude Film School.
Latitude is meant for EVERYBODY. Anyone with an internet connection and wanting to better themselves in their filmmaking craft. We hope to serve the young self-starter as much as the university students we work with across the UK, as much as full-time parent wanting to start their filmmaking journey in their spare evenings. Every course, every resource, every piece of advice comes from people who have been on set, made the mistakes, and figured things out the hard way.
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Aram Atkinson
Hey, lovely to meet you.
I'll keep it brief. I am very much a filmmaker, first and foremost. Yes, I teach at universities, yes I built the footprint app, and yes I make these courses and YouTube videos at Latitude Film School, but my heart is in stories above all else and I am most happiest when I am writing a script, directing actors, or chasing the shot before the sun goes down.
I like to think I have made steady progress in this industry; every few years I have had a positive bump; winning Rode Reel's best drama in 2017, winning Filmarket Hub's Best TV Pilot screenplay in 2021, getting selected for BFI funding in 2023. All of it has kept me going to the place I am at now, where Green Grass is hitting festivals and I am looking towards my first feature.
But honestly, for every positive bump, I've experienced all of those embarrassing painful ones too; getting shouted at by arrogant 1st ADs, getting laughed out of funding interviews, experiencing the heart-stopping 'card corruption' error message. I'm never too shy to admit to my mistakes, especially if others can learn from them as much as I did. Each experience, though, good and bad, is why I want to pass the knowledge on, so others can have more of the good and less of the bad!