Right, continuing where I left off.
A point of importance in making the film was that I didn't want to be in it. I just didn't think I was good enough to act since most of my friends love to comment on how emotionless my face is. No, I wanted to be the director. The guy behind the camera calling the shots making sure the film is as good as it can be. Now some of you might think I wanted to be the director just so I could boss my friends around and I know that being a director, I sort of placed myself in a position where I am telling people what to do. I'd be lying if I said that I didn't enjoy telling my friends what to do but hey! isn't the director suppose to DIRECT the actors? hehe.
I filmed the whole thing in about 2 weeks. and in those 2 weeks I found out the hard way what it's like to be a director. Being a director doesn't mean that you're in control of everything, at least being a director at the level I was in. There were days where I'd have everything prepared and perfectly planned out but my friends couldn't come to the shoot or days where silly mistakes were made like forgetting to turn on the microphone when recording or having not enough memory in the memory cards.
In those 2 weeks, I'd spend everyday after school with the cast discussing something about the film. What to shoot the next day, going over the script, finding location for a scene. I really liked doing all that especially with my friends. It gave the film a whole professional feel to it. Ironically, the last scene I filmed was the first scene of the movie. There was this great sense of satisfaction when I yelled out "CUT" for the last time and pressed the red button that stopped the recording. We were all clapping it out and congratulating one another on finishing the film, It was nice, just me and 3 other friends (all of which who were in the film) taking in the fact that we had created something together however bad or unprofessional it may be.
I wished that we could have edited the film together all in one sitting though. In total, it took an unexpected 6 hours of editing to put the whole short movie together and the first thing I did with it? Posted it on YouTube of course! Seeing all the comments and the support my friends gave me made me feel that all the mistakes, do-overs were all worth it and I couldn't wait to make my next film.
After the personal project, I made 3 other short films since my friends were still interested in it. I wish more people in my grade could be more interested in film-making, It's nice to wonder how far I could've gone had more people been interested in making films. But I'll still remember my personal project as the one that started it all.
A point of importance in making the film was that I didn't want to be in it. I just didn't think I was good enough to act since most of my friends love to comment on how emotionless my face is. No, I wanted to be the director. The guy behind the camera calling the shots making sure the film is as good as it can be. Now some of you might think I wanted to be the director just so I could boss my friends around and I know that being a director, I sort of placed myself in a position where I am telling people what to do. I'd be lying if I said that I didn't enjoy telling my friends what to do but hey! isn't the director suppose to DIRECT the actors? hehe.
I filmed the whole thing in about 2 weeks. and in those 2 weeks I found out the hard way what it's like to be a director. Being a director doesn't mean that you're in control of everything, at least being a director at the level I was in. There were days where I'd have everything prepared and perfectly planned out but my friends couldn't come to the shoot or days where silly mistakes were made like forgetting to turn on the microphone when recording or having not enough memory in the memory cards.
In those 2 weeks, I'd spend everyday after school with the cast discussing something about the film. What to shoot the next day, going over the script, finding location for a scene. I really liked doing all that especially with my friends. It gave the film a whole professional feel to it. Ironically, the last scene I filmed was the first scene of the movie. There was this great sense of satisfaction when I yelled out "CUT" for the last time and pressed the red button that stopped the recording. We were all clapping it out and congratulating one another on finishing the film, It was nice, just me and 3 other friends (all of which who were in the film) taking in the fact that we had created something together however bad or unprofessional it may be.
I wished that we could have edited the film together all in one sitting though. In total, it took an unexpected 6 hours of editing to put the whole short movie together and the first thing I did with it? Posted it on YouTube of course! Seeing all the comments and the support my friends gave me made me feel that all the mistakes, do-overs were all worth it and I couldn't wait to make my next film.
After the personal project, I made 3 other short films since my friends were still interested in it. I wish more people in my grade could be more interested in film-making, It's nice to wonder how far I could've gone had more people been interested in making films. But I'll still remember my personal project as the one that started it all.
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