Hey guys, for years I have thought about starting a short film, and things have finally aligned for me. I have completed my script, I have done a storyboard, I have actors, and I have a production team (read that as one camera guy who also does lighting). The only things left are the props and picking out a few locations.
I think I'm in a unique position for making a low budget film. I work in TV (I am developing a reality show, not what I want to do, but I'm making connections), and one of the things I am going to do with the movie is show it to my boss to prove myself and hope he will let me direct some music videos. My goal is that this will lead to me getting a budget that isn't just one month of my (incredibly meager) salary.
I don't want to go too in depth on the project, I'd like to leave it as a surprise for when I finish it. I'll only say that I think Patrick would like it the best out of the crew. The opening scene is actually kind of inspired from a Giant Bomb moment.
I am doing everything in this movie except shooting it, and the things I am most afraid of is the sound and editing. I have some basic editing skills and this is going to be a very minimalist film so editing it shouldn't be too hard, it's the sound part that scares me. I am going for something unique with the sound, and I hope it comes out like I would like it too.
Now, I'm just a 21 year old fresh out of College with a Liberal Arts degree (I almost went to film school, but everyone I asked about it said it was both a waste of time and money), and there are a few things I need advice about. I'm sure there are some other aspiring film-making duders on here.
- What should I do with it when I'm done, put it on YouTube?
- I am budgeting out submissions for film festivals, are there genre and length requirements for festivals (It's going to be around 15 minutes)? Being that my budget is only a few hundred dollars, are there any festivals I should stay away from due to competition from higher budget films?
Thanks for reading, if anybody has any other advice I would like to hear it. I like to over-think and over-plan things, so any insight would be appreciated, I'm just happy to be finally getting started on my dream. I need to talk to my camera guy, but if it's up to me I'd like to start filming around Halloween, and GiantBomb will be the first place I show it off on.
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