How Long?
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How Long?
Just wondering, do you think that 6 months is pleanty of time to create a feature film (including writing the script)?
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RE: How Long?
If you have the right dedication and work at it, by all means, just so long as you don't get too ambitious.
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RE: How Long?
If your actors are avaliable ie most weekends then it should be ok
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Depends on how good you plan on making it. Sure, it's possible to make a feature in six months, but it's not easy. On your level (assuming your not working with producers,casting directors,screenwriters,stroryboard artists, etc) it would not be easy, and the end result would probably not be very good because.
-It would be very unorganized
-Alone, it would take a long time to get permits, find a cast, scout locations, etc
-Assuming you have to set up light, and all the equipment up yourself, it would take a long time to produce
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With the right attitude, a simple story, a simple setting, and a dedicated cast and crew, it would be possible.
-It would be very unorganized
-Alone, it would take a long time to get permits, find a cast, scout locations, etc
-Assuming you have to set up light, and all the equipment up yourself, it would take a long time to produce
however
With the right attitude, a simple story, a simple setting, and a dedicated cast and crew, it would be possible.
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I agree with pan-modo pictures, and I'll say that the dedicated cast and crew is the single most important piece. If the cast keeps skipping shooting days because they have other plans and the crew doesn't work well, messes around, or just plain doesn't show up, you won't get a movie made.
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If you've got the cast and crew, go for it!
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thats by far the greatest problem because for one of my movies 6 people were supposed to show up and only 2 did, one went to buy fish, the another person went to meet a friend hes never seen before... (aka lame excuses because they dont really want to do it, be careful and make sure that only people who want to be part of it are in it!
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I'd say no, the standard feature length screenplay is at minimum 90 pages. Now to write a reasonable 90 page screenplay would take two months minimum and that is writing for probably 4-6 hours everyday. So two months down. By the time you cast your film, secure locations, work out the kinks in the script, and get equipment and a crew together you are down another month. Now, you can shoot a feature in three months, but that is shooting everyday (except for maybe Sundays) for 12 hours. It's possible, but not plausable if you want it to be of any quality.
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You have to express to you're cast and crew how important showing up is. I've worked on projects where I went as far as to making Call an hour earlier than I wanted them there just so they would show up on time. And I've even hoped in a van and driven the whole cast to my location just so they would be there.
It can be done in 6 months assuming you have a team, even if it is a few friends, as long as you aren't doing everything yourself, because then it is nearly impossible.
It can be done in 6 months assuming you have a team, even if it is a few friends, as long as you aren't doing everything yourself, because then it is nearly impossible.
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Yes! incentive, people work better when they think they are getting something in return.
craft services is a good idea - feed them constantly just like the actual movies. You get fed like every 3 or 4 hours on set. Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner. The best part of working on a movie is not having to buy food for a few months.
craft services is a good idea - feed them constantly just like the actual movies. You get fed like every 3 or 4 hours on set. Breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner. The best part of working on a movie is not having to buy food for a few months.
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That depends on the set, I know people that make films that are distributed but work on suck low budgets, they maybe provide a snack to the crew or the beer later, and thats all. Even if it's an "actual movie" does not mean the production has money to spend, on craft services.theChad wrote:Yes! incentive, people work better when they think they are getting something in return.
craft services is a good idea - feed them constantly just like the actual movies. You get fed like every 3 or 4 hours on set. .
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