How to make a short film

 Good Morning, I personally found this video very resourceful and helpful since he provided a lot of tips based on different sections of a filmmaking process. This information and knowledge will for sure help me in the future since I felt like I could relate to a lot of his tips. Some useful information I retained from it is important to keep my budget in mind and your resources to be realistic and know what I am working with. A further relevant tip that he mentioned that I had never thought of before, is that my first instinct is what my audience is expecting, so I should go the other way. He also highlighted the importance of letting the theme and tone guide the story, as they will shape it and help build it in accordance with the movement, angles, mise-en-scene, and props. Another piece of information that really opened my eyes was his insight into sound. According to the video, sound is a priority: he insists on getting the right gear if there is dialogue in the film. If sound gear is not available, he recommends using very minimal dialogue, or even not using it at all. Regarding the editing process, he strongly suggested not doing everything at once. In other words, it is recommended to step away from editing for a few days to get clear ideas of the wanted outcome and to see it more clearly. Another tip is to get someone to be with the editor to get constructive feedback during that process. Even though all his tips were helpful, there are some that I will need to work on for my film. I need the actors in my film to commit all the way, and to work on the shots until one is perfect. It cannot settle just for the minimum. Perfection is the only option for my final project. On the same note, to get the perfect result, the video insisted on preparing, preparing, and preparing even more. That will help me to avoid any surprises and not waste time, as well as getting as close to our expected outcome.  Overall, I found this video more than instructive. I am expecting to prove that I am better at filmmaking, now that we have more insight into professional techniques and plenty of practice over the last year or so.



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