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seeking Question for Filmmakers

Lily Blaze said:
I'm still unsure it's worth the effort. A table read, video with me, might be a better choice. Thoughts?
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It might be worth the effort to have a better quality video to post
on your website. Just you reading the script is also an interesting
idea. I know things have changed since I started making low-budget
movies so anything you can do to attract attention can't hurt.

However, for me, the script is still the only thing that interests me.
Everything else is just noise. I wonder if too many other things would
distract from the script.
 
sfoster said:
if you can make a video good enough to pique my interest, you should apply that same talent and make the short film yourself.
We're talking about a 5 page script here? I think people would rather just read the script for themselves and form their own opinion.
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I'm stating to get the impression none of you realize I'm not a filmmaker. I'd like to work with filmmakers, but I'm a creative. I don't do anything else.

Here's my website.

https://www.lilyblaze.art/
 
Lily Blaze said:
I'm stating to get the impression none of you realize I'm not a filmmaker. I'd like to work with filmmakers, but I'm a creative. I don't do anything else.

Here's my website.

https://www.lilyblaze.art/
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So a friend made that video for you?
You're right I must be confused, I thought this was a thread about you making a video or not to help market your script.
 
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sfoster said:
So a friend made that video for you?
You're right I must be confused, I thought this was a thread about you making a video or not to help market your script.
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Nah, I quickly threw that video preview together. I just wondered if I made little videos for my short scripts, if it would help to start conversations with filmmakers. Marketing is for finished products.
 
Lily Blaze said:
I just wondered if I made little videos for my short scripts, if it would help to start conversations with filmmakers.
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Right - if you can make a "little video" good enough to pique my interest, you should apply that same talent and make the short film yourself.
if you cannot make a video good enough to pique any interest, then don't waste your time making it.

You see? its a catch 22
 
sfoster said:
Right - if you can make a "little video" good enough to pique my interest, you should apply that same talent and make the short film yourself.
if you cannot make a video good enough to pique any interest, then don't waste your time making it.

You see? its a catch 22
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Look, I''m trying to remain civil here. So I'll spell it out, and avoid any assumptions. If that still doesn't work, well, I tried.

I am not a filmmaker. I will never be a filmmaker. Peroid.

I am a creative. I've been a visual artist for 46 years. A pro graphic designer for 28 years. Am I applying the same ""talent" to a rough preview video? No, am I not. I don't waste time. I find what works, and what doesn't work. I took the suggestion (see above) of use AI, but I was hesitant. In retrospect, I should have trusted my instinct.

Oh, and by the way, if you want to see my full talent, I charge a minimum of $25 an hour.
 
I understand the AI video you posted doesn't represent you or the quality of your work, don't sweat it.

Here is my problem
Lily Blaze said:
If (I) made short videos
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Lily Blaze said:
I am not a filmmaker. I will never be a filmmaker.
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These statements are logically incompatible to me.
If you make short videos then you will become a filmmaker.

It sounds like you've answered your own question.
Since you will never be a filmmaker, you will never make short little videos for your screenplays, thread question solved.

It sounded like you're getting frustrated, that's not my intention.
I don't want to come off antagonistic, I actually have a 5 page script of my own - The Saddest Painting - and I'm too busy writing a novel to produce my short script. I can empathsize with your situation exactly.

I'd like to have my short script turn into a movie too, and I think AI is a good solution for visuals! Just not AI voice.
Nobody loves listening to soulless AI dialogue, it's not gonna hook audiences the way a talented actor can. People do love looking at SOME AI visuals though.

To advertise the 5 page script, the hardest part is finding the voice actors... once you have that... 15 seconds or 5 minutes... you're paying the actors for the whole days wage.

One day I'm going to use actors for real voice and make the 5 page short with AI animation - it could be done in one weekend.

Afterward if someone wants to remake my film in live action that would be awesome.
Films get remade all the time. Maybe that will happen. Maybe the real actors and cool AI visuals will connect with people, who knows.

AI shorts are uncharted territory.

I haven't done it yet since AI video is evolving so rapidly, it's probably good enough visually now tbh... maybe one day Nate North and I will make The Saddest Painting into a short. He's been neck deep in the AI video stuff for years.
 
Ah, so you're not pissed off at me. You're pissed off at AI. Well, frankly I didn't enjoy using it. Extremely limiting creatively. If I do anything else, it won't be with AI.
 
Lily Blaze said:
Ah, so you're not pissed off at me. You're pissed off at AI. Well, frankly I didn't enjoy using it. Extremely limiting creatively. If I do anything else, it won't be with AI.
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I'm not angry! Is it my pitbull avatar cause I was thinking for a couple weeks now that it's time for a change haha.

Sorry Season 2 GIF by The Lonely Island
 
Lily Blaze said:
I'm stating to get the impression none of you realize I'm not a filmmaker. I'd like to work with filmmakers, but I'm a creative. I don't do anything else.

Here's my website.

https://www.lilyblaze.art/
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I realize you're not a filmmaker. And I am a filmmaker. You want a filmmaker
to make your script into a movie. So why do say that none of us realize this?
Lily Blaze said:
Nah, I quickly threw that video preview together. I just wondered if I made little videos for my short scripts, if it would help to start conversations with filmmakers. Marketing is for finished products.
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And I (very respectfully) gave you my opinion and thoughts on making little
videos for your short film scripts.

As a creative, talented, designer you realize that an incomplete, low effort
example is just an initial test - so do I. That's why I said that a complete,
final, much better version might work. That's just professional advice - advice
I know you understand.

As a filmmaker who looks for scripts I don't think little videos to promote
short scripts works. Other filmmakers my feel different. A polished, visually
engaging little promotional piece might work. Saying that doesn't mean I
don't realize you are not a filmmaker.

I hoped that offering my opinion as a filmmaker would help you understand
a filmmakers perspective.
 
directorik said:
I realize you're not a filmmaker. And I am a filmmaker. You want a filmmaker
to make your script into a movie. So why do say that none of us realize this?

And I (very respectfully) gave you my opinion and thoughts on making little
videos for your short film scripts.

As a creative, talented, designer you realize that an incomplete, low effort
example is just an initial test - so do I. That's why I said that a complete,
final, much better version might work. That's just professional advice - advice
I know you understand.

As a filmmaker who looks for scripts I don't think little videos to promote
short scripts works. Other filmmakers my feel different. A polished, visually
engaging little promotional piece might work. Saying that doesn't mean I
don't realize you are not a filmmaker.

I hoped that offering my opinion as a filmmaker would help you understand
a filmmakers perspective.
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directorik said:
I realize you're not a filmmaker. And I am a filmmaker. You want a filmmaker
to make your script into a movie. So why do say that none of us realize this?

And I (very respectfully) gave you my opinion and thoughts on making little
videos for your short film scripts.

As a creative, talented, designer you realize that an incomplete, low effort
example is just an initial test - so do I. That's why I said that a complete,
final, much better version might work. That's just professional advice - advice
I know you understand.

As a filmmaker who looks for scripts I don't think little videos to promote
short scripts works. Other filmmakers my feel different. A polished, visually
engaging little promotional piece might work. Saying that doesn't mean I
don't realize you are not a filmmaker.

I hoped that offering my opinion as a filmmaker would help you understand
a filmmakers perspective.
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I have no idea why you keep defending. You made assumptions. I clarified. Communication. This conversation ended a while ago. I agree with some of your points, strongly disagree with your false assumptions. Deal with it, move on. You're a filmmaker, don't you have filming to do?
 
Nate North said:
I think you'd have more luck inspiring people by attaching a single carefully crafted image that genuinely conveys what's unique about your concept
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I'm with @Nate North on this : I'd suggest packaging and selling your screenplays like sheet music for individual pieces used to be. If graphic art is your natural domain, then use it to the full instead of dabbling in a process that uses an entirely different skill set.

As for a target audience, for these very short screenplays, I think you'd be best looking at movie-making clubs and student film makers, where you might have a better chance of finding a collection of people with plenty of technical skills but who don't have a reliable script-writer.
 
Lily Blaze said:
This conversation ended a while ago.
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Ehhh ... some of us have been busy doing other stuff and are only just catching up with this thread now. There are few enough genuine discussion forums still ticking along, but this is one of them (long may it continue) and conversations never "end" in such an environment. They might fizzle out, but equally, in days/weeks/years to come someone else may jump in with a variation on your question. Any reaction and analysis of previous responses is exactly what separates a discussion forum like this from the ADHD platforms like twitterbook.
 
Lily Blaze said:
I have no idea why you keep defending. You made assumptions. I clarified. Communication. This conversation ended a while ago. I agree with some of your points, strongly disagree with your false assumptions. Deal with it, move on. You're a filmmaker, don't you have filming to do?
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Wow.

I'm sorry I entered this discussion. It won't happen again.
 
I hear, ya, Nate.

I know better. I could read the signs as she became sarcastic and dismissive.
But part of me still hoped she was a reasonable person.
 
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