MattHawkins Online - Film Making Forum

Just a lttle note, a good script is in the eye of the filmmaker/producer etc it's subjective. I have sold a few dozen short scripts most I hated but people came to me with an idea and paid me to flesh them out. It's not hard to write, though it's more fulfilling to write for yourself though or as a ...

There are some free MS Word plug ins but I recommend Final Draft 7, that being said time of day etc doesn't matter as much as the sluglines ( Int./Ext. etc), format really just depends on who you are working with I have seen people with budgets work off of scripts that weren't formatted to any stand...

Plan 9 from outer Space should be on the list of ones to watch, even with all the campiness of the film there is lots to learn from it.

^^ Dont forget more headaches especially dealing with other peoples money the more crew the more problems too.

^^^^ Thats the main oart right there Ipon, lots of nothing and misses and almosts then you get alot in one fail swoop, almost too much. (At least as my experience goes)

Not really the western I co-created is looking at a 6 figure budget because my friend who is directing it, worked as a PA unpaid for the investor on a few other prjects. It's more about who you know and getting your ideas in the right hands. It's not easy by any means but still not as hard as people...

^^^ I heard a rumor he'll also sign the book as The illigetimate Son of Johnny Wu. At least he said so on the Sanc. :p

^^^ She knows her stuff in that dept as well as some others. Saw some pics of her rebuilt studio on another board, I got to say impressive given the hurricane damage Tracy and some others were telling about you going through Liza.

Wait you mean people don't film the real stuff? Ah s*** I'm going to have some re-editing to do.

That was answered as a yes.

Those were done by squibs.

A buddy of mine sold Producer credits on ebay for his soon to be released feature, myself for fundraising on my project I am doing the same as well as releasing a graphic novel version of the film, not to mention a soundtrack CD.

I use Final Draft or ms word plug ins for collaborators that do not have Final Draft.

I would suggest narrwoing to one topic as 4 minutes is fairly short amount of time to cover the depth of more than one subject. If you were to stick to gangsters take a look at the movies suggested previously here.

Man the parts you guys talking about the stoners and the dumb chicks sounded like most of the film courses i took in college. We'd show up high or drunk edit our stuff, show assignments to the Professor etc. ( Actually it's similar to every indy project i have collabed on.)

Salo is just plain sick, although one does have to admire the adpatation into film of a Marquis De Sade book. (120 Days of Sodom for those that didn't know). I will say though I did enjoy the WW2 set up about the film, though alot of the film itself ran like a child porn snuff film. Just my opinion....

LOL f*** hilarous

Manually white balance the thing, do not use the auto settings, same for the focus. Also be aware of your light sources, last year when i was shooting video for a rapper i was managing I noticed the lighting was off due to the way the bar was lit, and the way I white balanced the camera, actually tu...

Hostel was ok. I don't think it did much good for the horror community though. Sure it has some nice F/X work, but the acting, story, and everything else seems to be catering for the brainwashed MTv teens out there. The Devil's Rejects was far superior and brought back the nice 70's exploitation fe...

Dave knows, you have to have at least half a clue (talent), knowing some people even low level people helps though.

^^^ UFP has it half right, work your a** off, never refuse a role or offer to collaborate. I may not know alot about film making but I get steady work in tons of low to no budget stuff just being on the crew/acting or production ends. Actually finally getting a few checks after 4 years of doing this...

I don’t consider myself to be an expert at film making, so I’m not expecting to be a Spielberg or anything like that... If you cannot consider yourself to be great at filmmaking, you will never succeed. You will probably be stuck doing gopher work for small time stuff for the rest of ...

You sir, f*** rock while I have read Uncanny before for an advanced Psych class, I never thought of the paralells you rovided with Halloween. I raise my beer to you.

It all depends on the laws in your area, I have lived and filmed in states here in the US where guns and knves are common place an the laws surrounding them are very lax. No that I am back in CA well s*** i might as well be in Europe with the laws regarding weapons here.

Most private art schools film or otherwise don't care what previous grades you had as long as you can pay the tuition. I found this out when I was going to transfer with an AA in video production to a private Media Arts school for my BA in Film production ( Funny thing is most of the classes for the...