Thanks! Yeah, I struggled a little with the autocue and didn't have appropriate B-roll to paper over the cracks in a couple of places but I'm happy with a gradual improvement, definitely more to work on in my next video.
I'd argue that 'director's commentary' implies a running commentary on the...
Another month, another micro short! For this one I took a cue from this post on reddit and experimented with using light to evoke different emotions from a single static shot of my girlfriend's teddy bear. As I was pulling the footage together in the edit I came up with the idea of putting the...
New behind the scenes video - I took some pointers from this thread and scripted things out, used an autocue (very new experience for me and needs a bit of practice!) and tried to utilise plenty of b-roll and other footage to keep things visually interesting. It's far from perfect, but I think...
That's definitely a good point, and it's made me realise that I need to plan out my BTS videos as much as the shorts themselves, to make sure I have that additional footage to keep things visually interesting. I've been watching a lot of Film Riot videos to get a feel for how to make them a lot...
Thanks for the feedback! I think the slow pace of moving props into the field of view was a reaction (or possible slight overreaction) to previous work I've done where I've not given shots enough breathing space and ended up with very choppy edits, but I take your point that it's a bit laboured...
Two months into 2021, two micro shorts made and uploaded! Last night I published 'Work In Progress' to my YouTube channel:
This month I wanted to focus on using film to craft a narrative, and tried to run through a very basic and condensed version of the 'Save the Cat' beat sheet to tell a...
Hi Charlotte - I don't have too much to offer, but I attended this webinar the other week which is available to watch free of charge on Stage32 and found it really useful:
https://www.stage32.com/webinars/Stage-32-%20-Netflix-Present-Television-Pitch-Workshop?affid=nag
Although it's aimed more...
Hey Charlotte! I'm certainly one of those 'aspiring' screenwriters, would be great to connect with you - are you working on anything interesting at the moment?
Just posted a behind the scenes video for my January short last night, briefly running through some of the inspiration and challenges behind the first part of this project. Hopefully it's interesting or useful to someone!
EDIT: Forgot to say when I originally posted, I'm interested in...
I think I'd seen that article but not read through it in depth - I will now though, thanks!
Yep, it's for February's short, gonna start shooting it today!
Hi everyone! I need to capture a shot of a Word document open on a computer monitor (just the image on the screen, not the actual monitor itself) and I was wondering if you anyone had any suggestions for how best to do this? I'm currently hovering between shooting it on my DSLR with the exposure...
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I am going through the same thing at the moment in terms of the YouTube channel and building an audience, but like you I'm focusing on the creative part much more than the 'marketing' element of it - it's certainly a struggle not to focus on the metrics and the numbers, but they...
Yeah, I'm a big proponent of both 'learning while doing', and 'done is better than perfect' (for this type of project, anyway). I'll definitely check out some One Minute Film competitions, thanks for the tip!
I'll also check out your novel progress - although I couldn't find the original post...