How to shoot your first short film
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Behind the scenes captured by Richard Nixx
Special thanks to the crew and talent behind this incredible film.
Staring
Jacqueline Dos Santos
Katrina Anastasia
Directed by
Ramelan X Hamilton
Story, Edited, and Produced by
Zach Ramelan
Written by
Charlie Hamilton
Produced by
Eric Yensu,
Jacqueline Dos Santos,
James Stewart
FEATURING,
Sid Sawant
Charlie Hamilton
, Christoph, Benfey
, Michèle DesLauriers
Production Design, Props and Make-up by
Bethany Mcleod
Wardrobe by
Katrina Anastasia
Cinematography by
Nik Pilecki
First AC
Alice Do
Gaffer
Dave Barrett
Swing
Moatasem Asi
Location:
Evil Empire Studios
Special thanks to
DZO FILMS
Evil Empire
Set Ready Rentals
Richard Nixx
Christoph Benfey
Michèle DesLauriers
0:00 How to shoot a movie like this
1:00 The Segway shot
1:40 Scene from Film
1:52 The Easy Rig
2:40 Making a short told like a movie trailer
4:00 How to make your movie look expensive
5:42 Production Design
6:28 How to find the right location
6:49 Talking shots with DOP
7:19 Location Location Location
8:05 How to work with Actors
10:10 the movie we made
10:30 On set
10:50 Lighting a set
11:46 How to start a scene
12:28 Why handheld is better
12:56 the biggest role of the director
14:06 shooting a scene
14:50 How to light a movie with one light
16:03 nolan’s method
16:45 shooting a scene
17:20 When your Insecure
18:30 Filming in a cool location
18:40 Best tip to make BIG locations look cooler
19:10 When the director shoots the movie
20:25 How to see the film we made - บันเทิง
I thought that using a gimbal will improve my abilitis, but I see how you're using it and understand that not anyone can do it that well, your skills are impresive.
Awesome BTS Zach, I think a lot of these younger filmmakers would like to see how you fund your films. Obviously a short film like this isn;t attainable without funding and after seeing this film they might feel unmotivated because of how sick your setups were.
Love watching how other filmmakers work!
Thanks for watching
Great video! Thx for the insight
You always give great BTS footage! But I’d love to hear how you raise money & crew up for these productions 🙏🏾
Great question! I’ll be sharing that in my course 😘 but in a nutshell, this was funded by making an advertisement/promo. Instead of paying myself, I just sunk the entire budget into this film.
@@ZachRamelan Oh ok!!
Hey Zach! What camera, lenses and gimbal was your BTS shot on? BTW - Another great bts video! Hope to collaborate with you someday!
Would love to collaborate! That’s a question for Richard Nixx our insanely talented BTS videographer
Random question but, what was the director’s monitor that you were using and would you recommend it? I’ve been looking for something trustworthy that will give me the truest match to my camera on set and I’m torn with all of the options out there. Love your work! You’ve inspired me to finally take action on my script and turn it into a film! 🤙
mate your aussie accent on point haha
Such an informative video.
Thanks Therese! You’re my favourite ❤️
Your welcome
Love these bts breakdowns! Did your colorist create a monitoring lut for production or did you guys use a standard log to rec 709 lut and create color contrast with LED’s?
I believe Our DOP had a REC709 lut set up for shooting. Now in colour we’re creating all the magic. Stay tuned!!!
do you put your films on websites like backstage for people to be in your films??
It appears every TH-camr uses this same exact location.
Haha it’s an awesome creator owned space in Ontario. I loved filming there
@@ZachRamelan it is definitely a nice building for creators. I would love to film an upcoming music video there. Unfortunately, it's terribly far away from where I'm located.
You know what happened, we got new film makers who got so good at the technical aspect of making a film on a budget they forgot the most important element. The performance. There was a time when an indi film looked indi, which was it's aesthetic and matched the performance. But now, you got high glossy color balanced 4k images with trash sound, bad acting and storytelling so unconnected to a formidable experience as though an audience cares about idealized directions. Film makers actually love movies.
WHERE can I Watch This Movie
Hi zack I love your videos and they have always inspire me. I am working on my movie project, but i am stuck with VFX introduction of my name Timlandas Concept, I wish you can help me with a custom Vfx introduction that caption my brand name Timlandas Concept please 🙏
Name of The Short Movie?
When someone is using a $97,000 Arri Alexa 35 camera with a set of prime anamorphic lenses costing $33,000 and a $7000 Easy Rig, I wouldn't exactly call that "low budget" filmmaking. It must be nice if you have that kind of money laying around. Of course with Hollywood level gear like this, the film will look good (if you have a pro cinematographer 👨🏻🎨). I'm guessing you rented this camera package + all the lighting and grip. But, even so, that ain't cheap unless the owner of the rental house is your best friend 🤠. How many days did you shoot? Did you pay the crew and actors? Just want fellow TH-cam viewers and film students to have realistic expectations.
thank you for clearing this up for me, i was kind of confused by that.
Fair point Martin! I share the budget in another video but to be clear, a lot of this film was favours and rentals.
You can save a ton of money renting gear rather than owning it. Anyone making a film shouldn’t be buying the gear unless they are going to rent, or reuse for years to come. I’ve found a better investment is favours and rentals .
Our production budget was 12K and that included, props, gear, crew, food, actors and locations. This doesn’t include sweat equity and favours.
We shot for 3 days, had a 3 person camera crew, 1 production designer, and 4 Swiss army knife crew members who did everything.
@@ZachRamelan Thanks for clarifying. You are definitely a good producer when you can add production value via favours. You guys are young and energetic, and I salute your entrepreneurial spirit. I agree with the power of renting high-end gear versus buying cheap gear. If you're persuasive and flexible, sometimes you can snag very low rental rates from owner/operators.