Tips for writing a short film you can actually make #filmmaking #tips #part1 — Transcript

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1. 0:00all right here are seven tips for
2. 0:01writing a short film that you can
3. 0:03actually shoot the first tip is not to
4. 0:05structure it like a feature film try to
5. 0:07focus on a small moment in time or a
6. 0:10simple goal that your main character can
7. 0:12achieve some examples of this are the
8. 0:13oscar-winning short film stutterer and
9. 0:16the duplos brothers short film this is
10. 0:18John which got into Sundance and focuses
11. 0:20on a character who is just trying to
12. 0:22leave their outgoing voicemail message
13. 0:24so the second tip is to limit your
14. 0:26characters especially your main
15. 0:27characters in the short if you look at a
16. 0:29film like Jim Cummings Thunder Road
17. 0:31which in my opinion is one of the best
18. 0:32short films ever made there are a ton of
19. 0:34people in the funeral Hall yes like lots
20. 0:36of extras but the story focuses almost
21. 0:39entirely on his character and the
22. 0:41journey that he's going through and on
23. 0:42that same note tip number three is to
24. 0:44limit your locations especially if
25. 0:46you're trying to do this in one day
26. 0:47where you're calling on favors from
27. 0:49Friends limiting your scope again and
28. 0:51limiting the number of locations you
29. 0:53actually have to film in is going to
30. 0:55make your life so much easier be sure to
31. 0:57check out part two for the rest of the
32. 0:58tips