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From a Vimeo clip to a narrative short: Production checklist (appendix A)

This is appendix A in a series of posts I’m doing on on producing a micro budget short. Usually, after every production, there is something that posed problems or caused delays or expenditures that could have been dealt with before-hand. I’ll intent to collect … Continue reading

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From a Vimeo clip to a narrative short: Budget (part 5)

Part 5 in a series of posts I’m doing on on producing a micro budget short is about doing a budget. The budget plan is basically a list of all the things you need and how much you think they cost. You … Continue reading

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From a Vimeo clip to a narrative short: Script breakdown (part 4)

Part 4 in a series of posts I’m doing on on producing a micro budget short is about doing the groundwork for pre-production. A script breakdown is the first thing you do before you prepare your budget and schedule. In it’s simplest form … Continue reading

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From a Vimeo clip to a narrative short: Locations (part 3)

Part 3 in a series of posts I’m doing on on producing a micro budget short film is about locations and the specifics of dealing with that on a low budget. Depending on your script of course, locations can be a … Continue reading

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From a Vimeo clip to a narrative short: Working with other people (part 2)

This is part 2 of a series of posts about producing a micro budget film. It deals with the most important resource in filmmaking: people. The challenge with making a film is working with other people. The costs of filmmaking … Continue reading

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From a Vimeo clip to a narrative short: Intro (part 1)

Internet plus increased quality of consumer cameras plus an overall shift in the nature of work means that a lot of people are making creative films and posting them on sites such as Vimeo. Understandably, most of the clips are … Continue reading

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“Art will not disappear into nothingness; it will disappear into everything”

Some might be quick to judge a filmmakers’ manifesto from 1969, addressing the problems of Cuban post-revolutionary cinema as having more a historic relevance than being a practical guide to digital-era filmmakers. After recently rereading Julio García Espinosa’s For an … Continue reading

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For a different kind of filmmaking blog

The constantly updating blogs culture has a narcotic like effect. I know I’m not the only one who feels the need to periodically revise a slate of blog and news site for that mild-endorfine releasing sensation of something new and … Continue reading

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