Biggest for me is time. But budget and cast comes in also. It’s easier to write 5 to 10 pages than 120. Rewrites are much easier. Shorts often have a smaller cast and scope and it’s much easier to realize and actually film. More than anything it makes you use your imagination in ways you don’t need to with a feature. You can. Work a year on one script or write several in a year. Learning much more about the whole process.
It’s a calling card. From my experience, having a produced short is better than just having a feature script. People are seeing your writing rather than just reading it. Also it takes less time to watch a short film than read a feature script.
Number 1 reason is that... One can show to people that one can direct a film..., Number 2 reason.....specially for 1st time directors it become more important because by making short they can get some confidence on their own skills. Now comes other underlying issue .. Biggest one is huge Budget crunch .. But here short can be made out of zero budget as well, by teaming up with like minded friends infect team of 1 or 2 people & 1 page screen play is more then enough to start your 1st short...
Short enables to translate several ideas that come to our mind in to film and thus many themes separately can be told to public as a message and even create a social impact unlike features which criss-cross many themes in a film Short films provide an opportunity to harness the skills of film development Short films, if well executed can bring fame and name in closed circles and earn quick reputation Short films involve less crew, low budget, and can be taken in desired locations. Short film development help to run through the entire spectrum of film in shorter period. Completeness is easy and results can be seen in shorter time
The way he speaks appears so well thought and careful. I am excited and calmed listening to his bliss at the same time.
Thanks for the interview and thanks everyone for the kind words! :)
I’m pleasantly surprised by his short film. Not even a genre I normally like but I really enjoyed this one.
I found that shorts show executives I know how to direct!!
Informative interview inrelation to short film format.
What are reasons to make a short over making a feature?
Biggest for me is time. But budget and cast comes in also. It’s easier to write 5 to 10 pages than 120. Rewrites are much easier. Shorts often have a smaller cast and scope and it’s much easier to realize and actually film.
More than anything it makes you use your imagination in ways you don’t need to with a feature. You can. Work a year on one script or write several in a year. Learning much more about the whole process.
Less investment and bigger possibility of return
It’s a calling card. From my experience, having a produced short is better than just having a feature script. People are seeing your writing rather than just reading it. Also it takes less time to watch a short film than read a feature script.
Number 1 reason is that... One can show to people that one can direct a film..., Number 2 reason.....specially for 1st time directors it become more important because by making short they can get some confidence on their own skills.
Now comes other underlying issue .. Biggest one is huge Budget crunch .. But here short can be made out of zero budget as well, by teaming up with like minded friends infect team of 1 or 2 people & 1 page screen play is more then enough to start your 1st short...
Short enables to translate several ideas that come to our mind in to film and thus many themes separately can be told to public as a message and even create a social impact unlike features which criss-cross many themes in a film
Short films provide an opportunity to harness the skills of film development
Short films, if well executed can bring fame and name in closed circles and earn quick reputation
Short films involve less crew, low budget, and can be taken in desired locations.
Short film development help to run through the entire spectrum of film in shorter period. Completeness is easy and results can be seen in shorter time
It's cool to try. I should learn this mindset and work hard👍
Very good one 👍👍👍
How do you get your short films on RUclips channels like omeleto or Issa hoorae?
Here's how a filmmaker got his web series on Issa Rae's channel - ruclips.net/video/9LfnAorkLEA/видео.html
@@filmcourage ohhh lovely! Thank you!
Fellow Omeleto binger right here 👍🏼
Great channel! 👍🏼
You have to make films to be a filmmaker