You only get one shot to make a first impression online
Is your portfolio giving you the right first impression?
How to create a film design portfolio workshop
Learn how to represent yourself online professionally, create an aesthetic that captures your personality, and put your best foot forward as a film designer.
IS THIS YOU?
🎥 You want a stellar design portfolio, but don’t know how to make one?
🎥 You don’t know what should be included in your portfolio to make it shine?
🎥 Overwhelmed by making an online portfolio because it feels hard to start?
🎥 Are you worried no one will find your work or you?
🎥 Or do you simply want to create a portfolio that captures your creative essence?
ME TOO!
Or, at least, I used to feel those things. I used to feel unclear on the best ways to set up a portfolio and how to leverage the internet to help my work get seen. That’s all changed. I now feel confident talking about what things cost and giving realistic numbers
YOU TOO CAN CREATE A PORTFOLIO YOU’RE CONFIDENT ABOUT!
How to creat a Film Design Portfolio has you covered!
The workshop walks you through how to find your portfolio style, how to set up your assets (or materials) for best results, the different options you have for sites and layouts, and ways to maximize your design reach.
CREATE A PORTFOLIO THAT SHOWCASES YOUR WORK
How to Create a Design Portfolio has you covered. It includes:
Learn how to set up your portfolio to shine.
Learn what you’ll need to include and how to leverage other resources
Learn the different resources for creating a sharable digital portfolio as well as a website
Get some marketing tips to help bring more people to you site and help them connect with you more deeply
Get a check list for future projects to know what you’ll need next time.
How we present ourselves is half the conversation when getting a job. Let’s make sure we sweep them off their feet.
YOU DESERVE TO HAVE YOUR DREAMS REALIZED
Having a killer portfolio is a step in that direction. Let’s make it happen.
Can’t wait to share this info with you and help your dreams come true.
xo
Sarah
MORE ABOUT SARAH
Sarah Cogan is a designer and visual producer for film and tv who champions filmmakers by skillfully crafting cinematic cohesion by aligning their script to their visuals.
Sarah was eligible for the 2023 Oscar for her design work on 18 1/2 starring John Magaro and Willa Fitzpatrick, and currently has a film shortlist for the 2024 Academy Awards.
Since achieving her Masters in Fine Arts in Costume and Lighting Design from UC San Diego, Sarah has worked on indie and majors films, episodics, and branded content across all platforms. Some of her credits include designing the costumes for Tapawingo with Jon Heder, Billy Zane, and Gina Gershon and Birthright: Outlaw starring Lucas Black and Sarah Drew, while assisting on shows such as Blindspot Season 5, Kevin Can Wait, and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
Sarah’s accolades include being a part of Emmy nominated costume design team from Apple’s Helpsters, nominated for her production design on indie web series Inferno and her lighting design.
Sarah has turned that cross departmental knowledge into a course to teach filmmakers the psychology of the 5 tenants of design—color, line and form, texture, scale and space and movement — and how to utilize them to enhance their storytelling.
Sarah is a member of USA/IATSE Local 829 and New York Women in Film and Television.
