Introduction
Create your own short film
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1. Script
Where to look for ideas
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Is your idea a story?
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Character
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Mapping the script structure
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From skeleton to outline
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Screenplay format
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Writing the screenplay
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Rewriting and revisions
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Preparing the rest of your production
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2. Camera, Lighting, and Sound
Script analysis and breakdown
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Understanding visual storytelling
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Part 1: Shots and shot composition
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Part 2: Elements of shot composition
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Camera movement
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Part 1: Shots working together
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Part 2: Audience emotion
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Lighting
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Sound
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Production design, costumes, hair and makeup
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3. Preparing Your Production
How to approach prepping your production
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Creative challenges
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Technical challenges
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Producer’s challenges
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Take a list of you
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Budgeting
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Scheduling
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Assembling your crew
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Locations
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4. Working with Actors and Preproduction
Casting
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The producing side of casting
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Rehearsals
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Working with actors on set
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5. Production
A typical day on set
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Coverage
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Make the pages
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Communication efficiency
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Common logistical issues
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Planning for post-production
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Ex_Files_Short_film_Start_to_Finish.zip
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