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Hi, Nolan. Congrats on completing your short film! I’m not sure where, exactly, you ended up, but I’m confident you could have gotten there in 1/3 the time. The pacing is painfully slow, and the long stretches don’t really help build tension; they simply stagnate. Also, why did you choose to...

15 years of talk, no action. And you mark success by a seemingly-endless thread on a message board? Have you thought about - and I’ve mentioned this before, even though you may find it a radical idea - actually trying to make a short film? Seriously… make a proof of concept short for this idea...

This may be the only issue in this thread that can be resolved, but it has been resolved.

“You do you” basically means, “but feel free to ignore all the informed advice you’ve received and continue on your path however you want”. Maybe, maybe not. Too many variables here to say for sure.

But have you made any films yet? Any shorts? Anything?

Again…

You missed my point. It wasn’t about you hiring known or unknown talent, it was putting the $1M in perspective for low-budget films considering the production budget outside of talent was relatively low. But… you do you, which apparently means just talking about making films instead of actually...

Indeed. @Aspiring Mogul, if you have Amazon Prime or AppleTV+, go watch “A Hard Problem”. It’s a little sci-fi, nondescript futuristic, and was just shy of $1M. Okay, so maybe a little more than several hundred thousand, but still low budget. There’s a little bit of CGI in there, but it’s all...

Understandable. The E2-S6 does have autofocus, but the lens I mentioned does not. Take a look at the Sigma ART 18-35mm f/2.8.

Take a look at the Z Cam E2-S6. Shoots in 6K with a Super35 sensor, comes with Canon EF mount. The whole bit about seeing only the guitar and not the head/legs of the player, that’s all going to be in the framing. You may see a little of the knees and chin, and it all depends on the angle at...

I’m curious… if you’ve hired a professional colorist, why would you feel the need to change it yourself later?

I’d suggest dropping “Studio” from your name. I tend to roll my eyes at startups that name their company “[Whatever] Studio”, or worse, “[Whatever] Studios”. To paraphrase Wayne Campbell: “You don’t own *a* studio, let alone many studios that necessitate an entire lot.” So, unless you have a...

Thanks. Kind of wish I was incorporated instead of an individual/sole proprietor. 😆 But this gives me plenty to work with. Is it, though?

Good to know! It’s actually for a very well-known production company in Paris. Do you happen to have a reference point for that French law? I’d love to email them a link. I’m still waiting to be paid. They sent the deal memo and al the other “paperwork” after the shoot, and it was then that I...

Worked on a French documentary back in January. Still waiting to get paid on that one. International clients always take a painfully long time to pay. It was an interesting day, meandering around the world’s most powerful supercomputer. But yeah… I really need to see that check come in. I...

Not sure if anyone else noticed, but the industry took a nosedive last year. So, yeah. Q1 has been a painfully slow start to 2024, after a lean Q4. Time to diversify the income stream…

There are some great podcasts out there that are highly-produced and anything but low-effort. Check out Twenty Thousand Hertz. But, let’s be completely honest here: neither highly-produced podcasts like that, nor the freeform discussion versions, are anything new. Podcasting just the new...

It’s also an industry-wide toxicity that we’re constantly fighting. There’s a contingency out there that seem to take pride in working themselves into ill health, as if 16-hour days and 5 hours of sleep (or less) is some sort of admirable achievement. But that’s the kind of practice that brings...

Okay, so you might hold off on purchasing a whole lot of stuff. You’re shooting on your phone, and it’s just you making these films. The more gear you get involved, the more distracted you’ll be in trying to deal with all of it. That makes for a pretty rough ride and can negatively affect your...

This is a great reason not to start getting a whole bunch of stuff just yet. So, some questions: - iPhone or Android? - Just creating a short film? - Is this just you, or do you have others participating with you?