kevinmarkfilms
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Well, I'm a little nervous to let all you semi-pros out there look at my first attempt with the DVX100B. It's a little on the long side, but I think it turned out alright for my first try. Anyway, here's the link to my YouTube Channel and you can watch both halves of my short film "The Prescription" there. I shot it over a weekend and edited in dare I say it... Sony Vegas.... MOVIE STUDIO. Haha that's right, the $40 program thats not quite a step up from Windows Movie Maker. Without further ado I give you "The Prescription":
http://www.youtube.com/kevinmarkfilms
PLEASE LEAVE COMMENTS ON HERE OR ON YOUTUBE!! THANKSSS!
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Thoughts on my first short: (If you care to read)
The hardest part of making this was really just the amount of planning and scheduling that went into it. I like to think of myself as a creative person and the thought of sitting around and planning the nitty gritty details was somewhat overwhelming. In the end though it helped out a ton to have everything planned and to my surprise the shooting days stayed right on schedule regardless of the fact that I had no idea how long anything would take, this being my first short. I guess it's true the work will always fill every minute of the allotted time.
Another challenge was sound. I'm in a band and my drummer has a cheap mic kit for his drums. I ended up using two of the tom mics. They seemed to work a lot better than the onboard mic, but still aren't anywhere near professional or even low-budget filmmaking grade. Cymbal mics were way too sensitive and even with the tom mics it picked up far more incidental noise than I would've liked.
That's what I get for doing sound, lighting and DPing and directing and writing. I guess it is the burden of most every DIY indie filmmaker.
Lighting, by the way, was a work light, or just a regular house lamp or whatever was around at the time. I seriously probably spent a total of about $65 on this short.
Overall, it was a great experience, putting this together. I'm now working on another script and hope to improve tremendously from this first short. I definitely need to take more time with the actors to really work on their performances rather than just leave it up to them to memorize their lines. No disrespect to those that are in the film but having read "Directing Actors" by Judith Weston, I should've actually taken the time to sit down and try to apply Ms. Weston's knowledge that she "dropped on me" as the kids say.
My goal really with this film and the other shorts I plan to make would really just to be as prepared as possible so I when I do get to film school I can have enough real-world practice that I'll spend more time refining my craft, rather than just starting completley from scratch. I guess we'll see though!
http://www.youtube.com/kevinmarkfilms
PLEASE LEAVE COMMENTS ON HERE OR ON YOUTUBE!! THANKSSS!
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Thoughts on my first short: (If you care to read)
The hardest part of making this was really just the amount of planning and scheduling that went into it. I like to think of myself as a creative person and the thought of sitting around and planning the nitty gritty details was somewhat overwhelming. In the end though it helped out a ton to have everything planned and to my surprise the shooting days stayed right on schedule regardless of the fact that I had no idea how long anything would take, this being my first short. I guess it's true the work will always fill every minute of the allotted time.
Another challenge was sound. I'm in a band and my drummer has a cheap mic kit for his drums. I ended up using two of the tom mics. They seemed to work a lot better than the onboard mic, but still aren't anywhere near professional or even low-budget filmmaking grade. Cymbal mics were way too sensitive and even with the tom mics it picked up far more incidental noise than I would've liked.
That's what I get for doing sound, lighting and DPing and directing and writing. I guess it is the burden of most every DIY indie filmmaker.
Lighting, by the way, was a work light, or just a regular house lamp or whatever was around at the time. I seriously probably spent a total of about $65 on this short.
Overall, it was a great experience, putting this together. I'm now working on another script and hope to improve tremendously from this first short. I definitely need to take more time with the actors to really work on their performances rather than just leave it up to them to memorize their lines. No disrespect to those that are in the film but having read "Directing Actors" by Judith Weston, I should've actually taken the time to sit down and try to apply Ms. Weston's knowledge that she "dropped on me" as the kids say.
My goal really with this film and the other shorts I plan to make would really just to be as prepared as possible so I when I do get to film school I can have enough real-world practice that I'll spend more time refining my craft, rather than just starting completley from scratch. I guess we'll see though!
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