Short film [Making]

So I really wanna get into this.I'm in video tech right now and the equipment and the whole process of it all is just amazing.We have an individual project somming up and I was ganna make a short film on some teenagers fucked up lives in High school, but thats another story.


Does anyone have experiance with this, and would mine telling me some good but not too expensive equipment?

And some tips?

i've had to make films for a bunch of classes over the years. one thing for sure, if you have a PC, find somewhere where you can use a mac to edit your film. seriously, i like PC's so much better but macs are way easier to edit movies on. if you're near a college campus, you may be able to rent a camera which would be a cheaper option than buying one. and you'll need a tripod. have fun!

i want to get into makin films myself. i am currently writing a screenplay at the moment.

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Originally Posted by kiki

i've had to make films for a bunch of classes over the years. one thing for sure, if you have a PC, find somewhere where you can use a mac to edit your film. seriously, i like PC's so much better but macs are way easier to edit movies on. if you're near a college campus, you may be able to rent a camera which would be a cheaper option than buying one. and you'll need a tripod. have fun!

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What did you use to edit?

At school we use adobe premeire.

we have a film class at school that I took basically all you need is a camera + editing program on a computer; you can basically do ANYTHING with that after you have the scenes and everything on your camera.

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Originally Posted by VoidLivesOn

What did you use to edit?

At school we use adobe premeire.

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i think it was apple iMovie... i think it comes on most macs automatically, but i'm not positive about that.

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Originally Posted by BabyFacedAbortion

we have a film class at school that I took basically all you need is a camera + editing program on a computer; you can basically do ANYTHING with that after you have the scenes and everything on your camera.

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Yeah thats what I was thinking.I need money first.

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Originally Posted by kiki

i think it was apple iMovie... i think it comes on most macs automatically, but i'm not positive about that.

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Aww poor thing :) i majored in audiovisual communication & we used FinalCut Pro :p

@VoidLivesOn: Teachers are tired of those short films about youths smoking, drinking & stealing. Cliché-alert!!

Try to make your own thing, out of the ordinary, with a nice theme and premisse. Don't befall to copying Requiem for a Dream ;)

Good luck!

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Originally Posted by king kong bong

i want to get into makin films myself. i am currently writing a screenplay at the moment.

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Now THAT i wanna see. Give us a taste, c'mon, DO IT ;)

The best pc software I know of that is cheap is Serious Magic Ultra. You should check that out. It does realtime chroma keying and the special effects you can do with it are incredible. Adobe Premiere sucks in comparison however it is good in its own way.