How To Shoot A Feature Film In 1 Day - J. Horton
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I noticed a few comments attacking me and my work. Pointing out low ratings on IMDB or pointing to what they deem as low or no quality in the work. or suggesting I don't take the art seriously. 1st off, I am not a mainstream filmmaker. I make very low budget movies for very specific audiences. And regardless of what ratings on IMDb say, those audiences do dig these movies. If no one was watching and watching all the way through and watching more than once, I would not be earning a living from them. These movies rank up view hours in the millions. My documentary Don’t Call Me Bigfoot did over 10 million hours of views in it’s first month on amazon prime alone. My horror movie edges of darkness brought in over 100k in it’s first 2 years of release. It was made for 25k. And yeah I’m talking numbers because they can be quantified. It’s harder to talk about or defend artistic merit. But being a subjective metric, I don’t have to. It’s all in the eye of the beholder. Just because you decided something is ‘trash’ doesn’t necessarily make it so. And if you actually did research, beyond a cursory reading of IMDb you’d find some very good reviews for Edges, for Trap, for Monsters in the Woods and others.
ULB films have never been treated well on sites like IMDb. That is not a complaint or me whining, it’s just the truth. When you present a ULB film to mainstream audiences in he market they are gong to be treated harshly (generally speaking). These types of movies don’t hold up well next to studio level polish. But all this is neither here nor there, what I don’t understand is filmmakers attacking other filmmakers like this. Why is my success triggering to you? I’m not out here claiming to be a brilliant filmmaker. I’m not telling other people to aspire to what I’m doing. I’m just a working class guy, talking about how I make a living from the arts. Doing what I love. IF what I do is not appealing to you either the movie or what I’m saying in these interviews or on this channel. Then don’t watch.Why attack me? If someone has ‘bad’ at making movies has you claim me to be, is making a living doing it, you should be inspired. Just imagine how well your superior work will do.
Look, I LOVE movies. I love making movies. And I love severing an audience with movies. I will never be a mainstream director, that’s not my goal. But I will continue what I’m doing, doing what I love and making my living from it.
Definately inspiring!
Keep doing what you're doing brother. It definitely is inspiring. I live all the way in the Caribbean, where film equipment resources are fairly limited, but we press forward and make it work. Love you brother!!!
Keep doing what you're doing, Jason! I watch your videos and interviews all the time and have followed your advice. You're helping a lot of people who chose to take a similar path in the business. :)
Bro I watch a lot of these film courage and when I look up the films I am usually shocked... but the reality is IF YOU ARE MAKING FILMS YOU ARE WINNING. THE END. THE END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I work in a professional industry and trust me, you are living the dream.
@@PunkMonster I mean he said he shot them in a day. He is doing day rates. A day rate for the actors guild is less than 200 bucks.
Watching his TH-cam videos, he really puts the rubber to the road. Mad respect. I can't even finish my morning coffee.
I suspect that this approach to movie making will become more common.
Great interview 👍🏼
This is the interview I was waiting to listen to, so ready to film my feature project
More to come! And best of luck!
I've worked on 4 week movies and even 3 week movies where crazy schedules were the rule. After hearing this experience, I would LOVE to make a movie in just one day and see what happens. It sounds like an adventure of a lifetime.
That's a very cool idea - shooting a feature in one day. For my zero budget feature, I'm making a few concessions. My actors are basically amateurs, so they can use their own words for the script as long as it means the same thing and makes sense. Except where it's essential to have a specific wording. It saves a lot of time and it makes it more authentic. And just two angles of coverage plus inserts. But if I ever get a budget I seriously want to try the one-day shooting.
on further reflection i decided to shelve my filmmaking project precisely because the budget was zero. Given the inordinate resource required in time and energy, going into the project with zero investment - not even baseline contributions to feeding the cast and crew - seemed like a doomed strategy.
Please don't allow actors to improvise their dialog. The results will be pretenscious nonsense and it'll derail the whole project.
@@badandy9716 The movie MASH was pretty much entirely improvised - they didn't use a word of the script. Strangely enough, they won an award for Best Adapted Screenplay. It depends on the actors and the production. I suspect amateur actors are better at improvising realistic dialogue than working from a script, and more professional actors are better with a script. The only way to be sure is for everyone in the world to watch my upcoming movie and judge for themselves.
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@@badandy9716 agreed. you can't let the actors dictate the process. even top pro actors are given very little slack, maybe indulged where time allows for an extra take to extemporise, though usually as a director's ruse to get whatever they have off their chest before moving on and returning to script.
@@roathripper My movie is in French. But my second lead actor does not speak the language 100% fluently so I let him use his own words sometimes and he can throw in the occasional word in Spanish (his native language). Because it's a comedy, it works much better than if he followed the script like a robot. But, as you said, it depends greatly on the production. The Director still has to direct and there has to be a good relationship if that's going to work out.
Have you ever considered shooting a feature film in one day?
Three days or two days are a roller coaster ride a director will never forget, but one day probably takes an extra sprinkle of rare stars aligning.
I'm here to make movies not sht
@@SWW978 damn right. it's a ludicrous proposition. unions would be all over your shit, actors and crew flaking out under the stress. utterly bonkers strategy!
I will now 😅
Sam Jackson and Tommy Lee Jones filmed a play called Sunset Limited with two cameras and a sparse set. It turned out very well.
That film was recommended to me years ago as an exampled template for writing a no-budget feature script to be filmed by an amateur director friend. It did provide for the writing of a low budget script through its inspirational effect back then which hasn't yet panned out. Recently, it made sense to access that memory to finalize a first time no-budget script and to have the courage to film it too!
@@MysterianFilmGroup I wish you all the best.
i've seen it. wasn't impressed. there was no sugar-coating what it was - a two-handed play on film re-purposed to stroke the egos of vain actors seeking thespian credentials. it added up to a dull and stifling viewing experience as a result.
@@roathripper It's 80 to 90 pages in one day. From a production standpoint, how much more can you expect?
I shot a movie in ten days and on a 1600-1700 us$ budget. Name of the movie is Rishi ki Dunia. I could never go to film school but it was a great learning experience. 👍👍👌
in the cold sober light of day, when you watch it back in your armchair, do you feel that 10 days was adequate to deliver the end-product to your expectations?
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There was monetary and time constrain. I believe I did the best of what I could. I could have done better but I am satisfied with what I achieved with all the limitations. 👍
@@mittuandfamily161 that is all anyone can ask. best wishes on your future projects dude!
@@mittuandfamily161How do I see your film?
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The movie is streaming on MX Player.
Great stuff J! Cheers Film Courage!!
There NO RULES to filmmaking! If your cast and crew are game and there’s no disrespect involved then go for it! Art is subjective and the goal is to create something that everyone is happy with and has some appeal to its audience! Great job on doing what you do!🎥🎥🏆🏆
Thank you for showing another great clip from J. Horton's interview. I believe only directors truly understand the complexity of what he describes as it's learned on the job. People who are fortunate enough to become seasoned actors understand through their varied practice with others just how the pieces of the world fit into the person they are. Then they can harness their talents most efficiently while interacting with others. I agree with a subtlety that's expressed here and that's practice makes perfect, but natural ability allows for the positioning of that practice. I'm assuming the higher a director and actor go in the industry with bigger budgets and complex working conditions the more of a grind they're forced to deal with. I'm guessing this could be why not every actor nor director can finish a high strain, stressful, pressurized film set waging 100 million dollar price tag. Probably too many parts juggling through the air?
This was the Ed Wood philosophy. The man churned out films 🙌🔥
That’s awesome. Keep inspiring 🎥✊🏿.
We did shoot a feature film in 8 days. And that was mad stressful.
I did love to try shooting a feature film in a day one day.
Oh yea that can be stressful, you know the studios that make movies for months can be more stressful, but in the end it's all worth it.
Jason's the greatest. I don't envy him doing a one-day shoot.
Awesome motivation from this!
Hopefully some helpful information as well
@@filmcourage Absolutely!
That’s crazyyyyyyy!
And I can’t even think of a good enough topic to write about ha!
I shot my film over 3 years. However, I was under 5000€ budget. I'd love the chance to shoot with a proper budget in 1 day. I would probably fail but I would love to try :)
That's the only kind of film making I know. Shooting 100 pages in a week or less. I was Dennis Haskins' assistant one day when he was set up in a spare bedroom in someone's basement. He was so great to work with. Really fun and laid back amongst the chaos!
This tutorial should be titled: "How To Be A Masochist"
Thanks!
Thank you again RichRay Films! Great to see you take inspiration from this clip. We believe it is powerful to know what is possible. Our best to you and your work!
This sounds so incredibly challenging. I was never interested in doing something like this before but after watching the interview I think I wanna try this. I’m gonna find some killer actors a couple good crew guys and just do it.
Would love to know which features were shot in 1 day and if they're available on tubi?
Hi Blake, it looks like J. answered another commenter. Here is his response, "When a Woman's Fed Up. The Prayer Circle. Do You Know Where you man is. where 1 days. Pastor Shirley was 4 days. The Other Side was 5. Sox was 6. All for the same company. Most films I shot for them were 5-7 days. I spent almost 30 days on Deathday. 15 on my latest horror movie Craving. It's not out yet."
@@filmcourage thanks I am going to check it out
This guy is so interesting.
i'd like to see the behind the scenes of a one day shoot. i'm thinking they look like buzzing bees with cameras strapped to their backs?
Apocalypse Now was shot in 23 hours.
One take, no sleep.
In other words, when people value themselves and expect to be treated reasonably, move along until you find an actor who will take abuse and voice no complaint about it.
not what I meant at all. and I do regret that is your or anyone else's takeaway from what I said. One of the most important things to me in terms of making films is treating people well. You'd be hard pressed to find an actor or crew member that I've worked with in my 20 plus year career that wouldn't want to work with me again. Even the actor I mentioned (in tears) I've worked with again subsquently only on a longer shoot schedule and are good friends. They just didn't like the excellerated schedule of that first movie. It's a producer/director's job, regardless of the type of shoot, to gauge cast and crew and whether or not they'll work well and thrive in the environment they'll be in and almost every movie set is different. Some people don't like a very fast pace, some love it. Some like working with big crews. some don't. Some like location shoots, some prefer sound stages. But all are treated reasonably and with respect. Fast pace does not automatically equal bad treatment. It's just another way of working.
Yeah so when a nobody like me ends up with a good scenario that would take years to develop on a low budget and that the spying industry get to know what's the story and even the style and atmosphere, all it takes, for a professional mofo, is a day. Fuck big companies and their professionals. Dream thieves. Finch(movie character I imagined but got stolen) can relate.
If you have no budget you can always make a movie in 5 days. Why do it in a day?
As an exercise, to test your skills, or practice new skills as a director, this seems like a cool idea. But to have your bread and butter for1-4 days shoots, that seems like just having criminally poor pride in your art. This was a cool perspective to listen to though.
I can understand that point of view. However, art and why people do it differ. And then there's the business side. This is what I do for a living. I, like most working directors who are not 'names;, don't all have the luxury of choice when it comes to work that pays the bills. And for me, art is way more about the process than result. THat's not to say I don't strive to make better things (I just spent a over a year and 100k on a movie), but it's the doing that brings me joy not the destination.
@@JHorton I'd like to see some of your 1 day shoots vs 4 day shoot films. Are you allowed to tell us?
@@The_High_SeAs When a Woman's Fed Up. The Prayer Circle. Do You Know Where you man is. where 1 days. Pastor Shirley was 4 days. The Other Side was 5. Sox was 6. All for the same company. Most films I shot for them were 5-7 days. I spent almost 30 days on Deathday. 15 on my latest horror movie Craving. It's not out yet.
Awesome, thanks you so much. Cool you're so responsive.
@@The_High_SeAs You are totally right. You just have to make a quick research on this man's movies. You'll see that they have very few reviews on IMDb and still the ratings aren't higher than 5 or 4, with bad reviews written by users. Even in some films like The Campus (Deathday, the 30 days one) the cast and crew of the film obviously high rated and reviewed the film to fake the score, and still has a 3.
I'm sorry to say all this but when you say that you are a "director" and you make feature films, not everything counts. And sure as hell most of them can't even be considered films. It just feels like he's doing this just to kill time, not with passion or some kind of ambition. As other users reviews have pointed out, I've seen independent young student films work (with far less budget than this man and his production company) be way better. Sorry.
just getting it done in as little spare time as possible seems to be a really masochistic and ultimately wasteful way to operate. there's enough stress in filmmaking. pushing your crew and cast to the limits of their endurance seems like a recipe for a very mediocre end-product. It's potentially toxic in other ways eg. building positive relationships going forward into the next project. Trim the budget in other areas and increase your time component. hell, filmmaking could even become an enjoyable experience.
i don't completely disagree and as I said in the video, I don't recommend or practice one day features anymore. Haven't done it in years. That said, I and others on them did enjoy doing them (for the most part) the sets I ran were fast paced, but always good,positive experiences for most. You'd have a hard time finding an actor or crew member that doesnt want to work with me again, even from those projects. Even the actor I talked about crying, I've worked with several times since on longer schedules and we are friends.
This isn't near as valuable and helpful without naming the films.
Hi Paul, J. responded to another commenter. Here is his answer, "When a Woman's Fed Up. The Prayer Circle. Do You Know Where you man is. where 1 days. Pastor Shirley was 4 days. The Other Side was 5. Sox was 6. All for the same company. Most films I shot for them were 5-7 days. I spent almost 30 days on Deathday. 15 on my latest horror movie Craving. It's not out yet."
I dare not watch these movies. 😂
And that’s how all your works get less than 3 stars on IMDb.
Wasting that low budget to just prove you can shoot ? Or what?
There is no inspiration in this video, you should use that low budget to make the best out of it not the fast out of it .
To me you just wanted to get the money and finish it as soon as you can.
I EXACTLY commented this in a response to a user called "UBorda", a few comments down. But way more extense. I don't get why this dude does this, because clearly is not for passion.
That would be a stupid thing to do.
This is the type of filmmaker that could give a fuck about the art lol. Dude just trying to sell a product using spectacle. Good if it works for him but not for me lol