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I considered that, but the debt problem still remains. Also, plan B stealthily slips to be plan A, and before you know it, you're putting filmmaking on the back burner for something else. I don't want to devote my time and energy to a major that would take my time away from my actual goals

I haven't looked into it. All I know is that when I look up CHEAP, small liberal arts schools in my area, the results are always nil. It seems like everything costs 15k+ a year

I'm coming to a big milestone in my life. Thanks to anyone who takes the time to read about my situation I'm a 17 year old female approaching the end of my junior year. Most of my classmates are applying for college, and I haven't even started. This is for two reasons: one, I want to be a...

I'm talking about camera angles and shot setups. What film(s) do you think have the best camera work? Why?

The bottom line is this: amazing scripts get sold. Scripts that aren't amazing don't Screenwriting will always be a difficult career to break into "statistically", but not because it's difficult to sell an amazing script. On the contrary, if you have an amazing, commercial script, it becomes...

If you want brutal honesty, it was poorly written. I cringed at the three uses of "smartly" all in the same action sequence. There was no character introduction at all (you can't just say "TOM and MARY watch the wedding"). Because you didn't bother to introduce your characters, they all seemed...

Right ahead of you. :D I've just finished 'from reel to deal', and now I'm starting on something more indie-geared ('rebel without a crew'). I've also begun reading cinematography Since I've still got some high school left, I was thinking of getting a nice big junk of writing done now. Of...

Thank you. I suppose it's better to be safe than sorry, even if a producer won't always ask to see the original pieces :) My only question now is if it matters whether or not the reel contains credited material. As in, would someone only take you seriously if your reel was made of commercials...

I'm very, very far away from that point (I'm still in high school). As general curiosity, I was just asking whether or not a producer would ask to see the short films your demo reel clips originated from I'm starting to map out my (ideal) career early on. I'm prepping to take a gap year or two...

Hmmm. Let me try to rephrase my question :) I guess I'm just curious about this: when you submit a directors reel, does a producer/studio head usually ask to see the original shorts where the clips came from? I'm a screenwriter first. I would like to at least co-direct my work when selling a...

What I'm trying to say is that instead of shooting a few super high quality videos and then selecting your best footage, why not eliminate the middleman and shoot 1.5-3 min worth of footage specifically for a reel So basically, what you'd do is go out, shoot a series of impressive scenes...

It would obviously take a lot of time to shoot, say, 15 short films or commercials and pull out three or four good shots from each for a total of about 5-10 minutes of footage for a directors reel. Because this is such a time consuming process, could a director (in theory) go out and shoot a...

That's the thing. I'm such a newbie, I'm not really sure! :rolleyes: All I know is that when I do get to work with an experienced cinematographer one day, I want to be able to communicate with them and give input. I don't want to look at a real, film camera and feel like I'm looking at a piece...

I'm in High School. I understand that digital filmmaking is becoming very popular, and I absolutely intend to practice shot framing and composition with a digital camera. At some point in the near future though, I'd like to learn how to make 35mm films. I don't want to spend a hundred thousand...

I'll be graduating high school soon; I'm a 17 year old female, in my junior year. My parents aren't exactly loaded, and the "college talk" is stressful because they have not one, but two kids to be sending off to school at the same time (my identical twin sister and I). I haven't had the heart...

These are all great points. The reason I was asking, however, is because I have an idea for a short film I'd like to direct in the future (maybe in about a year, as I'll be graduating high school soon). I have a location in mind, but it's in my hometown (an old school campus). I suppose I could...

I recently read a great book on indie filmmaking: from reel to deal. I feel like I've learned a lot, and understand the process of making an indie film so much more. Despite all of this, there was something I wasn't quite able to retain. I still have one question left that (for whatever reason)...

In your opinion, what are some good books on framing and shot composition. I know there are plenty of good books on filmmaking in general, but I'm looking for something that specifically deals with these two things Thank you! :)

I currently live in California, about 6 hours from Los Angeles, and I'd like to be a filmmaker/screenwriter when I'm a little older (I'm 17 now). Screenwriting is my first passion; it's something I've been working on for about 3 years now (unlike filmmaking, which I'm still relatively new to)...