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I enjoyed the short film. Excellent. Well executed. As for the narrative V/O...so what...it's a narrative. And...? The so-called 'experts' are narrow minded when they say never to use narratives. It would be like saying never to write a novel in the first person...instead rely on nothing...

Go with your gut feeling, or in this case, you're vision. Play finished product to select audience who you trust to give an honest opinion, get feedback without "leading" them. If you need to add a short 1-minute gory clip of zombies at the beginning then do it. It would be an easy fix. In...

I have a DVX100a. In my opinion, its not much different than the DVX100 and I don't think the difference in a 100b will warrant an additional $800. I know I searched the difference in the 3 cameras a while back and don't recall any impressive upgrades or anything like that. Again, just my...

I optioned 3 short stories, two of which I co-wrote screenplay adaptations, one of which was produced by an indie filmmaker and premiered at the Sedona International Film Festival and showed at a New York FF. I made money on the agreement and a Movie Magic Screenwriting program was included in...

Hi...I wrote an 11 page short horror called Hang Man. I wanted to produce it but things came up. Consequently, it has camera angles, etc, in the script (since I was the only one who was supposed to see it) I'm not going to take the time to take these out...I don't expect anyone to use these...

Okay, I searched the threads & didn't find the answer to this one. My movie, with the extras used all but about 30 seconds of a 2-hr DVD. The result is that the image breaks up here and there throughout the movie (not terribly so but bad enough). There is a "compress" option but it stated...

Hi...I'm posting some scripts that I don't have time to produce. If interested, I will email entire scripts to you. I will be posting others soon. I've optioned several short stories & co-wrote 2 short scripts, one of which premiered at Sedona International Film Festival. Check them out...

Also for a short...if its damn good...you might get interest from investors to make a feature. It's happened.

For me...I have to be around 'people' energy...like in a popular coffee shop or something similar...a great cup of hot coffee...and usually at night...I play ideas around in my head first...do a mental movie...then write down random thoughts if linear ideas don't come to me right away...

Directorik...I agree with much of what you say. I am guilty of bitching about festivals but rarely support my local, "small" festival which is far from the Sundance prance. Thanks for the comments.

Best wishes. I'm in the Asheville area myself. Great place to film. Take care.

In my experience, I shot in a total of 4 towns and no one demanded I buy a permit. My crew was small, 1 camera, did use a tripod, and a small dolly. They (the persons we talked to after following a series of telephone calls) all gave me their names and said to call them or mention their names...

Hi everyone...I have a coffee house near Asheville NC that is Indie-themed. I sell copies of my indie film (DVD) of House Of Poets in here. I have local author's books on consignment, a local indie band and plan to expand into DVD's. We are quite busy during the 'on' season (April thru...

I recently watched Pi. Liked it. It was quirky, different but effective. Kind of rough, sometimes, intentionally I think. Of course, that's just my opinion, I know others who hated it. I thought the body-cam used made for some interesting footage.

I'm sorry...I really did miss the meaning...

From my experience as a low budget filmmaker, I plan a shoot with the mindset that EVERYTHING can be done cheaper. Improvise. I didn't have the money for light kits so I used natural lighting and household lamps, made my own dolly out of a golf bag carrier (the ones with wheels, I just mounted...

I projected my old 8mm footage onto a white poster board on the wall with a projector I picked up at a thrift shop for $5. Projectors are everywhere. Make sure you test it though, a bulb can be costly & difficult to find. I used a DVX 100a to record & the resulting footage was very close to...

I think the print-on-demand options are great. My film House Of Poets was made for under $500 but I've sold nearly 48 copies (not a lot) but still...I've almost doubled my original investment & it hasn't been released for very long. I have a coffee shop that is Indie Film themed so I draw a...

Hi...I'm new to the site. Love it. Found myself here for hours the past two days. Very interesting & informative. I'm an indie filmmaker in western North Carolina. My first feature was done for just under $500 with an all volunteer cast & crew, using a Panasonic dvx100a from my now...