Where Filmmakers and Digital Video Educators Find the Tools to Create Better Films

Screengoat is a filmmaking education resource for digital video educators, student filmmakers, and aspiring creators. We provide practical tutorials, creative exercises, production resources, and tools that help people learn the craft of filmmaking
from the first story idea to the final edit.

Whether you're teaching a digital video production class, making your first short film, or developing your skills behind the camera, Screengoat helps you build the knowledge and confidence to bring your ideas to life. 









Resources for Every Stage of Filmmaking

Explore free lessons and tutorials covering screenwriting, story development, cinematography, camera shots, lighting, sound, video editing, and postproduction.
Discover filmmaking projects, creative prompts, student films, and additional resources designed to put what you learn into practice.

For educators, Screengoat provides ideas and practical resources to support classroom instruction and give students meaningful opportunities to create. For filmmakers and content creators, our tutorials and exercises offer ways to develop skills, experiment with new techniques, and tell stronger stories.











Learn. Create. Make Something.

Screengoat began during the COVID-19 pandemic, when access to advanced film and editing equipment became difficult for many students. We created free online resources to help our students continue learning and making films, even when traditional classroom tools were out of reach.

What began as a solution for our own classrooms grew into a resource serving a broader community of digital video teachers, student filmmakers, content creators, and storytellers.

Today, we continue to expand our collection of free educational content while developing practical filmmaking resources for people who want to learn by doing.











Filmmaking Books and Creative Resources

Looking for more ways to practice your craft? Explore the Screengoat collection of filmmaking workbooks and creative prompt books, designed to help filmmakers develop ideas, plan productions, and put their storytelling skills to work.

From hands-on filmmaking exercises to prompts that jump-start your next story, our publications extend the Screengoat learning experience beyond the screen.

Explore our filmmaking books and resources to find the tools that fit your next project.












Have an Idea for Screengoat?

We're always looking for ways to make Screengoat more useful to the filmmaking community. Have a tutorial topic you'd like us to cover, an editing technique you'd like explained, or an idea for a new resource? We'd love to hear from you.

Our vision is to continue growing Screengoat through new educational resources, creative challenges, filmmaking events, and opportunities for emerging filmmakers.

Thank you for being part of the Screengoat community.

Learn something new. Make something great.