Ironically, zero budget Needs Money!

[FormerDominator]

... That will have you ready for shooting for under $500. Please note, however, that it's a manual lens and you'd have no ability for auto focus/iris.

Oh that's fine, my piece-of-crap camera has completely turned me off of anything auto. And thanks for the recommendations, I'd probably still be looking at thousand-dollar cameras if it wasn't for you.

Can't you make shorts with just you in, or with your friends helping you, for free, rather than just paying people for a practice one? This is a practice one, right?

What, you think I'm paying people for this?? I may be naïve and inexperienced, but I'm not that stupid. That was my plan, I'm "hiring" my friends for free. Fortunately they're not just my friends, they can actually act.

And to respond to PaulGriffith, I probably will be shooting various shorts and YouTube stuff in-between.

 

[FormerDominator]

Okay, I'm a little less than halfway through the first draft of an actual screenplay for the movie, and I have two things to ask:
1. If I wanted to make a sort of "production diary", i.e. posting updates on the progress of the movie, the latest clips, photos, trailers, etc, would there be a place on this site that I could do that? I've looked around and I'm not entirely sure...
2. Any recommendations for an inexpensive (read: even cheaper than the Rode VideoMic) boom mic?

 

[Murdock]

Who are you and what have you done with harmonica44?

You made me smile, a little, on the inside.

 

[FormerDominator]

Finished revising the first draft, just need some feedback. I've tried a bunch of ways to get some money, but nothing has worked out so far... fortunately, there won't be any time to make this until next summer, so I've got plenty of time. I don't want to obnoxiously post these updates every-so-often since they don't have much to do with financing... any sort of forum for "coming-soon" or "in-production"-type movies?

 

[directorik]

any sort of forum for "coming-soon" or "in-production"-type movies?

Try http://www.indietalk.com I hear they're a pretty
good group who are interested in both "coming-soon"
and "in-production"-type movies

 

[FormerDominator]

Ha ha. I meant, more specifically, where on this particular forum would I post if I wanted to make a production diary of sorts?

 

[FormerDominator]

After a quick and uneventful summer, I have finished the 45-page (short film, remember?) screenplay for zero budget. Hopefully we can shoot next summer, but until then I'll be looking for jobs and other ways to save up for a DSLR. I most likely won't come back here until I have something to actually show you-so quite possibly a year or more. Thanks once more for all the advice... wish me luck!

 

[Nate North]

Good luck! And make sure to learn about color correction over that year, it will help you a great deal.

 

[FormerDominator]

Yes, I'm definitely going to look into that. Of course, all I have at this point is iMovie, which doesn't exactly provide a wealth of features for that, but it's definitely a start and I'm hoping in the process of saving up for a camera I'll have some spare cash for Final Cut... wait, is that one of those things amateurs do that they shouldn't?