Tips to for a short movie

How to make a good short video: university of santa fe 

1. Do not cramp too many ideas
2. A twist at the end 
3. Ideas come from everyday life 
4. Convert idea into something we want to say
5. Ideas can come from drawings you randomly do
6. Crowdfunding = raise awareness on the web kickstarter.com and indiegogo.com ; 

For the short movie itself:

• Create a treatment (outline)
• Create a screenplay (script) - can use celtex
• Storyboard (where things go on the screen) by drawing with the different angles and where everything goes on the screen - medium shots, wide scenes, close shots
• Pre-production = look places to see where to film, location of where all scenes take place
• Production = filming of the film, having a schedule and stick to it, filming outside has too many variables, therefore filming inside in a studio is much easier; make sure you have enough shots, have as many as you can 
• Post-production = need to be organized, categorized, named, sound separate and then synchronizing the sound, and then editing (this usually takes pretty long) and use programs such as iMovie or Movie Maker / garbage in and garbage out, meaning that if you filmed something that you think is not good quality then you can not include it in the post production
• Getting the film seen = upload to youtube or in film festivals 

More Tips: not afraid of someone else’s idea, be open

• -Go with your instinct, don’t be close
• -Collaborate with others

Good examples of famous short movie films:

For the birds

One man's band

Geri's game