Very relatable. I’m lucky enough to have an audience for my short films on RUclips. It exploded my filmmaking career. Now well over 25 films and growing. Making them one short per month.
That's great to hear and congrats on you success (just subscribed), Just starting to make time for shorts again as well after being in the documentary space for such a long time.
Yes RUclips is a great place for beginners. Last year I uploaded my short film. When I first got the idea I knew it would be hard to pull off for a beginner like me. Then finally I did it! WITH 0 BUDGET, ALL ALONE AND TAKING 8 MONTHS! I uploaded it on RUclips. I made it all alone and learned sooooo many things. I also learned that you can do anything even with one actor and 0 budget. For a beginner making things and getting the experience is the best we can do!
Social House Films and Ponysmasher have been a great reminder to just get stuff done. It's so easy think it needs to be more complicated than it needs to be. It inspired us to start making some horror shorts as well. Anyone else on here tried to make some as well?
I really like her attitude but let‘s get real : it’s not the amount of shorts that will propulse anyone into making a feature, it‘s one very good one with lots of rewards PLUS a super good feature length script waiting for the question „so, what‘s next?“. Her shorts are well made, but they‘re not stories with real characters. They amount to little more than concept-scenes with a good punchline. Makes for great viewing in a festival, for sure, and it keeps them busy and happy to produce something, but it won’t move any big shot producer to take a shot at them. They should work with a solid screenwriter and move together to a middle length horror story to show that they have what it takes for a feature. That being said : I hope she can keep the attitude and keep the dream alive until she makes it. I‘m hlad for her that she‘s happy she took the plunge 👏👍
🤔This is one of the most positive, common sense perspectives I’ve heard on filmmaking…or anything else. As for RUclips, I’ve heard some say it’s for amateurs…well, the times they are a changin’. It’s where a billion people go to consume all kinds of useful media…seems like a no brainer that your stuff should be where the eyeballs are. 👁👁👁🍷🎩 Awesome interview!
I really hope you guys bring on Joel Haver someday. He's a filmmaker who posts shortd every week and had over a million subscribers. I'd love to hear his insights on living off those kinds of videos.
Thumbs up on this interview. I have been making shorts since 2005 (before RUclips) and I am SO Happy to find someone who has had some experience with marketing on RUclips.
Great advice! We're just beginning to build our audience and are very grateful for the views we've had on our films - definitely motivates us to push forward!
This is amazing and so inspiring! Great to see the way RUclips can be utilised! I have been creating 0 budget short films for RUclips for the past year with little traction but this was so inspiring to see the growth that can come from it and the doors it can help to open! Hoping I can get there someday!
Absolutely agree about RUclips being basically an online CV. Especially useful if you are making feature films on there. You can prove that you have an audience, can learn and cultivate your craft/brand, and can create content an audience visibly responds to. Surely this is a better approach in 2021 than spending thousands on short films to show at festivals?
I remember growing up thinking , "you cant make a living being an artist" "only after your death... like Michangelo , or Da Vinci that your stuff becomes of value" What wasted time! Ayie, never too late to create.
The most challenging thing has been getting my films out there to an audience... I’ve got a webseries and several shorts but still can’t get over 1K subscribers on my channel. Is paying for ads worth it on RUclips? :/
I also feel people are seeming to be less and less likely to click on a RUclips link nowadays with all the quick mind changing videos like tiktok.. I just started as very amateur Andi posted a 60 secomd video of work on tiktok and my whole 10 minute video on RUclips got like 600 views and my tiktok video for nearly 2000 in a day and I don't have a single follower! It's all so weird
The problem of posting short film on RUclips: unless it is a non political short film. Otherwise, it would be better to tell a story with hidden meaning/ symbolic ideas.
Not to diminish what this woman does because I'm sure it's all nice, but most of the shorts that turn up in my feed are utter garbage. Calling them "films" is like calling McDonald's a "fine dining restaurant".
Would you care to watch mine? I'd like to know what other people think. The shorts I've made were uploaded years ago but I've been revisiting them lately. Hoping to go back to making some new short films (not really for profit but for scratching that creative itch).
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Very relatable. I’m lucky enough to have an audience for my short films on RUclips. It exploded my filmmaking career. Now well over 25 films and growing. Making them one short per month.
Can you post a link? Love to see how you’ve done it, cheers. 💀🔥
@@skeletonshorror5184 RUclips.com/blakeridder
That's great to hear and congrats on you success (just subscribed), Just starting to make time for shorts again as well after being in the documentary space for such a long time.
what's your budget per film??
@@coritellastory depends. Sometimes £0 and the big ones like a feature £40,000 plus
Yes RUclips is a great place for beginners.
Last year I uploaded my short film. When I first got the idea I knew it would be hard to pull off for a beginner like me.
Then finally I did it! WITH 0 BUDGET, ALL ALONE AND TAKING 8 MONTHS!
I uploaded it on RUclips.
I made it all alone and learned sooooo many things. I also learned that you can do anything even with one actor and 0 budget. For a beginner making things and getting the experience is the best we can do!
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Social House Films and Ponysmasher have been a great reminder to just get stuff done. It's so easy think it needs to be more complicated than it needs to be. It inspired us to start making some horror shorts as well. Anyone else on here tried to make some as well?
I really like her attitude but let‘s get real : it’s not the amount of shorts that will propulse anyone into making a feature, it‘s one very good one with lots of rewards PLUS a super good feature length script waiting for the question „so, what‘s next?“.
Her shorts are well made, but they‘re not stories with real characters. They amount to little more than concept-scenes with a good punchline. Makes for great viewing in a festival, for sure, and it keeps them busy and happy to produce something, but it won’t move any big shot producer to take a shot at them.
They should work with a solid screenwriter and move together to a middle length horror story to show that they have what it takes for a feature.
That being said : I hope she can keep the attitude and keep the dream alive until she makes it. I‘m hlad for her that she‘s happy she took the plunge 👏👍
She is a go getter!!! I love her strength and outlook, very inspirational…✌🏽Thumbs all the way up👍🏾
Thanks for posting Orlando!
As a young gal working in marketing, yet dreaming about filmmaking... this interview is a breath of fresh air. Thank you for inspiring me!
Wish you luck friend🍻 me and my lady friend are also getting into the business well trying
🤔This is one of the most positive, common sense perspectives I’ve heard on filmmaking…or anything else. As for RUclips, I’ve heard some say it’s for amateurs…well, the times they are a changin’. It’s where a billion people go to consume all kinds of useful media…seems like a no brainer that your stuff should be where the eyeballs are. 👁👁👁🍷🎩 Awesome interview!
Thanks for watching John! What Victoria and Aaron have done with Social House Films is very inspiring.
I really hope you guys bring on Joel Haver someday. He's a filmmaker who posts shortd every week and had over a million subscribers.
I'd love to hear his insights on living off those kinds of videos.
I would listen to her talk about absolutely anything, forever
Thumbs up on this interview. I have been making shorts since 2005 (before RUclips) and I am SO Happy to find someone who has had some experience with marketing on RUclips.
I love Mama Victoria! Great actress. Cool person. And beautiful inside and out. Also, she and Aaron make AWESOME movies! Bless up, Mama!
Useful on utube short films.
Great advice! We're just beginning to build our audience and are very grateful for the views we've had on our films - definitely motivates us to push forward!
This is amazing and so inspiring! Great to see the way RUclips can be utilised! I have been creating 0 budget short films for RUclips for the past year with little traction but this was so inspiring to see the growth that can come from it and the doors it can help to open! Hoping I can get there someday!
Yup!!! I have 2 viral short films on here and I’ve made a great amount of cash. 😎
What a great interview!
love and blessings!
Great video! I’m learning how to make short films and movie trailer spoofs and started my own channel so this helps!
valuable advice, slowly building my audience here on youtube. but hopefully soon i can start make a living and go all in into film making
Great video. Thank you for the info and inspiration!!!
Absolutely agree about RUclips being basically an online CV. Especially useful if you are making feature films on there. You can prove that you have an audience, can learn and cultivate your craft/brand, and can create content an audience visibly responds to.
Surely this is a better approach in 2021 than spending thousands on short films to show at festivals?
I remember growing up thinking , "you cant make a living being an artist" "only after your death... like Michangelo , or Da Vinci that your stuff becomes of value" What wasted time! Ayie, never too late to create.
Michelangelo was verrrry wealthy. Da Vinci wasn’t poor either. You’re thinking more of a Van Gogh.
Her real life story is the film she should be telling and make it a meta film where she narrates talking directly to the camera
Ohhhh I thought I recognized her ! I’ve seen her in horror films on Coryx’s channel ! She’s in some creepy shorts ! 👍
Loved this one!!
woa!!!!!! this girl is really cute
awesome tips! thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
I liked her!
I love this channel but this particular video was 15% "upload stuff to youtube" and 85% her moving to California
The most challenging thing has been getting my films out there to an audience... I’ve got a webseries and several shorts but still can’t get over 1K subscribers on my channel. Is paying for ads worth it on RUclips? :/
I also feel people are seeming to be less and less likely to click on a RUclips link nowadays with all the quick mind changing videos like tiktok..
I just started as very amateur Andi posted a 60 secomd video of work on tiktok and my whole 10 minute video on RUclips got like 600 views and my tiktok video for nearly 2000 in a day and I don't have a single follower! It's all so weird
Must short film makers on youtube copyright every of their short films whenever they upload them every week or 2 weeks even if it's for a contest?
The problem of posting short film on RUclips: unless it is a non political short film. Otherwise, it would be better to tell a story with hidden meaning/ symbolic ideas.
She's from Maryland? Does L. A. have a Nando's restaurant? Cause I'd never leave a Nando's for L.A.
What's the name of your channel pls..
Link in the description
Not to diminish what this woman does because I'm sure it's all nice, but most of the shorts that turn up in my feed are utter garbage. Calling them "films" is like calling McDonald's a "fine dining restaurant".
Ouch
Would you care to watch mine? I'd like to know what other people think.
The shorts I've made were uploaded years ago but I've been revisiting them lately. Hoping to go back to making some new short films (not really for profit but for scratching that creative itch).
Is it only 4000watxh hours? I thought it was a lot more than that?
Should point out it's 4000 watch hours *in the last 12 months*, not just in the lifetime of your channel.
It's the 1,000 subscribers that are harder to get though. I have way over the watch hours but not even hit 400 subscribers in over a year.