You know the feeling: all prepped up and ready to go, you have the desire, the dedication needed, but no script. Bollocks!

Hey there everyone, I'm stuck for an idea but have all the equipment and personel you could ever need. If one of you has an idea that you'd like shown but lack the means, I'm your man. Write your concept below (or MSN adress for privacy) and we'll talk... can't wait :D

SHORT FILMS ONLY!!

Welcome Grasshopper!

I'm one of the audio guys here.

Keep in mind that the search function is your friend. Everyone here is always very glad to help you out, but a lot of the "basics" questions have been asked and answered many times.

And always remember:

"Sound is half of the experience"

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"Old man, how is it that you hear these things?"

"Young man, how is it that you do not?"

benjohnson_2005@hotmail.com
I have a belta film thats 68 pages long but lots of scene's could be cut if you wanted like.
I have a production company interested, but we'll speak :P

The ONLY place to discuss your short film ideas:

Why only here?

...

- Either he open's his box, throws crums at him and the birds attack (leaving a victory for the Old man)

- Or, turning it into a satirical advert: he throws the crums down infront of the reaper and he finds them irresistable. cut back to the Old Mans kitchen table and perfectly presented is a loaf of "Finest Hover"

Personally, I'd scrap the 2nd option but that's what this is all about... spitballing.

See, it's eas..., just start writing and see where it takes you

Why only here?

just a pop word, truth being: I'm interested, I like colaboration and I'm between films atm :D

just a pop word, truth being: I'm interested, I like colaboration and I'm between films atm :D

Well, if you dont mind visiting the Community Social Group pages (this site) Id appreciate any help with my current script in progress .. The Last Little Girl.

http://www.indietalk.com/group.php?groupid=17

Thanks

Heres an Idea for you.

Craft up a short script for the newbies Filmmakers. Something not very location specific and can be shot in a day. Make it a competition where you get to judge who did the best job of realizing your vision.

I'm thinking...

Old man. He ALWAYS carries a tupperware box round in his overcoat full of breadcrums.

He routinely walks around his local park throwing crums to the birds, he's keeping busy till the ol' reaper comes-a-knocking

And sure enough, enter the reaper...

He's banging on about the old man's final journey and whatnot while, unbeknown to him, the old man has a trick up his sleeve:

- Either he open's his box, throws crums at him and the birds attack (leaving a victory for the Old man)

- Or, turning it into a satirical advert: he throws the crums down infront of the reaper and he finds them irresistable. cut back to the Old Mans kitchen table and perfectly presented is a loaf of "Finest Hover"

Personally, I'd scrap the 2nd option but that's what this is all about... spitballing.

See, it's eas..., just start writing and see where it takes you



REAPER
Hey, that's not funny, old man, theirs a sparrow in my rib cage and a pigeon just stained my cloak!

REAPER
Hey, that's not funny, old man, theirs a sparrow in my rib cage and a pigeon just stained my cloak!

hahaha, very good! lol he falls, victory music... that happens ^ ...then he kills him with one swoop :)

Heres an Idea for you.

Craft up a short script for the newbies Filmmakers. Something not very location specific and can be shot in a day. Make it a competition where you get to judge who did the best job of realizing your vision.


oooh, I like that verry much!! have you ever tried anything like it?

oooh, I like that verry much!! have you ever tried anything like it?

Heck No! I AM THE NOOB!

hahaha, very good! lol he falls, victory music... that happens ^ ...then he kills him with one swoop :)

The old man is so surprised at deaths comments, that he has a heart attack... but death is too busy laughing and he cant reap the old mans soul..

The old man, opens one eye.. still waiting for Death .... his soul gets up, leaving his body on the ground.. following after death...

OLD MAN
Hey, Now what?

The old man is so surprised at deaths comments, that he has a heart attack... but death is too busy laughing and he cant reap the old mans soul..

The old man, opens one eye.. still waiting for Death .... his soul gets up, leaving his body on the ground.. following after death...

OLD MAN
Hey, Now what?

hahaha, yeah, i can see that lol!

(maybe a post credit scene of him continuing his normal life with the tupperware box + birds exept he's a ghost)

Hey Chuck,

I wrote a short film which I was going to direct but Actors pulled out and other stuff blah blah.

Anyway,

the concept is of a guy who finds a pocket watch where he can turn back time, he goes into a waiting room where he reads a magazine, he see's an advert inside of an expensive luxury watch. As a man walks into the room, he stops time and notcies the man is wearing this watch, he drops his pocket watch and retrieves the expensive one off the mans wrist - then turns back and steps on his magic watch by accident rendering it useless, it ends with him "stuck" in time as a sort of comuppence. I wrote the script, it's called "In Time Of Greed". You could take in any feel or direction you wanted :)

cheers,

Sam

Hey
I have some questions:
1) What role are you intending to take, it sounds like you're offering a production deal, - which would make you a producer, but then your bio says "Director (dop)" - i'm confused.
2) Have you really got acess to "all the equipment and personel you could ever need"? - I don't mean to sound sceptical but this is one hell of a claim to make - especially since your display picture is (unless i'm mistaken) a sony Z1E which you could pick up for about £3500 - no offence but this is hardly the sign of unlimited rescorces.

Hope this project goes well for you,
reguards,
SMITH

Hey
I have some questions:
1) What role are you intending to take, it sounds like you're offering a production deal, - which would make you a producer, but then your bio says "Director (dop)" - i'm confused.
2) Have you really got acess to "all the equipment and personel you could ever need"? - I don't mean to sound sceptical but this is one hell of a claim to make - especially since your display picture is (unless i'm mistaken) a sony Z1E which you could pick up for about £3500 - no offence but this is hardly the sign of unlimited rescorces.

Hope this project goes well for you,
reguards,
SMITH

haha, your right, you are.
-I guess we run in very different circles, I have all the equipment and personel any student hobbyist just starting out (i.e: me) could need, and in my circle: a few Z1E's, willing drama students and miscellanious lights, jibs, stedicams etc... really is quite good! And personally, I'm really greatful for the amount of recorces I have.

-I make my own films - a one man filmmaker (neither a producer nor director exclusively) and about this thread: nah, I'm not offering a production deal... just tryin' to get some ideas for a new short.

But I'm relly interested in what you have access to... ? because to me, a Z1E is very exciting indeed!

Charles.

Couple of RED cameras and you could be in with the crowd... ha

Hey, i've been looking for someone to proof my short film script. Anyone up for it? Just click here (http://www.lifeandlimbmovie.webs.com/script.htm) to read it. Thanks in advance, and i appreciate constructive criticism!

Thanks, DigiRoots :cool:

Hey, i've been looking for someone to proof my short film script. Anyone up for it? Just click here (http://www.lifeandlimbmovie.webs.com/script.htm) to read it. Thanks in advance, and i appreciate constructive criticism!

Thanks, DigiRoots :cool:

I think you do a good job of it! I get a real sense of what you see and imagine.. that said.. I don't agree with the big emotional payoff..

Timmy, some things I can't explain but I want you to always know that your mother and I love you now, and always will.

Lets tally mom's score:

mom didn't come to parent conferences
she just told his dad to GET OUT OF THE HOUSE
Shes not even out looking for Timmy.


Thats a big 0 on the parental love-o-meter.

Let dad HAVE A GO at explaining why Timmy's mom is such B$#@H

not politically correct, but could be more interesting than a cheap platitude.

Hey, i've been looking for someone to proof my short film script. Anyone up for it? Just click here (http://www.lifeandlimbmovie.webs.com/script.htm) to read it.

Write it from a screen writers perspective, not a directors (which you seem to have done).

Avoid clichés, and useless dialogue... Dad- "Oh no". How about some description of emotion?

Couple of RED cameras and you could be in with the crowd... ha

haha, tell me about it!! I'm plannin on goin 2 Met Film School in London: they have plenty of RED cameras so... one day :)

Ah don't worry about it, I was under the impression you where a proffesional indie filmmaker offering a production oppertunity. No, for a film student that array of equipment is very impressive.
As a film student myself, I would be very happy to have access to that equipment! - For my films (that I'm usually the producer of) I rent the camera from a local hire company - not having the cash to buy my own - so yeah I think we are in slightly different circles - just the other way round!
Good luck again with finding a project - I'm shooting a short next weekend, my first as a DP as well as producer - there's a scene where the lead is stood alone in a bleak field... i've got a mate with a JCB and i'm going to sit in the bucket and be lifted up for an arial shot - so i'm a bit nervous at the moment. :L
I'd love to hear how you get on & what sort of films have you shot in the past? - any features?
reguards,
SMITH

Ah don't worry about it, I was under the impression you where a proffesional indie filmmaker offering a production oppertunity. No, for a film student that array of equipment is very impressive.
As a film student myself, I would be very happy to have access to that equipment! - For my films (that I'm usually the producer of) I rent the camera from a local hire company - not having the cash to buy my own - so yeah I think we are in slightly different circles - just the other way round!
Good luck again with finding a project - I'm shooting a short next weekend, my first as a DP as well as producer - there's a scene where the lead is stood alone in a bleak field... i've got a mate with a JCB and i'm going to sit in the bucket and be lifted up for an arial shot - so i'm a bit nervous at the moment. :L
I'd love to hear how you get on & what sort of films have you shot in the past? - any features?
reguards,
SMITH

yeah, i guess i was a little extreme in the way i presented myself :S

- well, I'm doing my Alevels at the moment at a school that doesn't offer film or media studdies, yet has some pretty cool equipment!?!? they just use it to film Sports etc...

- I've only made two shorts so far and steered clear of features :(
(that amount of commitment scares me a little) - probably end up doing my first after film school (which i haven't started yet)

- that JCB shot sounds very cool! I'm scared just hearing about it :P - what's the film gonna be about? are you gonna post it online? and: how about you, any features?

Charles.

Ok, I'm looking to build a wall of loads of different short film ideas from YOU to help out all the newbies who "JUST WAN'T TO GET ON AND MAKE A FILM!!"

Share if you will...

So, once there is a bunch of ideas can anyone take one and use it?

So, once there is a bunch of ideas can anyone take one and use it?

that's the idea yeah, It's all for newbies so we don't really wanna bog them down with rules/laws etc...

just a fast track to getting out there and actully shooting something :D

P.S: I't would be nice thsat if anyone does take an idea off this wall to:
1) credit the ideas man
2) tell all of us which one you chose (for interest's sake + so not too many duplucates are floating around youtube)

There are stories all around you. Open a newspaper, walk down the street, look around.

Haha, I was just writing a scene last night - thought it was pretty cool... and then realized... dun dun dun - it was the most generic chase scene I'd ever seen - I'd seen it in a thousand different movies, just with different characters and locations - here, I'll summarize it for you and you can fill in the blanks.

Character 1 - Running from something, looks back sees nothing, continues running, hides, sees nothing. Gets up and runs some more

Character 2 - chasing character 1

End - Character 2 catches character 1 - insert line, "bwahahahah, now I've got you!" or, "I'd have gotten away with it too if it weren't for you meddling kids" or, "tag, you're it!"

Anyway, its a fun strictly visual suspenseful shoot idea - it can be as long or short as you'd like. Try it out, and then post it - I sorta want to try it out myself, and I'd like to see what others come up with.

:L
Cool - I wish my college had that equipment - i'm currently doing A-levels in Film studies, English Literature, English Language and Politics.
+ I'm producing a feature - it's getting there now - rough cut all sorted -working on the final cut, just some colour correction and then the score left to do after that... It's been almost a year since we started pre-production so i'm glad it's almost finished, we shot over three months in the summer so it was a pretty big committment & to be honest there where times when i didn't think we'd pull it off - especiallly seen as we were working with an ensamble cast of ten, working for no pay in the middle of their summer holidays!

are any of your shorts on the internet?

+ We havn't decided what we will do with the short yet - depends how it turns out - we might put it on vimeo or somthing + trailer for my feature will be ready soon so I'll send you a link - you can join the facebook group if you like & i'll put the link to the trailer in a message to all members when it's ready. - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=277025876419&ref=share#/group.php?gid=60593367453&ref=ts

SMITH

:L
Cool - I wish my college had that equipment - i'm currently doing A-levels in Film studies, English Literature, English Language and Politics.
+ I'm producing a feature - it's getting there now - rough cut all sorted -working on the final cut, just some colour correction and then the score left to do after that... It's been almost a year since we started pre-production so i'm glad it's almost finished, we shot over three months in the summer so it was a pretty big committment & to be honest there where times when i didn't think we'd pull it off - especiallly seen as we were working with an ensamble cast of ten, working for no pay in the middle of their summer holidays!

are any of your shorts on the internet?

+ We havn't decided what we will do with the short yet - depends how it turns out - we might put it on vimeo or somthing + trailer for my feature will be ready soon so I'll send you a link - you can join the facebook group if you like & i'll put the link to the trailer in a message to all members when it's ready. - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=277025876419&ref=share#/group.php?gid=60593367453&ref=ts

SMITH

Wow man, thats so exciting! I'm genuinely very happy for you, I joined the group - the poster alone looks amazing! - I'll be eagerly awaiting that trailer

How did you do it!?!
(I know that's a stupidly ambiguous question but it's the only way i can think of phrasing it... "how did you get started on the feature? did you propose a film, they came to you? you went to them? storyboard it all,, plan it to a T? .... u kno, everything :S")
I really want to make one now lol.

Yeah, my short is online, don't expect to love it though: (simple 3 camera set up using just one camera + some pretty budget lapel mics)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioac6F7Z5OA

(I had to compress it about 7 times so as u would expect... VERY por quality)

have you made any shorts before? are they online?

Charles.

Perfect advice wheat grinder! Makes total sense. I am only 13, so I think its pretty good for my age.
As to stake, What should I say instead of "Oh no!

I'd go with something involving a moment where the dad just stops for a second, lets the horror of what he's seeing overwhelm him and then leap into the rest of the dialog. Or you could shoot for a quicker reaction than that.

The idea is to think of an emotion that best expresses what a person is thinking when they say "Oh no" in the way your character is saying it. Complete, immediate disbelief might be what you're looking for. Describe that.

The old man is so surprised at deaths comments, that he has a heart attack... but death is too busy laughing and he cant reap the old mans soul..

The old man, opens one eye.. still waiting for Death .... his soul gets up, leaving his body on the ground.. following after death...

OLD MAN
Hey, Now what?

Genuinely the greatest idea in the world

Glad you like the look of it, poster photo was taken by yours truly :)

How: it's a long story but i've just finished my last exam and i've got the time so here goes...

March last year I get moved to top set maths (I was in yr 11 at this point), I was made to sit by a guy I hardly knew & whom i percieved to be arrogant & cocky from our limited encounters; however we start talking and found we had two things in common: an extreme dislike for maths and a love of film... a few lessons went by and I mentioned that I was inerested in writing screenplays... then he revealed that he'd already written most of one and just needed to finish it off. Over the next few weeks we talked about screen writing, I showed him my few pages of script, he showed me some of his "project" and after a while he mentioned he'd like to make his screenplay and asked me to come onboard as producer whilst he directs and another friend of his does the camerawork.
Obviously I agreed and so we set about doing the pre-production:

Rewrites

Casting sessions - advertised in local drama clubs/classes, we had about 20 people audition and we cast from those.

Printed 12, 72 page scripts from my home printer - that was one hell of a day I can tell you.

Held a table reading for all the cast to rehurse lines/ get to know each other.

Production sceduling - taking into account everyone's holidays (absolute nightmare)

Then we had a photo shoot for a montage wall that the stalker has in his bedroom. - as my first love is stills photography that was my job - you can see the shots on the group page + this day was pretty hilarious to be honest - we had all had a huge end-of-GCSEs party the previous night and most of us turned up still drunk - I didn't trust myself to ride my bike so I did the 1hr trek :S .

Then we commenced filming mid-July - we used pretty low budget equipment: a canon HD handheld model, RODE video mic - which we bought an adapter for so that it could be mounted onto a painters pole instead of paying £200 for the boom pole that does the exact same thing, some 500w worklights, a nice crutch-leg tripod off ebay, a homemade go-cart dolly, some step ladders, a white sheet on a portable clothes rail as and some shiny car windshield sun covers as reflecters, a HD monitor and a mac book pro with final cut on. - oh and a smoke machine we borrowed off a mate for a night shoot.

After many ups and downs and some nightmare production challanges - e.g. late night calls from cast members "I'm on holiday so I can't film this week, sorry I forgot" things like that, we finally wrapped mid-september and now we are well into editing and hope to be finished around March ish

So in the end: A in maths, feature almost made... but the director's still cocky and arrogant :P J/K

...Phew - I realise I may have waffled on somewhat there... but I suppose that must have answered your question?

Liked your short by the way - nicely filmed & good example of ellipsis used to hook the viewer (and fustrate them to hell) - what was it? - I really want to know, although I expect you don't actually have an answer to that?

+ next weekend will be my first short but hire company has just pulled out of letting us use the camera so now we're using a mini-dv JVC which is no where near as good, but it should be okay - seen as it's a 2minute short... somthing always goes wrong.

Hows the inspiration for the short coming along?

SMITH

I'd go with something involving a moment where the dad just stops for a second, lets the horror of what he's seeing overwhelm him and then leap into the rest of the dialog. Or you could shoot for a quicker reaction than that.

Would it be better if the dad pauses then runs to the window and looks out, (camera shot from outside window) and maybe he yells timmy and it echos or he gets emotional in disbelief? would either of those work?

…and I'm the friend with the camera! (DP and editor)

There are some screenshots online, if you're interested:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/02.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/03.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/04.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/05.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/06.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/07.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/08.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/09.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/10.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/11.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/13.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/14.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/15.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/16.png

I've experimented with the colour correction/grading on a couple of these, but for the most part they're all raw out the camera, and taken from fairly heavily compressed proxy footage, so the end product should look a lot better. Feel free to ask anything about the film from my point of view, hope you like the screenshots! :)

Would it be better if the dad pauses then runs to the window and looks out, (camera shot from outside window) and maybe he yells timmy and it echos or he gets emotional in disbelief? would either of those work?

Hey,
Im not saying you're wrong or anything like that, I jsut would quite like to know whether writing camera directions: "camera shot from outside window", is the right thing to do?

As a director: I'd rather read a script that was pure story, character and emotion,, I wouldn't like to be told what to do. also it gives me the impression that you wrote that part of the story to include one image you had in mind.
Just speculating though, you do what you want.

Hey,
Im not saying you're wrong or anything like that, I jsut would quite like to know whether writing camera directions: "camera shot from outside window", is the right thing to do?

As a director: I'd rather read a script that was pure story, character and emotion,, I wouldn't like to be told what to do. also it gives me the impression that you wrote that part of the story to include one image you had in mind.
Just speculating though, you do what you want.

That is so true! I will totally fix that! I've been updating my script on my computer with all these great tips. Thanks!

Glad you like the look of it, poster photo was taken by yours truly :)

How: it's a long story but i've just finished my last exam and i've got the time so here goes...

March last year I get moved to top set maths (I was in yr 11 at this point), I was made to sit by a guy I hardly knew & whom i percieved to be arrogant & cocky from our limited encounters; however we start talking and found we had two things in common: an extreme dislike for maths and a love of film... a few lessons went by and I mentioned that I was inerested in writing screenplays... then he revealed that he'd already written most of one and just needed to finish it off. Over the next few weeks we talked about screen writing, I showed him my few pages of script, he showed me some of his "project" and after a while he mentioned he'd like to make his screenplay and asked me to come onboard as producer whilst he directs and another friend of his does the camerawork.
Obviously I agreed and so we set about doing the pre-production:

Rewrites

Casting sessions - advertised in local drama clubs/classes, we had about 20 people audition and we cast from those.

Printed 12, 72 page scripts from my home printer - that was one hell of a day I can tell you.

Held a table reading for all the cast to rehurse lines/ get to know each other.

Production sceduling - taking into account everyone's holidays (absolute nightmare)

Then we had a photo shoot for a montage wall that the stalker has in his bedroom. - as my first love is stills photography that was my job - you can see the shots on the group page + this day was pretty hilarious to be honest - we had all had a huge end-of-GCSEs party the previous night and most of us turned up still drunk - I didn't trust myself to ride my bike so I did the 1hr trek :S .

Then we commenced filming mid-July - we used pretty low budget equipment: a canon HD handheld model, RODE video mic - which we bought an adapter for so that it could be mounted onto a painters pole instead of paying £200 for the boom pole that does the exact same thing, some 500w worklights, a nice crutch-leg tripod off ebay, a homemade go-cart dolly, some step ladders, a white sheet on a portable clothes rail as and some shiny car windshield sun covers as reflecters, a HD monitor and a mac book pro with final cut on. - oh and a smoke machine we borrowed off a mate for a night shoot.

After many ups and downs and some nightmare production challanges - e.g. late night calls from cast members "I'm on holiday so I can't film this week, sorry I forgot" things like that, we finally wrapped mid-september and now we are well into editing and hope to be finished around March ish

So in the end: A in maths, feature almost made... but the director's still cocky and arrogant :P J/K

...Phew - I realise I may have waffled on somewhat there... but I suppose that must have answered your question?

Liked your short by the way - nicely filmed & good example of ellipsis used to hook the viewer (and fustrate them to hell) - what was it? - I really want to know, although I expect you don't actually have an answer to that?

+ next weekend will be my first short but hire company has just pulled out of letting us use the camera so now we're using a mini-dv JVC which is no where near as good, but it should be okay - seen as it's a 2minute short... somthing always goes wrong.

Hows the inspiration for the short coming along?

SMITH

haha, yer it certainly did answer my question. That's some pretty awsome stuff there, sounds like you enjoyed it with all that makeshift equipment!
Have you decided how you're going to go about distributing it yet? (as in,, R u gonna show if for free atall)

Thanks, yer... you're right, i have no idea what it is. I didn't write it but I doubt even he knows! (my short film)

AW! that sucks!! why did they pull out!? - good luck with it all anyways.

the insiration isn't going all that well at the moment, I'm reading countles newspapers and bought a book on short film making so i should be underway soonish. My college has just anounced a one min continuous shot film competition, when I win that I'll get back to focusing on my script :P

Charles.

…and I'm the friend with the camera! (DP and editor)

There are some screenshots online, if you're interested:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/02.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/03.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/04.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/05.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/06.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/07.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/08.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/09.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/10.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/11.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/13.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/14.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/15.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/363105/lami/screenshots/16.png

I've experimented with the colour correction/grading on a couple of these, but for the most part they're all raw out the camera, and taken from fairly heavily compressed proxy footage, so the end product should look a lot better. Feel free to ask anything about the film from my point of view, hope you like the screenshots! :)

YER, very interested! That's the feature is it? - well: it looks pretty damn awsome! congrats on more or less finishing it! - WHAT RATIO IS THAT!? I'm guessin widescreen 16:9 but tbh it looks alot more to me, very cool!

Did you work from a shot list or storyboard? or neither?
oh yer: and I'd be very interested in what you did for scores? was there a sort of foley sound set up but with an instrument or what?

Charles.

YER, very interested! That's the feature is it? - well: it looks pretty damn awsome! congrats on more or less finishing it! - WHAT RATIO IS THAT!? I'm guessin widescreen 16:9 but tbh it looks alot more to me, very cool!

Did you work from a shot list or storyboard? or neither?
oh yer: and I'd be very interested in what you did for scores? was there a sort of foley sound set up but with an instrument or what?

Charles.

Yup, that's the feature - still got a lot of refining and post-prod work to go though! We shot in 16:9, but it's been cropped/matted to 2.35:1... the screenshots were taken on a screen with an aspect ratio of 16:10, so there's a bit more black at the top and bottom than you'd see on a tv.

The director storyboarded a few scenes - mostly the action sequences - but for the most part he just communicated with expletives and wild gesticulations :D In hindsight, we could have worked a lot quicker with detailed shot lists, but it was nice to be able to be so flexible and creative on the day.

We haven't locked the edit yet, so none of the sound work's been done. A musician friend is composing and recording the music with a mixture of mics, instruments and sequencers, but I don't know any of the specifics right now. The director wants to do most of the foley, which I'll be recording and then adding to the final mix.

haha, yer it certainly did answer my question. That's some pretty awsome stuff there, sounds like you enjoyed it with all that makeshift equipment!
Have you decided how you're going to go about distributing it yet? (as in,, R u gonna show if for free atall)

Thanks, yer... you're right, i have no idea what it is. I didn't write it but I doubt even he knows! (my short film)

AW! that sucks!! why did they pull out!? - good luck with it all anyways.

the insiration isn't going all that well at the moment, I'm reading countles newspapers and bought a book on short film making so i should be underway soonish. My college has just anounced a one min continuous shot film competition, when I win that I'll get back to focusing on my script :P

Charles.

I'm working on the distribution side of things at the moment. We're looking to get it shown at UK festivals, Raindance, Cambridge, Times, Leeds etc. - should be good.

+ They say they pulled out because they didn't have the neccisary insurance - but we know it's 'cause they are sceptical about renting to students. On the plus side "showing initiative" meant that our film studies teacher is letting us use the departments best camera which is never usuall entusted to first years.

Good luck with the competition - If you want someone to proof your script I'll take a look + which book did you buy? - i've found raindance books are v.good.

SMITH

Threads merged. You had three threads looking for concepts.

Threads merged. You had three threads looking for concepts.

yer, but 1 was for me, 1 was for newbies and 1 turned out more of a chat so they were sufficiantly different in my opinion

I'm actually glad they all wound up in one thread, personally.