Making a short film

StereoSound

There is not much chat going on in the Movie forums so I decided to post this here. I know people in after hours have fantastic and tasteful imaginations, not to mention extremely direct opinions :pac:

Would it be possible to make a short film with some basic camera equipment ? I have a Canon camera which shoots pretty good 4K. I think it may be possible to shoot a short 1 hour film with this and edit it on my laptop with some decent open source software.

If I were to do this, where would I go to find some people who would be prepared to make a voluntary contribution to a small film project ? I have some interesting ideas and would be interested in others peoples input to put some imagination into a project. The intention here would be to get it shown somewhere on a non profit basis if it were good enough.

Potentially doable or a pile of nonsense ?

Unsane (starring Clare Floy) was shot entirely using an iPhone 7, and I'm sure there have been a few others.

Want an actor? I don't mean to brag, but I've played Banquo in the Borrisokane Players performance of Macbeth.

valoren

Doable. And not nonsense. It's a hobby. Christopher Nolan's debut film was 70 minutes long, was shot over a year and cost $6,000.

Vex Willems

As said you can shoot and edit on your phone these days.

A 1 hour film isn't a short film, do you know how long that would take?

Start really short under 5 minutes, and take it from there.

valoren

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Unsane (starring Clare Floy) was shot entirely using an iPhone 7, and I'm sure there have been a few others.

Want an actor? I don't mean to brag, but I've played Banquo in the Borrisokane Players performance of Macbeth.

I played one of the hungry Foxes in Chicken Licken in 3rd class. I can work for scale but I would want to have 3% of the gross.

TuringBot47

StereoSound wrote: »

If I were to do this, where would I go to find some people who would be prepared to make a voluntary contribution to a small film project ?

Depends on the genre... a lot of porn is free.

valoren

valoren wrote: »

I played one of the hungry Foxes in Chicken Licken in 3rd class. I can work for scale but I would want to have 3% of the gross.

Good luck darling, but I got here first.

Showbiz is tough, doll
*air kisses*

Grayson

I would suggest getting a gimbal for it so we all don't get motion sickness watching it on a big screen. They don't cost that much.

Deebles McBeebles

Give us a synopsis on these "interesting ideas" OP?

Grayson

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Give us a synopsis on these "interesting ideas" OP?

I believe it starts with a repairman calling to the house of a lonely housewife.

hullaballoo

Grayson wrote: »

I believe it starts with a repairman calling to the house of a lonely housewife.

Hmm. I've noticed a lot of appliances going on the blink since I started working longer days.

Maybe the missus is making short films with her spare time. She's always been a bit artsy.

SexBobomb

Close up of Lonely Housewife.
LH: "Hey, there's no sausage on this pizza I ordered"
Cut to Repairman
RM "I only deliver them, but . ...."

See Stereo this is easy

Your Face

Do it.

Do it now.

StereoSound

Grayson wrote: »

I believe it starts with a repairman calling to the house of a lonely housewife.

Hohohoho

I was more focusing on a theme based on inner city violence. A hybrid between fact and fiction.

Atoms for Peace

Ball in the groin.

Hobosan

StereoSound wrote: »

I was more focusing on a theme based on inner city violence. A hybrid between fact and fiction.

Be very careful with expensive film equipment when filming in cities.

The Fair City thugs don't play nice when they see upstarts like yourself encroaching on their territory.

(That could make for a unique film on your inner city violence!)

Ipso

Hobosan wrote: »

Be very careful with expensive film equipment when filming in cities.

The Fair City thugs don't play nice when they see upstarts like yourself encroaching on their territory.

(That could make for a unique film on your inner city violence!)

Improv, walk up up to the thugs with a hidden camera and shout "yer ma". Guaranteed Oscar.

Conall Cernach

SexBobomb wrote: »

Close up of Lonely Housewife.
LH: "Hey, there's no sausage on this pizza I ordered"
Cut to Repairman
RM "I only deliver them, but . ...."

See Stereo this is easy

Why is the repairman delivering pizza? I hope somebody got fired for that.

buried

Fair play to ya, but I'd be loosing this inner city violence theme. That sort of craic is saturated to hell, too much of it about these days and its probably glorifying the fools up in it to carry on acting the violent maggot.

You should try looking into doing something about a rural Ireland folklore theme. Audience for everyone. The subject matter is all over the shop and on your doorstep. You'd have people involved in that sort of theme too who would gladly help you out for research or do interviews.

Deebles McBeebles

StereoSound wrote: »

Hohohoho

I was more focusing on a theme based on inner city violence. A hybrid between fact and fiction.

The Minahans vs the Butchs? I'm seeing a West Side Story type thing.

topper75

SexBobomb wrote: »

Close up of Lonely Housewife.
LH: "Hey, there's no sausage on this pizza I ordered"
Cut to Repairman
RM "I only deliver them, but . ...."

See Stereo this is easy

Those 70s funk tribute bands gotta eat too though. Don't expect them to work for free.