Film a movie

so many ideas, so little time, and no crew :( one day.

definitely worth doing, if:
. you want to seriously involve yourself in the film industry (else it’ll be a waste)
. you are patient
. you can think on your toes
. you are in love with the visual medium

I’ve made 3 or for really short, really silly movies with my kids (now 5 and 2yr old) and it’s very fun. I used a pretty basic digital camcoreder, firewired the shoot to my computer, and used Studio 9 to edit it all. They are only like 5 min long each… but on the last one (Goldielox and the 3 Bears) we actually had a scene board – so we shot all the scenes with the bowls of poridge at the same time, and in editing I reorganized the whole thing. It was pretty easy and very rewarding.

If you want to do this for the mere sake of doing it, it’s well worth it! However if you are dreaming of becoming rich and famous, this is pretty much the opposite of what you should do. I would describe independent filmmaking as a very expensive art/hobby. As for “dependent” filmmaking goes… Big studios have no (significant) concern for the art and story, they are money making and packaging machines with very clear financial goals.

In the end – we will have made 7 independent films.

2 features
5 shorts

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