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“Film
will only become an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.”
2) I am not a professional but an enthusiast. Everything begins with an idea.
Aim the story at your strengths and your budget. Location and talent.(i.e. The Melbourne
causeway) Every project is a learning
experience. 2.
Writing: write it down.
“Ask everybody, they will all tell you they’ve got ideas for movies, but
if they don’t have it
written down it ain’t shit.” Better Duck
HOLLYWOOD SECRET #11: Kids don't like English and Foreigners don't speak English.
So keep the film visual. Thus, T&A and Action-Adventure.
Remember one page equals one minute in
standard format. Font
Courier 12
point 10 pitch 12
point is the height pitch
is the number of letters in an inch.
In the USA, you should
register your script with the Writer's Guild of America. Registration
costs approximately $US 25 and the Guild takes a copy of your script for storage
and gives
you a registration number. This number should be displayed prominently on the cover
page of
your script. See Example: Original Script for
“Under
the Bridge” 3.
Teamwork & Talent- develop an entourage.
(i.e.
Formation of 3Boys Productions with Bob Lizek and Pat Martin). Casting non-actors: use a video
camera and try them out. Rehearse with the video camera. 4. Format Video vs. Film. Video: VHS, 8mm, Hi-8, U-matic, Beta Film: Super 8, 16mm, Super 16, 35mm Digital:
Digital 8, Mini-DV, DV and Digital Beta Film
Stock: Studio Film and Tape 1(800)824-3130 http://www.sftweb.com Fuji 500T 2 100’ rolls Fuji 250 Daylight 200’ roll
Fuji 250 Daylight 400’ roll total: $196.65 5.Lights and equipment Lighting package 6.Sound
Microphone(s)
and recorder (DAT, 4-track, cassette, videocassette) CRYSTAL SYNC is where the camera and the tape
recording device have been modified
so that their internal drive motors reference their speed to a crystal oscillation
and thus maintain a highly accurate running speed. The
camera and recording
device are not physically connected in any way, but all other double-system
sound procedures apply; slating, etc 7. Shooting
tips A. The Long shot then cutaways. Shooting
ratio 1:1 or 2:1(“normal”6:1) B. Dolly shot Vs. Zoom- “Many
filmmakers already know that a wheelchair works splendidly for dolly shots” Rick
Schmidt, Feature Filmmaking at Used Car Prices C. Crane shot- Bucket truck D. Stills and slides (behind-the-scenes
video) E. Food! 8. Developing and Transfer: Telecine or Rank transfer. Video is
30 fps. Film is 24 fps (Super8 18 fps) Processing Labs Yale Labs
1(800) 955-9253 10555 Victory Blvd North Hollywood, CA 91606 color negative .14/foot prep for video .02/foot transfer to video $87.50/30 min. Beta Tape $33.00 Monaco
1(415) 626-1100 234 9th street San Francisco, CA 94103 Color negative .18/foot Western Cine 1(303) 783-1020 312 South Pearl Street Denver, Colorado 80209 Color negative .16/foot Film Process and
Transfer-Nashville
1(800) 844-1675 color negative .18/foot Cine Atlanta 1(800) 633-1448 color negative .13-.15/foot transfer to video $225/hour Beta tape $45.00 9.
Editing:
Linear vs. Non-linear
Deck to Deck
Media 100 at the Alliance.
Desktop Editing.
Capture cards and FireWire
Budget for “Under the Bridge”
1998 1. Film stock 1000’ 16mm Fuji stock
203.18
Studio film and tape 1(800) 824-3130 2.
Processing Yale Labs
375.85 800’ 3.
Lights and equipment
30.00
Alliance 4.
DAT recorder
50.00 5.
Cameraman: Julian Martin
200.00 6.
Production asst, stills and sound: 150.00
Abel Klainbaum 7.
Editing: Abel Klainbaum
150.00 8.
Media 100 Alliance
300.00 9.
Set construction supplies
71.56 10.
Bucket truck
50.00 11.
Stills: film and processing
72.01 12.
Dolly construction
55.00 13.
4
track rental Florida discount music 40.00 14.
Gas for Julian’s car
15.00 15.
Microphone
31.80 16.
Beta tape
28.62 17.
DAT tape
8.50 Total
$1681.52 11. Premiere, Press, Critics and Festivals. Hype! Old Hollywood Proverb: “There is no
such thing as bad press.” “Send out invitations, invite the
press, invite the people that turned you down, then watch what happens when you see them, they will know now that you
make movies, and that you DO what NOBODY, but Speilberg,
you, Lucas, Tarentino, you, Scorsese, you, do...and that’s make movies!”
---Better Duck “Although the story concept was solid, I
think the urination scene was too strong to show to an all- ages audience.”-- Kris
Kemp, FLO Film Fest, West Palm Beach 12. Accumulate information A. Experience.--Be
an extra in as many movies as you can. B. Film School/classes
C.
Contacts-
Alliance/IFP-South -http://www.alliance-cinema.org
IFP website - http://www.ifp.org
210 2nd Street Miami Beach FL 33139 (305)-538-8242
E-mail: bsherer@bigfoot.com (Barron Sherer)
The Florida Blue Sheet
7238 Hiawassee Oak Drive Orlando, FL 32818-8360 (407) 292-7458
E-mail: Bluesheet@aol.com D. Books that I found helpful
Lee R. Bobker with Louise Marinis, Making Movies From Script to Screen, Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich 1973
Edward Pincus and Steven Ascher, The Filmmaker’s Handbook,
Plume/Penguin 1984
David W. Samuelson, Motion Picture Techniques, Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
1984
Rick Schmidt, Feature Filmmaking at Used-Car Prices, Penguin Books 1993 Super8 Sound
2805 West
Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA 91505 phone:
818-848-5522 fax: 818-848-5956 e-mail s8s@worldnet.att.net http://www.super8sound.com/ Betterduck Productions
http://members.aol.com/bettrduck/index.html Rick Schmidt’s Feature
Filmmaking At Used Car Prices
http://arcadiaweb.com/lightvideo/ Alex's Guide To No-Budget
Filmmaking
http://www.cybergecko.com/guide.htm Cyber Film School
http://www.cyberfilmschool.com/ Scriptwriting Secrets
http://www.scriptwritingsecrets.com/ Ben Model's homepage (OIFFS)—How Ben was
ousted from film school and still
made a hugely successful (2 thumbs up!) no-budget feature. http://www.users.interport.net/~manaben/OIFFSmain.html Kevin Smith (CLERKS) and crew
http://www.viewaskew.com A Screenwriter's World O'
Links
This is the
place for all your screenwriting questions. http://www.angelfire.com/ga/irishboy/links.html Screenwriters &
Playwrights Home Page
http://www.teleport.com/~cdeemer/scrwriter.html Drew's Scripts-O-Rama which contains archives and
pointers to a large number of scripts on the Net. http://www.script-o-rama.com
Newsgroups
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