No amount of free film making software is going to help you learn the ins and outs of digital film production. How many people out there have had a friend or relative with a digital camera and free digital editing software show them a terrible movie they made? The screening is usually in someone's living room. Friends and family gather around eating movie popcorn to show support. Nobody says it while they watch, but they are thinking, "what a POS." When the end credits mercifully appear a few people will offer up half-hearted words of support.
Poor digital Corporate Film Production technique should only be seen in personal tapes and really bad wedding videos. Having digital film production equipment and software is worthless unless you learn the skills on how to use them like a savvy indie filmmaker. If you put in just a little effort and time to learn the basic core principals of digital film production your movie apart from just website development that will be far better off for it.
Regardless of you are going to film your movie with an iPhone or Canon XL H1A Camcorder practice using them before the first day of shooting. Cast and crew will lose patience causing frustration that leads to sloppy work and performances. Unavoidable technical problems can be forgiven while they are worked out. Lack of knowhow on your part won't be. Cast and crew will turn on your quick. Even if it is an all volunteer production team they expect you to respect their time and not waste it.
Most indie filmmakers use shooting locations they have access to. It's smart filmmaking to take your script to your locations and decide where you want the camera positions to be. In straightforward movie making talk this can be done with simple camera shot sheets and storyboards. In general a shot sheet is a sequential list of what you want the camera to film during a certain scene.
With an external shotgun mic you have freedom to find the best place to pick up audio. During one movie shoot we realized we got much better sound quality by capturing dialogue from below the actors as opposed to above them. Our rock n roll sound person went from standing on a step ladder to lying flat on their back. It worked awesome for audio.
Poor digital Corporate Film Production technique should only be seen in personal tapes and really bad wedding videos. Having digital film production equipment and software is worthless unless you learn the skills on how to use them like a savvy indie filmmaker. If you put in just a little effort and time to learn the basic core principals of digital film production your movie apart from just website development that will be far better off for it.
Regardless of you are going to film your movie with an iPhone or Canon XL H1A Camcorder practice using them before the first day of shooting. Cast and crew will lose patience causing frustration that leads to sloppy work and performances. Unavoidable technical problems can be forgiven while they are worked out. Lack of knowhow on your part won't be. Cast and crew will turn on your quick. Even if it is an all volunteer production team they expect you to respect their time and not waste it.
Most indie filmmakers use shooting locations they have access to. It's smart filmmaking to take your script to your locations and decide where you want the camera positions to be. In straightforward movie making talk this can be done with simple camera shot sheets and storyboards. In general a shot sheet is a sequential list of what you want the camera to film during a certain scene.
With an external shotgun mic you have freedom to find the best place to pick up audio. During one movie shoot we realized we got much better sound quality by capturing dialogue from below the actors as opposed to above them. Our rock n roll sound person went from standing on a step ladder to lying flat on their back. It worked awesome for audio.
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