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Here's a surrealist/experimental film that I recently shot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXWdZnCTHF0 Tell me what you think.

So in every scene in a single-camera movie where some line was delivered in improv, it was just left in because it came together in editing by chance?

Thanks very much. What I'm mainly confused about though is how you could ever allow improv in this way of shooting.

Thank you.

I was wondering if anybody on here has had experience shooting either an indie short or feature on a home-grade camcorder. Mine is an old Sony camcorder from the 1990s that runs on High 8 tapes, just so you know the kind of camera I'm talking about. I'm seriously thinking about doing the 48 hour...

I see. It sounds quite challenging.

Yes, but how does the process of shooting with single-cam go? Do you shoot one line of dialogue and then pause the camera, turn it around, and shoot the other actor's dialogue piece? It seems like a realistic flow would get lost here.

Where did you get the kit, might I ask?

This is probably going to sound like a stupid question, but I was wondering if anyone could tell me how filmmakers get different shots with a single-cam set-up with in a scene with dialogue, and the dialogue still being able to run smoothly. I'm not sure there's any other way I can put it.

Yeah, I'm 90% sure that that's what I'll do now.

I see. How about a Bolex?

Well, the camera would probably be a little noisy, right?

Thanks, I'll check it out. I'll probably end up doing that anyways.

Well this film is indeed going to be done in black and white. I'll probably have to re-dub the entire thing, right?

Where could I find an 8mm camera?

I've thought about that, and it would definitely be possible. This particular film however calls for an "organic" and "gritty" look, and I wanted to make sure it looked that way from it's very core. @ jax_rox Thanks! Where do I go to see if Kodak can help me out that way?

I plan on making a heavily low-budget feature in the future, and because of it's noirish style, I need to shoot it black-and-white on some sort of film. I was thinking 16 mm, but I've recently heard some things about how that's expensive. Any recommendations of what sort of wallet-friendly film...

Thanks guys, this helps out a lot!

Well, if possible, I'd like to direct too. It's not some huge action film or anything, just mainly one that should only use a mild/low budget.

Hello everybody, I am very much a newbie in filmmaking, so I do not fully understand the process. So, I was wondering, if you wanted to write a feature film screenplay, would you just get the idea and start writing it, or would you get an idea, and take it to some movie studio where they would...