One of the first things I heard from this video was to make a short film based on your means. Figure out what you can make happen and what you can pull off, keep in mind what resources you have and what is available to you. Most importantly, figure out how much you plan to spend on the short film and create a budget. Keeping those 3 things in mind will allow me to write the script easier and faster. Another thing i learned is to try to avoid making things happen that the audience anticipates what will happen. In other words, try to mix things up or don’t do it at all. For example if the protagonist is washing their face after running away from the antagonist, DON’T have the antagonist suddenly pop up behind the protagonist because most viewers would anticipate that. Instead allow that to happen later in the film because viewers won’t anticipate that it would happen, allowing tensions to rise.
Prepare, prepare, prepare. It can’t be stressed enough. I will make sure to prepare by doing storyboards in order to help me visualize my shots and angles. I will also make a list of all the locations I will be using so I don’t forget. Although I may not exactly stick to the storyboard and location list, it will help me understand what marks and themes I want to be in my movie. It will also help me tweak and change existing things, rather than having to start from scratch.
Another thing I learned was to pick a tone and theme and stick with it. Make sure its solid so that viewers won’t have a hard time understanding what’s going on throughout the film, a solid theme/tone will allow the audience to sit back relax and enjoy the movie. Once you have chosen a theme and a tone, you should center your film around it, you can do this by picking and doing shots and angles that will emphasize the theme. Also choosing your cast appropriately will do wonders with your short film. In my film I plan on using 2-3 members, 2 protagonists (including me) and 1 antagonist. The antagonist I plan on using has to fit the genre of the short film I am making, which is a thriller. My antagonist has to have a creepy, dark smoke aura to him, and not the aura that makes the audience think he works at Target on the weekends.
The last thing I took from this video was to commit to your film. Always give my 100 percent, and not 90 percents. As a viewer myself it is easy to tell when an actor is withholding themselves, which makes me as a viewer lose confidence in the film. I will keep that in mind as a director, producer and actor so my film will turn out great.
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