Scriptwriting

Rocket River · Mar 30, 2017

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Super cool. Filming something you wrote is a great way to get it seen. A lot of the interpretation that you want of the script is possible to capture if you film it yourself. There are drawbacks as well because the ideas of others can always add something, or others may have better ideas how to get your words captured visually because of their experience than yours.

But once it's captured there are more avenues to get your work seen. There are all sorts of film/short film competitions, where you not only might you win, but you can network and get ideas from other people working on the same things you are trying to get done.

One thing I will say about filming your own work is that the camera is the least important part. Sound is probably most important, and good editing software would come second.

1. With a great picture captured beautifully on a fantastic state of the art camera, but sound that isn't captured at a top notch level, the end result will always seem like a good home movie.

2. With great professional quality sound, people will then be able to focus on all the visuals that you planned for in making your movie. Bad sound will always get in the way of everything else good about your film.

3. With good editing like Adobe Premiere and After Effects, you can change the lighting, mood, and quality of your picture in many many ways. That can make up for cheaper less quality camera, or inferior lighting etc.

4. Of course, ideally you'd want Great Camera, great lighting, top notch sound, and excellent editing and effects software. But DIY filming rarely has all of those things. So don't let the fact that one or more elements will be missing keep you from making the film you want.
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Agreed. I have just settled on the idea that I will have to Pay for sound more than anything else

One can find actors for free or near free (ALWAYS SERVE DECENT TO GOOD FOOD)
Camera men - in a low budget film you may have 2~3 cameramen at most
Then it is about securing locations
Dressing and costuming can be a problem but can be written around

Sounds easy but it is not

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javal_lon · Mar 30, 2017

Rocket River said: ↑

Agreed. I have just settled on the idea that I will have to Pay for sound more than anything else

One can find actors for free or near free (ALWAYS SERVE DECENT TO GOOD FOOD)
Camera men - in a low budget film you may have 2~3 cameramen at most
Then it is about securing locations
Dressing and costuming can be a problem but can be written around

Sounds easy but it is not

Rocket River
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Thats still pretty good that you have that kind of access . If I can find camera men that had strong editing skills, I would have alot of content to display.

Buck Turgidson · Mar 30, 2017

Know someone you trust as a preliminary editor.

Know/find someone who knows the publishing business (it's a shark tank) and let them read it and show it around to their network of friends. Universities are good for this.

Once you're comfortable with what you have, start sending it to everyone. Addresses are all online, email it but also mail hardcopies around.

Then hopefully you'll hear the magic happy word "option".

Rocket River · Mar 31, 2017

http://www.houstonfilmcommission.co...1051662&l=520_HTML&u=2590834&mid=7249095&jb=0

Check out the Houston Film Commission
alot of good stuff there

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