... and I have no idea where to start.
I know how to draft a screenplay, but that's not really important as there's no dialogue and I'm not submitting it to anything.
I am not a film student, though I have been a HUGE fan of film for a long time, I am an artist though.
I got the idea for this short film and essentially as far as equipment goes, I have no idea where to begin.
First, it will be a silent film and I want to do as little (if none-at-all) of digital anything as I can. I don't mind cutting it together or filming with digital cameras, but I don't want digital EFFECTS at all period (under any circumstances).
Which brings me to my next problem, what type of camera should I attempt to get my hands on (since I'm dead broke, 100% broke, I'd be borrowing one)?
Then the next problem is how to pull off special effects. Look man, I have no idea what any of the terminology is so let me explain the biggest one first. The character will let out a primal scream. In this screaming, he will freeze frame, but nothing else around him. As soon as he freezes (scream still going), his entire body will turn to clay, which will then fall over and shatter on the ground, scattering into pure pitch black darkness. I have NO idea at all how to pull something like that off. I mean I could easily do it CGI style but, no way. Another idea I have is clocks that sort of just fade into the walls or get eaten by them or something, not quite sure yet.
There's just, so so much, so much. To give you an idea of what I'd be doing and the type of effects I'd be using, check out "The Grandmother" by David Lynch or some of the effects in "Eraserhead" by Lynch.
I know how to draft a screenplay, but that's not really important as there's no dialogue and I'm not submitting it to anything.
I am not a film student, though I have been a HUGE fan of film for a long time, I am an artist though.
I got the idea for this short film and essentially as far as equipment goes, I have no idea where to begin.
First, it will be a silent film and I want to do as little (if none-at-all) of digital anything as I can. I don't mind cutting it together or filming with digital cameras, but I don't want digital EFFECTS at all period (under any circumstances).
Which brings me to my next problem, what type of camera should I attempt to get my hands on (since I'm dead broke, 100% broke, I'd be borrowing one)?
Then the next problem is how to pull off special effects. Look man, I have no idea what any of the terminology is so let me explain the biggest one first. The character will let out a primal scream. In this screaming, he will freeze frame, but nothing else around him. As soon as he freezes (scream still going), his entire body will turn to clay, which will then fall over and shatter on the ground, scattering into pure pitch black darkness. I have NO idea at all how to pull something like that off. I mean I could easily do it CGI style but, no way. Another idea I have is clocks that sort of just fade into the walls or get eaten by them or something, not quite sure yet.
There's just, so so much, so much. To give you an idea of what I'd be doing and the type of effects I'd be using, check out "The Grandmother" by David Lynch or some of the effects in "Eraserhead" by Lynch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLIxS7Bdz10https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-jJkVEuFAUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u85GQ_W8fo0