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I’ve been asked why there have been so many film and movie reviews on this blog recently when so many readers have been expecting updates on the progress of the short film. They want to know if the screenplay is ready yet and is pre-production complete? Well, no. The experts say you should study films before taking [...]
Continue reading...Treatment writing
3. May 2008
This is how I start my treatment thinking. I need to answer these first six questions first. 1. Who 2. What 3. Where 4. When 5. Why 6. How Then I need a rough plan of what happens in the story. Start The middle The ending All stories have a three phase plan if they’re told properly, but who says you have to tell them properly? [...]
Continue reading...Logline complete
2. May 2008
Finally, after many hours of turmoil, the logline for the short film is ready. It’s … well of course I can’t say yet, can I? I have to wait until the treatment is ready and the script completed and I’ve registered the copyright before I can release the logline. I can’t risk someone stealing my work; [...]
Continue reading...Making the short movie plan
3. April 2008
So, there’s a plan. I’m through with thinking about the movie; now it’s time to write. Even though it’s only going to be ten minutes long, the film needs to be planned precisely to ensure each second of those ten minutes gets used well. There won’t be any time to go off track and have [...]
Continue reading...First things first: pre-production.
10. March 2008
We’ve all heard of it, but what exactly is it, in film and movie making? It’s doing your homework, which is a responsibility and liability on the producer. The producer needs to find the money to fund the film; this will enable him to set his budget to know if they are heading for a big budget [...]
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30. May 2008
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