Short movie making
Oh my... As the precious George Takei famously exclaims.
Getting friends and family together for a short movie sounded like a good idea...
After all, how hard could it be? With all this advanced technology at our fingertips - heck, people even create documentaries on their I-phones. And if you're snazzy enough to come up with a great looking idea - funding isn't a problem either.
Getting it together: The problem might begin at organising. If your not a bum and you actually found a 9-5 then prepare thy self for sleepless nights and wishing for perfect weather conditions for a weekend shoot! If your shooting exclusively indoors - you might want to lock the kitties away.
Prepare to all "Good-Bad-Ugly" on your friends:
We start out good, then things go bad... and it sure ends ugly
For those of you who have seen the movie and remember the final fight scene (where the trio have a stand-off for the money) - you might want to prepare yourselves for a similar experience during the film making process. Friends will become dictators and friendships will become rivalries, as you battle it out to put things together. Visions will clash and team mates will battle it out to the bitter end... Well maybe I am exaggerating just a tad... But when you haven't slept in four days - you do start to hallucinate a bit.
Editing - the boiler room of movie making: We will not get into many details - other than editing takes longer than the entire process of brain-storming, storyboard creating, preparation and shooting. Plus if your a bunch of total noobs - there is only so much you can do for yourselves. Sure there are great software's out there for everything from effects, to music and chopping.
* A word of warning, chopping can be fun but may lead to your film becoming a Frankenstein's monster of unrelated parts. Then again that hasn't stopped others making money.
If time is of the essence then I would hire someone off Odesk and get it done with!
So you have some shiny new disks? Now what?: Now comes the fun part - (By fun I mean nerve-rackingly anxious) You've done your research on where to submit your short- come on I know its the first thing you did. You went and googled all free short film submissions and built a list as big as your eyes became when you saw your name on the directors chair you had custom printed.
Next you furiously submit your new short to anyone who will accept it until the Internet gives up on you and blacklists you as a spammer. (Yes I know thats not really possible - cause I've tried!)
Let's recount all the steps (Because lets face it, this generation has ADHD)
Excitement - Suicidal work run - Verbal western shootout with buddies - Hermit style editing undress pressure - Sudden relief followed by anxiety with a sense of fulfillment and self doubt.
So what should you have in the end of all this?
A very interesting experience, your name in the credits, a short movie worthy of attention and possibly some groupies.
Why are you hesitating? Who wouldn't want to make a short?!
Skevi
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