Thank you for this review. I have used FilmFreeway since 2019 as that's when I started making my own short films again. (Prior to 2019, the last short film I made, I still had to mail in my tape, got mailed an envelope with information of what to do next, etc. Then... I just didn't know where or how to send that short film to further festivals. My one acceptance for my first film gave me one or two other festivals sending me an e-mail asking me to submit, but that was it.) In any case, I didn't realize FilmFreeway had a lists! Will need to check those out! Thanks! And this was another great video, thank you!
Seeing that little clip I can tell you that it is not worth to send it. Shorts are not festival materials btw. When you send a short to a festival you can only hope for honest reviews. No more then that. Nobody is ever going to ask you if they can get the rights to make a feature about it or anything like that. You make shorts to showcase your knowledge in a short period of time in a cheaper way. Like you have a script and someone is interested in it, you want to direct it but you haven't done any other feature before that's when your short comes in handy. You can show it and the basics of it are going to tell what your feature will look like. That's how you can use a short. For example Alive in Joburg and Saw. Both directors started their career with their shorts. Not to send it for festivals. They made it to showcase an idea of a feature, they had the feature script in hand and this short, they found producers and that's all. + 99% shorts are made by amateurs and because of this none of them are good. Extremely rare to see a short that is good. Like I know only 2 shorts that are good. Out of that 99% I know only one person who had an idea, made a short and did good on festivals and still he accepted the fact. He said I had an idea and I thought it is very original and great and after we have done the movie and watched it, I had to accept that it was trash. It's like a race track. You see the racers finish a lap in 1m 30s. You go out there and you do a lap in 2m 11s. You say it's pretty good. In reality it is nothing. That's how things work.
Cute. Reel got accepted into the Urban Action Showcase in New York, though, so... what do you know? Knee-jerk defensiveness aside, I reject the fundamental premise of your comment. If I wanted to make movies for a living, I would agree up to a point with what you said (and I do fully agree that 99% of shorts are garbage). But since I *don't* want to make movies for a living and enjoy the actual making and showing of the movie for its own sake, the fact that no one would. Reel, like every other short I have ever worked on, couldn't function as a feature. It's not a feature in miniature or a proof of concept. It is a self-contained, 15-minute story. I like it. The people who backed it on Kickstarter like it. The folks I've shown it to who didn't back it on Kickstarter like it. The programmers at the Urban Action Showcase like it. And that's good enough for me. That you need more makes me genuinely feel sorry for you.
Bro even though I agree on that 99% garbage thing, the shit that you are saying at straight up dumb. It’s like saying, writers who write short stories or poetry are nothing because they are not writing novels.
Not all shorts are made in hopes to output a feature. Yes, many shorts are made by amateurs, but not all. Vancouver has a shorts contest called Crazy8's. This was created as a desire from industry professionals who wanted to take a break from being the cam op to have a crack at being a DP, or from being an AD to being a director. Folks had leftover film and 8 days to film and post a short film. Now, in Vancouver, Crazy8's has become so big that it's not just industry professionals. It's the film school kid, the PA on set, the bartender who always wanted to break into film. But at the same time, only 6 teams are selected and they're mentored by professionals. Some Crazy8's winners (the 6 teams that make it through and get made as well as the overall winner of the contest that year) have used this to kickstart their careers. (Not all, but certainly a number.) Short films are a way for professionals to get back to why they wanted to get into film in first place. Work on a passion project. They're a way for non-professionals to gain experience. For the film student, the hair and makeup students, or the starting up actors to learn and grow. Submitting to festivals is a way to get validated, make some money back (from any festivals with cash prizes) from most likely having spent savings to fund the short, and to get noticed. Not "get noticed" in being able to make your short into a feature, but "get noticed" in showcasing your skill and growing from what you've learned during the process. Additionally, industry professions do attend festivals and do take note of short films and the creatives behind them. I've talked to folks who've made it in the Vancouver film industry as well as attended many webinars this pandemic and lots of what is suggested is to continue making things and to start with short films so you can get noticed, practice, and improve. Not sure if you've kept up with Oscars, but there has been an animated shorts and a live action shorts category showcased! Some from small companies, some from no name people, but some from bigger companies like Pixar, too! (Although the ones from Pixar might still be made with a novice team looking to experiment and grow their own skills.) Lastly, I do realize I'm replying to a 2 year old comment and am not sure if this reply will even be read, but just wanted to break the myth that short films suck and have no value to a filmmaker's career.
@@marcoa.cortezano5214 I agree that the stuff that person said was inaccurate (you can come back to this comment and see my reply to their initial comment), but I would also note that not 99% of shorts are not garbage. I have often found myself watching animated short films on TH-cam from animators looking to grow their skills and showcase what they have to offer. There are a number of short films showcased at the Oscars which are not garbage. Do you like Pixar films? There's usually a short film prior to a Pixar feature in theaters! Yes, the number of poorly made and not-so-good short films is high, but I would like to note that it's probably not 99% high.
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Thank you for this review. I have used FilmFreeway since 2019 as that's when I started making my own short films again. (Prior to 2019, the last short film I made, I still had to mail in my tape, got mailed an envelope with information of what to do next, etc. Then... I just didn't know where or how to send that short film to further festivals. My one acceptance for my first film gave me one or two other festivals sending me an e-mail asking me to submit, but that was it.) In any case, I didn't realize FilmFreeway had a lists! Will need to check those out! Thanks! And this was another great video, thank you!
I'm enjoying your videos, man. Keep it up!
Thank you so much!
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Seeing that little clip I can tell you that it is not worth to send it. Shorts are not festival materials btw.
When you send a short to a festival you can only hope for honest reviews. No more then that. Nobody is ever going to ask you if they can get the rights to make a feature about it or anything like that.
You make shorts to showcase your knowledge in a short period of time in a cheaper way.
Like you have a script and someone is interested in it, you want to direct it but you haven't done any other feature before that's when your short comes in handy. You can show it and the basics of it are going to tell what your feature will look like. That's how you can use a short.
For example Alive in Joburg and Saw. Both directors started their career with their shorts. Not to send it for festivals. They made it to showcase an idea of a feature, they had the feature script in hand and this short, they found producers and that's all.
+ 99% shorts are made by amateurs and because of this none of them are good. Extremely rare to see a short that is good. Like I know only 2 shorts that are good. Out of that 99% I know only one person who had an idea, made a short and did good on festivals and still he accepted the fact. He said I had an idea and I thought it is very original and great and after we have done the movie and watched it, I had to accept that it was trash.
It's like a race track. You see the racers finish a lap in 1m 30s. You go out there and you do a lap in 2m 11s. You say it's pretty good. In reality it is nothing. That's how things work.
Cute. Reel got accepted into the Urban Action Showcase in New York, though, so... what do you know?
Knee-jerk defensiveness aside, I reject the fundamental premise of your comment. If I wanted to make movies for a living, I would agree up to a point with what you said (and I do fully agree that 99% of shorts are garbage). But since I *don't* want to make movies for a living and enjoy the actual making and showing of the movie for its own sake, the fact that no one would. Reel, like every other short I have ever worked on, couldn't function as a feature. It's not a feature in miniature or a proof of concept. It is a self-contained, 15-minute story.
I like it. The people who backed it on Kickstarter like it. The folks I've shown it to who didn't back it on Kickstarter like it. The programmers at the Urban Action Showcase like it. And that's good enough for me. That you need more makes me genuinely feel sorry for you.
Bro even though I agree on that 99% garbage thing, the shit that you are saying at straight up dumb. It’s like saying, writers who write short stories or poetry are nothing because they are not writing novels.
Not all shorts are made in hopes to output a feature. Yes, many shorts are made by amateurs, but not all.
Vancouver has a shorts contest called Crazy8's. This was created as a desire from industry professionals who wanted to take a break from being the cam op to have a crack at being a DP, or from being an AD to being a director. Folks had leftover film and 8 days to film and post a short film. Now, in Vancouver, Crazy8's has become so big that it's not just industry professionals. It's the film school kid, the PA on set, the bartender who always wanted to break into film. But at the same time, only 6 teams are selected and they're mentored by professionals. Some Crazy8's winners (the 6 teams that make it through and get made as well as the overall winner of the contest that year) have used this to kickstart their careers. (Not all, but certainly a number.)
Short films are a way for professionals to get back to why they wanted to get into film in first place. Work on a passion project. They're a way for non-professionals to gain experience. For the film student, the hair and makeup students, or the starting up actors to learn and grow.
Submitting to festivals is a way to get validated, make some money back (from any festivals with cash prizes) from most likely having spent savings to fund the short, and to get noticed. Not "get noticed" in being able to make your short into a feature, but "get noticed" in showcasing your skill and growing from what you've learned during the process. Additionally, industry professions do attend festivals and do take note of short films and the creatives behind them. I've talked to folks who've made it in the Vancouver film industry as well as attended many webinars this pandemic and lots of what is suggested is to continue making things and to start with short films so you can get noticed, practice, and improve.
Not sure if you've kept up with Oscars, but there has been an animated shorts and a live action shorts category showcased! Some from small companies, some from no name people, but some from bigger companies like Pixar, too! (Although the ones from Pixar might still be made with a novice team looking to experiment and grow their own skills.)
Lastly, I do realize I'm replying to a 2 year old comment and am not sure if this reply will even be read, but just wanted to break the myth that short films suck and have no value to a filmmaker's career.
@@marcoa.cortezano5214 I agree that the stuff that person said was inaccurate (you can come back to this comment and see my reply to their initial comment), but I would also note that not 99% of shorts are not garbage. I have often found myself watching animated short films on TH-cam from animators looking to grow their skills and showcase what they have to offer. There are a number of short films showcased at the Oscars which are not garbage. Do you like Pixar films? There's usually a short film prior to a Pixar feature in theaters!
Yes, the number of poorly made and not-so-good short films is high, but I would like to note that it's probably not 99% high.