I agree the DP/ACs need 1-2 days to get used to camera. Those training days increase the budget around 50-100%.
Here is a good one about director's reasonability by Kevin Smith:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL-PRLEM3To
I tend to agree with _Rok_
Let the actor always go until the end of the take unless 1 or 2:
1) The rest of the take would be 100% unusable (usually tech reason)
2) Actor loses it (at least inexperienced actors don't always dare to stop acting themselves even if they have lost it (forgot their...
@Nate North: Thanks for the samples and tips.
@GuerrillaAngel: I am afraid of exactly that. Film's vision is that of director's so, the only decision for me is to whether to produce this or walk-away, not really to look for another director.
Thanks for comments all.
Experience of crew:
1) The director is an indie short film-maker with some international festival success. No experience of Red.
2) The DP/operators don't have experience of Red (but are generally experienced in DSLR / DV cams)
3) The editor (director himself) does not...
Thanks for comments.
@David.rhsc: The action to be shot is human movement (running, falling, fighting).
@Gonzo_Entertainment: I think 60 FPS at 720P should be ok. We just need to shoot the rest of the film with similar camera (DSLR or HDV+DoF) as the 60 fps part. So for DSLR it would be...
Hi,
I am considering to produce a 5-minute indie short film. It is a parody of Hollywood action film cliches.
Currently, the director is trying to convince me that I need to arrange financing, so that we are able to shoot with Red One (=120 frames per second at 2K) to achieve slow motion that...
Sorry to hear about your trouble. Terrible situation indeed.
The following approach worked okay for my first 15-minute short film with four actors to prepare them. The rationale behind this approach is that I find the actors the key element. Much more important than the time spent on technical...
Thanks for the feedback.
I realize that the language is less than perfect and especially missing some nuances and imperfect clarity / pronunciation. As said, I think I need to reconsider for the next film. Question: Would you rather watch a subtitled film if it would give some more...
Thanks for the comment.
I've got this similar comments earlier from quite a few people including some professional producers. I was stubborn enough to script&shoot the film in English although neither me nor any of the actors is a native English speaker. I believe it adds a lot to the...
Hi all,
I shot my first short film last summer. It is a 15-minute indie thriller titled "The Walk".
Many lessons learned and first-timer mistakes such as:
- too short pre-production, preparation and production planning (about 250 hrs including screenplay)
- trying to take care of too many...