One option might be to get cheap 'tie-clip' mikes and see if they can pick up decent sound. Of course you'll have to be careful with the wires and mix...
That said, you do have the Tarantino option: take your 600 page script (or whatever you have) and turn it into several different movies.
Personally I normally try to start with a first draft of around 80 pages: that way by the time I've rewritten it a couple of times it will be more lik...
To me it sounds kind of like a prequel to '28 Days Later' :). I kind of like the 'zombie-movie nerd' angle though. One thing I would say is that ac...
This thread is probably a good start:
"what about two ivy-league upper-class guys that get high" You know, that's not a bad idea :).
The way the professionals do the sky shot is to have a film camera and a controller that takes one picture every few minutes: then after 24 hours you ...
A few years ago we shot a guy walking through the forest using just a big-ass battery light and natural moonlight. From what I remember I white-balanc...
I think the main thing is that the general rule in movies is 'show, don't tell'. People like Alex Cox and Tarantino can get away with dialog-heavy mov...
Well, on the movies I've worked on, normally the continuity person makes a log of the shot number, timecode (or frame counter on film), tape/film roll...
You can always hand out joints at the screenings :).
It think it would depend a lot on the actors. If you write it well and have good comedy actors it might be pretty funny, but with bad actors or weak w...
BTW, I don't know where you are, but it's also worth considering renting if there's an audio rental place near you. The last time I shot a short we go...
Yeah, I don't think I've used those though. I think the ME66 is one of the ones that a lot of people use at the lower end of the market... that's p...
I think the problem is that you're looking for the cheapest mike: I've used two or three different types, but they're mostly $1000+ (e.g. in most case...