Month: May 2024

Overall, I think my project went well. There were lots of mishaps in organisation and scheduling, which is a fault on my part and something I need to improve on in the future.

With the deadline coming soon I made sure to upload the film on YouTube. I made sure to export it in time to be able to upload it.

During this project, the thing I enjoyed the most was having lots of ideas and the creativity of my classmates ideas. I liked to see what people wanted to create and how they would do it. I oddly enjoyed helping people out more than my own project. I helped out with scriptwriting, camera work and editing. I know this isn’t good on my part, but I found it more useful for me because I learnt more about working in a team, trying different roles in filmmaking and how I could apply these things in real life. Teamwork was one of the main things I learnt when doing any project. You can’t do a lot if you don’t have a good team.

One of my weaknesses was scheduling and planning. My original film failed because I couldn’t find time to film because of actors failing to show up, not having the right equipment, not having enough props, and myself working part-time meant I couldn’t film on weekends when everyone else was free to film. In the future, I need to create a plan on where and when I need to film and STICK TO IT. Procrastination was one of my enemies and in the end I guess that’s what drove me to make this short film.

For a part of my research I am looking into a website online, ‘Klipist’, which is an online streaming service that select short films from all over the globe covering many topics. The short films will help me with brainstorming and thinking about camera shots/angles when I go onto production.

This website is useful to me because it helps me explore films of all genres and I’m not limited to just one or two genres. It is also a home for independent short filmmakers where they also organise screenings and network events that connect these films to short film lovers.

I like to watch a lot of these films to understand what you need and what it takes to create a compelling short film for your target audience.

I’m first going to outline who and what will be needed for the first part of making this short film. Because it’s an ongoing film from my first one (apocalypse), I will be using the same actors from there to be in my film. In my last project, instead of loaning a camera out, I used my own, which meant I could have a bit more freedom with the amount of time I had with the camera. I’ll be doing the same with this project too.

Because the microphone on my camera isn’t too good, I may loan one out or ask a friend who also has. one for their project. I feel one camera and mic is enough because I only have a little amount of actors for the film.

Location planning – I’ll be filming in all areas of Bradford and mainly at nighttime because of the nature of my short film. I may film some scenes in the college as well because it may be more useful for me when getting the actors together to film little clips.

Risk assessment

Marketing strategies

References

Russell, A. (2021). How to Make a Short Film in Six Simple Steps. [online] Careers In Film | Film Schools & Colleges. Available at: https://www.careersinfilm.com/how-to-make-a-short-film/.

Anon, (2023). 6 Tips for Writing a Short Film that Delivers Big | Klipist. [online] Available at: https://klipist.com/filmmaking-resources/6-tips-for-writing-a-short-film-that-delivers-big/ [Accessed 14 April 2024].

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