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Ba ha ha, that's the average spirit! Thanks!

Thanks! Yeah i tried it in black and white... which it really should be for authenticities sake but i just love colour too much, it's kind of my thing. So i took some artistic liberty there. A technicolour intro would have been cool, now you mention it, i have no idea why it ended up in B&W. :)...

Hi! I wrote/directed this 1950s education film spoof recently. It was shot on Kodak Ektachrome 8mm on an old canon Canon 1014 xl-s. I designed it all myself for around $100AUS, which mainly went on paint and the odd costume. We telecined the film ourselves too using an old 8mm projector and a...

Hi! I recently made a short (5 min) film on 8mm in Australia. I actually found it more expensive than making a digital film given the cost of film, development and then telecine AND the fact that not many people offer those services anymore. We cut costs by doing the telecine ourselves since...

Haha i have no idea what Gubment Cheeze is! I looked it up in Urban Dictionary, so now i know. We don't have that saying or an equivalent in Australia, especially in the film industry. Probably since our whole industry runs on government grants... we don't really have many independent...

Hi Zazacast, glad to be here! I would love to discuss grant writing more, is there a good forum for it? I wonder if the process is different in Australia than in other places. That would be interesting to know. It would be a good topic :)

Hi! I've been enjoying reading some of the discussions on here! I'm Charlotte i started directing when i was 17 and i lucked out by getting a 3k government grant to make my first short film. My mum had to sign my contract! The film i made went on to screen at a few festivals and i won a few...

I definitely do notice a lot of films trying to seem "indie". But by saying that i just notice that there are a lot of films mimicking the aesthetics and performance styles, etc that i tend to equate with films like "Napoleon Dynamite", "Rushmore" (Or Wes Andersons other films), "Garden State"...

Yes, it is sort of a silly poll. They're all difficult in different ways.

I know a lot of my filmmaker friends get by doing a combination of things. They'll have the casual job that's guaranteed money, they'll do some freelancing, they might teach short film courses, shoot the odd gig or wedding, win a cash prize for a filmmaking contest, etc. And on top of that they...

Thanks Brooksy! I really appreciate your encouraging comments! Filmmaking is so filled with disappointments and let downs that it makes me keep hope hearing things like that. In answer to your questions it took us about 2 days to plan but i spent a lot longer developing how we could cover the...

Hi Everyone! This is a very short pirate action/adventure film i made recently shot on DSLR's (Canon 500d & Pentax K7). Shooting on DSLR's was great because it meant we could shoot from the paddleboats if we needed to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="560" height="340"><param...