Doesnt matter how much of a budget you have assigned to your upcoming film or short feature. But what matters most is the way of filming and the techniques involved in both the filming & post-editing processes.
First of all, your short should be based on a creative idea or two. Go for a brainstorming session with nothing but a paper & pen in front of you. Also, reach for the skies, literally! Go with your ideas to your furthest imaginations and fantasies. If u catch an idea, start thinking of better ways to improve it. Think to yourself, for instance : "What if said character was resurrected from the world of the dead ? ". Of course such a thing would, most of the time, change your story-line completely. Keep thinking with ifs and hows and whys... If that makes sense.
Also , you should make your story-line as simple as possible, and you should try to keep the number of actors down. This would ensure simplicity and would give you more time to think about other important aspects of your short film.
So you've got your idea, Good for you! Now its time to implement it. Start thinking of it this way: Is it better to enter in the middle of the plot and then layout the beginning or climax later on? Or should you start off with a calm beginning and then escalate everything quickly? There are endless options; see what you go with easier and use it to your advantage.
Organize your shots by drawing "page breaks" or lines. Prematurely decide which angle would you like to shoot the shot with. Don't worry if you cant do this step properly, it all comes into play when you actually start shooting. Draw the positions of your character(s) as well as the camera's. If there is a lot of moving in one shot, indicate them with arrows .
A not-so-good example of how a shot block should look like:
MC: Main character
BC:Bad Character
In the above shot, the BC is shooting at the MC while he's moving through cover. Also, the camera is following the poor MC in a sideways fashion. Feel free to interpret this as a kid's puzzle-piece :D...
How many characters you've got? Get your friends to play the roles of your characters. If you cant find anyone who can act, shy, or even refuses to get into the role, then look for more! There should be a friend or two out there who are interested or at least would like to give a little hand. After you have found your actors/actresses, you should tell them the exact date of filming/shooting so that all of you would be able to film it in one go...
Go with friends that help you in at least one of the aspects of film-making, it's much better and would help you in a lot of ways.
Depending on your idea(s), you should be able to film and finish post editing in 2 weeks or less, if you take more, then don't worry, you'll get the hang of it soon enough! :)
PS: I'll post a few tutorials on starting out with building both your virtual & aural assets to use in the post editing process. I will go over some filming/camera techniques as well.
First of all, your short should be based on a creative idea or two. Go for a brainstorming session with nothing but a paper & pen in front of you. Also, reach for the skies, literally! Go with your ideas to your furthest imaginations and fantasies. If u catch an idea, start thinking of better ways to improve it. Think to yourself, for instance : "What if said character was resurrected from the world of the dead ? ". Of course such a thing would, most of the time, change your story-line completely. Keep thinking with ifs and hows and whys... If that makes sense.
Also , you should make your story-line as simple as possible, and you should try to keep the number of actors down. This would ensure simplicity and would give you more time to think about other important aspects of your short film.
So you've got your idea, Good for you! Now its time to implement it. Start thinking of it this way: Is it better to enter in the middle of the plot and then layout the beginning or climax later on? Or should you start off with a calm beginning and then escalate everything quickly? There are endless options; see what you go with easier and use it to your advantage.
Organize your shots by drawing "page breaks" or lines. Prematurely decide which angle would you like to shoot the shot with. Don't worry if you cant do this step properly, it all comes into play when you actually start shooting. Draw the positions of your character(s) as well as the camera's. If there is a lot of moving in one shot, indicate them with arrows .
A not-so-good example of how a shot block should look like:
BC:Bad Character
In the above shot, the BC is shooting at the MC while he's moving through cover. Also, the camera is following the poor MC in a sideways fashion. Feel free to interpret this as a kid's puzzle-piece :D...
How many characters you've got? Get your friends to play the roles of your characters. If you cant find anyone who can act, shy, or even refuses to get into the role, then look for more! There should be a friend or two out there who are interested or at least would like to give a little hand. After you have found your actors/actresses, you should tell them the exact date of filming/shooting so that all of you would be able to film it in one go...
Go with friends that help you in at least one of the aspects of film-making, it's much better and would help you in a lot of ways.
Depending on your idea(s), you should be able to film and finish post editing in 2 weeks or less, if you take more, then don't worry, you'll get the hang of it soon enough! :)
PS: I'll post a few tutorials on starting out with building both your virtual & aural assets to use in the post editing process. I will go over some filming/camera techniques as well.
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