Design Your Life Like a Movie: Lessons from Hollywood’s Top Production Designer

Apply the Art of Visual Storytelling and Creative Problem-Solving to Transform Your Life!

What if you could design your life with the same precision and creativity that goes into a blockbuster movie?

In this fascinating course combo of candid, imaginative Interview + Follow-Along Workbook, Hollywood’s leading Production Designer Nelson Coates reveals how you can apply the principles of set design, visual planning and creative problem-solving to build the life you’ve always imagined. Whether it’s organizing your space, planning your projects, or shaping your personal brand, learn the techniques that bring cinematic stories to life—and see how they can do the same for you.

In this course, you’ll learn how to …

Unlock Your Potential by Viewing Life Through a ‘What If?’ Lens
Throughout this short course, you’ll learn how to adopt a production designer’s mindset, starting with viewing life as a series of ‘what if?’ opportunities. Just as a designer envisions different ways a set can come to life, you’ll explore how to see new possibilities, overcome obstacles, and imagine creative solutions in your everyday life.

Turn Your Vision into Reality by Crafting A Day in the Life of YOU
Once you have a ‘what if’ idea, the next step is fleshing it out into a full blueprint. Just like a production designer breaks down a script into visual elements, you’ll learn how to expand on your goals, map out the details, and do the research needed to transform your vision into a concrete plan that guides every step toward your end result.

Design a Completely Different Vision Board That Brings Your Life’s Movie to Life
Like creating a storyboard for a film, you’ll learn how to map out every ‘scene’ of your ideal life. Using vision boards and visual storytelling techniques, you’ll build a tangible representation of your goals, dreams, and milestones, helping you see exactly what your ‘movie’ looks like when it’s fully realized.

Unleash Your Imagination: Tap Into Your Creative Power to Break Boundaries
Your imagination is your greatest tool—one that’s often under-utilized and forgotten. In this course, you’ll learn how to harness the full power of your mind to think beyond limits, envision what’s never been done, and design a life that’s bigger and bolder than you ever imagined. The sky’s the limit when you create without constraints!

Avoid Overwhelm: Master the Art of Building Your Life, One Scene at a Time
Creating a movie — or an extraordinary life — can feel daunting when you look at the big picture. But just like a production designer, you’ll learn how to break it down, focusing on one scene at a time. By mastering this step-by-step approach, you’ll stay clear-headed, organized, and energized, making steady progress without getting overwhelmed by the scope of your vision.

Let Go and Make Room: Embrace Change to Invite Better Solutions
In both life and film, not everything goes according to plan. When a set design isn’t working, production designers pivot, making space for a stronger solution to emerge. In this course, you’ll learn how to let go of what’s not serving your vision, stay flexible, and welcome new ideas that can elevate your ‘life movie’ to a whole new level.