Making a short film with the availability of today\u2019s technology has become a relatively simple endeavor for most people.\u00a0 Assuming that you own a respectable computer, a digital camcorder and some kind of editing software, you are basically ready to go.\u00a0 Add some decent actors, a simple script and you\u2019re a filmmaker!<\/p>\n
But, first things first, you will need a story.\u00a0 Remember, most of what filmmakers do is to become a storyteller.\u00a0 And if this is your first attempt at creating a short film, consider a comedy or spoof on a topic that isn\u2019t too serious.<\/p>\n
With the discriminating taste that has been acquired by most film viewing audiences, even on Youtube, it\u2019s wise to leave the more sobering ideas to those that can spend millions of dollars telling their story.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Now that you have a basic outline for your story using the cast available to you, create a bit of a character for each role.\u00a0 What is the personality of each character?\u00a0 Do they have a specific way of speaking?\u00a0 There are many ways to create individual characters for each role which helps when writing the final draft of the script.\u00a0 But don\u2019t get jammed here.\u00a0 You might have friends that are really good actors and you have no idea.\u00a0 Ask around, see who is up for the excitement involved in making even a short film.\u00a0 Then work around what you have when writing the final draft of your script.\u00a0 Don\u2019t forget that although you might only have a few characters in your story, that there will be background actors required, set dressers and production assistants to help organize things during the day of filming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In this day and age, anyone can make a short film. But, if making a short film is something you really want to do, putting time in now will make all the difference later. The story is at the heart of this competition. If you have an idea of a story you\u2019d like to tell, then you have all the credentials needed to become our competition winner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,57],"tags":[59,61],"class_list":["post-312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exam-strees","category-vocational-counseling","tag-animal","tag-destination"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/careerplustraining.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/careerplustraining.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/careerplustraining.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/careerplustraining.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/careerplustraining.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/careerplustraining.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/careerplustraining.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/careerplustraining.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/careerplustraining.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/careerplustraining.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}