Re: Producing a Short - Advice Needed
Klazart:
thanks so much for sharing our experiences. what an amazing journey. if you're into sharing, i'd love to see the finished short. i understand if you don't want to. or if you ever need people to show their support, let me know i'd like to help.
your journey is actually very inspiring and encouraging. this is very informative and helps put things into perspective and allows me to better manage my expectations.
thank you, docgonzo for your insights as well. i will take this opportunity to practice shooting some scenes on my ipnone this summer to gain experience. i've found some editing apps that i've downloaded. yes, i can see how developing a process to plan and shoot would be valuable lessons to get down in order to plan something more ambitious.
researching apps now.
i've taken a couple of Masterclasses and they're really good. Ron Howard literally takes one of his scenes from Frost/Nixon and shoots it like he did the original. it's hours upon hours of set ups with two cameras. he goes through the gambit-- close ups, med shots, wide shots, from multiple angles, character reaction shots, reverse shots, shots with varying number of characters in frame single, twos, threes. he goes through blocking the characters and rehearsal. tracking with the characters. using the lighting from a window. it was all very fascinating. it's really incredible.
Jodi Foster's Masterclass was also on directing as well. i found the story boarding process especially interesting and can see immediately the value and necessity of story boarding and creating your shot list in a notebook. it really felt a style i could easily adapt. this is all very exciting, so it looks like the best way to go is start practicing.
since taking the MasterClasses i look a movies in a totally new light.
my next MasterClass is the Hans Zimmer one on scoring films.
i also have a book called cinematic storytelling: the 100 most powerful film conventions every filmmaker must know. it looks pretty insightful.
thank you, everyone, for offering your guidance and sharing your experiences. really great stuff.
FA4
Klazart:
thanks so much for sharing our experiences. what an amazing journey. if you're into sharing, i'd love to see the finished short. i understand if you don't want to. or if you ever need people to show their support, let me know i'd like to help.
your journey is actually very inspiring and encouraging. this is very informative and helps put things into perspective and allows me to better manage my expectations.
thank you, docgonzo for your insights as well. i will take this opportunity to practice shooting some scenes on my ipnone this summer to gain experience. i've found some editing apps that i've downloaded. yes, i can see how developing a process to plan and shoot would be valuable lessons to get down in order to plan something more ambitious.
researching apps now.
i've taken a couple of Masterclasses and they're really good. Ron Howard literally takes one of his scenes from Frost/Nixon and shoots it like he did the original. it's hours upon hours of set ups with two cameras. he goes through the gambit-- close ups, med shots, wide shots, from multiple angles, character reaction shots, reverse shots, shots with varying number of characters in frame single, twos, threes. he goes through blocking the characters and rehearsal. tracking with the characters. using the lighting from a window. it was all very fascinating. it's really incredible.
Jodi Foster's Masterclass was also on directing as well. i found the story boarding process especially interesting and can see immediately the value and necessity of story boarding and creating your shot list in a notebook. it really felt a style i could easily adapt. this is all very exciting, so it looks like the best way to go is start practicing.
since taking the MasterClasses i look a movies in a totally new light.
my next MasterClass is the Hans Zimmer one on scoring films.
i also have a book called cinematic storytelling: the 100 most powerful film conventions every filmmaker must know. it looks pretty insightful.
thank you, everyone, for offering your guidance and sharing your experiences. really great stuff.
FA4
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