You Need Less Than You Think Keeping your costs low is an art form itself. If you're working on your own film or planning for our next short film challenge you'll want to think ahead about what you actually need to create your vision. But you truly need far less than you
Frugal Film Challenge A few years ago, before the pandemic, we had started a short film challenge under the name of the Frugal Film Festival. What made it stand out from other short film challenges is that we supplied the script. On the start date, each team was sent the starter pack along
Filmmaking Making a Feature or Short Film? Lately I've been asking myself if it's better to continue making shorts or go for features. You might be asking yourself the same question.
Writing Writing Bad News Once you know what it is you'll see Bad News events in almost every movie. But what makes it work in some movies more than others? Why are some boring and predictable while some put you on the edge of your seat?
Getting Started Featured The Challenges of Making a Short Film It can be daunting to make any film, even a short film. I hope to share some of the challenges I had with our short films to help you prepare but also get exited to make your own!
Writing Writing our low-budget short film script: Adok Luca and I worked together to write a script for his short film for film school. It's a cinematography/visual focused film but it still needed to have a compelling story. Plus we only had a budget of few hundred dollars and 3 days of filming to make it happen; essentially a no-budget short film.
Budgeting Get started filmmaking with no-budget Lately I've been starting a few film projects with essentially no budgets. Because it's a huge challenge that most filmmakers have to face, I wanted to explore the stages I take to get such a project going.
Writing Finding a low-budget story When I first start thinking about a movie I want to make I try not to put limits, but eventually reality comes calling and I need to think about my (lack of) budget.
Cameras No-budget Camera Options in 2021 We've pulled together a few of the best options in 2021 if you're looking for a low cost camera for your no-budget film.
