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So we're going to start recording the voice over dialogue next week, at an ADR room at my university's sound lab. There isn't much (maybe 3 minutes worth) but it is very important to the story. All the voice over dialogue will be done by my lead actress. I'm familiar with the directing...

The short I just finished writing is about 8 pages long and is very light on dialogue. Like 85% of the dialogue (of what little there is) is spoken by the main character. The other four actors have no more than two lines each. The actress playing the main character went through very thorough...

I'm pretty much doing an exposition montage of a girl walking into expensive stores and leaving with shopping bags. It will end up being 30 seconds at the most but I want to show the store's names to make it clear that she's wealthy. So since it is free publicity and branding for the stores...

I'm trying to shoot a time-lapse of the Golden Grate bridge going from sunset to night to sunrise. I'm not sure about how I should go about setting this up. The shot will be static. Do I just just take three shots? One of the sun completely setting, one of the night, and one of the complete...

For my second short, we're going to start shooting on location tomorrow for two hours. The DP, sound tech, three actors are all working for free. Should I buy them dinner after a 2 hour shoot or is that more expected when you're shooting for the whole day? * If anything, it would be a...

I'm currently shooting with a 5D Mark 2, in case that matters. But my questions is, if I'm shooting a dialogue scene from 5 - 10 feet away from the actors, and the two actors are right next to each other, can I use a shotgun mic thats mounted on my camera? Or do I need to hold an extended boom...

If you could shoot a story in any place in the world, as far as aesthetics go, where would you shoot and for what type of story? Mine would be, for an epic film, Agra Fort, India.

Since Apple is stopping the sale of FCP 7 / FCP Studio 3, are you going to switch to Avid or Premiere...or are you going to stick with FCP 10 (aka iMovie 2)?

What are your thoughts on writing a story in real time. For example: After refusing to sell out to a much larger organization, a family-ran criminal organization, on the verge of collapsing due to internal struggles, has 100 minutes to unite and prepare for their much larger nemesis, that...

I found this really interesting. Matty Rich, from Brooklyn, finished writing his screenplay when he was 17 and finished his movie by the time he was 19. He raised money for the film by maxing out credit cards and getting donations. He raised $77,000 by going on a NYC radio station and asking...

I'm a huge Woody Allen fan. He is, in my opinion, the best director of all time when it comes to comedy. I can't help but notice though that his films are rarely very profitable, much less blockbusters. According to Wiki, his average film grosses $12 million. His past 4 or so have become...

For one of my classes, I have to create a 3 minute silent movie. There can't be any dialogue but we can add music. The music and the images have to tell the story. I thought posting it here as opposed to the screenwriting section would be more appropriate because directors often focus on the...

Hey, So this is the first draft of my first short film. I still need to do a lot of editing (color, cropping, zoom, transitions) but this draft should give you a good idea of story/style/mood. Please give me your brutally honest advice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3_NpTZQlVE

Hey, First of all, I wanna thank every one on the indie talk forum for the great and informative community you guys have built here. I don't think I would've ever gotten off my butt and started shooting if it wasn't for this amazing forum. I just finished shooting my first short. Shooting...

Hey every one, The following text is taken from a Robert McKee webinar (http://bigthink.com/ideas/19640) """"""" So, you must not mistake words for writing. What you write in terms of characters, in terms of story, in terms of the events in their lives, in terms of the meaning of...

Hey every one, I'm trying to try to teach myself Final Cut Pro. I'm currently using the book Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro 6. I'm curious to see what paths you guys took to learn Final Cut Pro. Any ideas or tips you guys could share would be great too? Thanks for the help.

In your opinion, who is the most under-rated director? They don't have to be completely unknown, most people here will probably know him/her...but just someone who's work you feel deserves more appreciation.

Hey every one, I'm working on a screenplay where the beginning has a lot of voice-over between two different characters, very similar to Casino. The two voice-overs are of the protagonist and antagonist. I would say that for the first 15 pages/minutes there is about 70% voice-over and 30%...

Hey every one, In your opinion, which of the following is a better way to learn film making or a particular aspect of it. 1. Trial and Error, making low/no budget films, learning from mistakes and criticisms, watching movies. 2. Learning as much as you can about film making, either through...

Hey every one, For a first time director with very little money, do you think it is important for him/her to understand all aspects of film making (directing, editing, cinematography, sound, etc)?