Jesse, I would recommend having your daughter read a few filmmaking books. Of course trying to get teens to read a book or two can be tough. We wer...
Aziz, You are not alone. The script is the whole foundation of film and without a great script one cannot make a great film. The filmmaking part is...
Yes...find one in someone's tree then shoot a couple of exteriors of it. Then build the set for the interior somewhere else...thay way all you need i...
Great post. You need to as much of a businessperson as a filmmaker. It's all about making money especially for the whole distribution of films. Nob...
Buy "Just Shoot It" and/or "Film Production Technique" they cover shooting very well...angles and how and why to choose the way you shoot every shot. ...
Those books listed are mostly fluff...too much about how the filmmakers made their films instead of the facts of filmmaking, cinematography, etc. "Ju...
A shot needs to last as long as required to provide that bit of information. The less shots the better in most cases. Don't cut just to cut to anoth...
Richard, The 3 phases of filmmaking are: Pre-production, Production and Post-Production, which the titles explain what each phase means. 1st unit me...
Welcome to the board. Read many of the past posts and anything else you can get your hands on...books, magazine, interviews, etc. And then get a cam...
You might want to join and post on the www.shootingpeople.com site. They have a ton of info on the UK and they may have actually started the site fro...
"Rebel Without a Crew" is good reading, but it doesn't get much into how to plan your shoot...break down yur script, make your shot list, how and why ...
Check out the books that the filsm schools are using and buy them. Learn on your own and use your money to make your films. A couple of good books a...
"Just Shoot It" and "Film Production Technique" get into the details of shooting and really cover everything you need. They both cover all the bases ...
"Just Shoot It!" is really good for indies that want to make their own films as well as "Film Production Technique"
If the wood surface is smooth enough you can paint it over with metallic paint. I used wooden dowels and painted them with metallic paint to represen...