I’m working towards filmmaking as a hobby. I’ve had pretty decent success in regards to finding out what to film on/what kind of films inspire me and what kind of movies I’d like to make.

What I am having trouble learning is editing. I have adhd and for some reason I just cannot figure out where to start. I’ve tried YouTube and google and I just can’t find anything that holds my attention enough that I can actually try to learn something.

Any recommendations on where to look, who to read or what to watch?

I have a huge project coming up, to add motion blur to a film thats going to be shot in a huge led virtual screen. I was wondering how motion blur is added, professionally for virtual production, and for 3d films using virtual production.

Is it a specific software? specific effect? or what. Pleaseee let me know. thanks

Hi so I woud love to go to a film school and study in Directing and Screenwriting. I would like to know what the requirements are for Film school?

Academically speaking in O level IGCSEs i have

Business: A

Accounting: A

Math: A*

Economics: A

Computing B

English as a second Language: A*

My A levels are finishing in a month. Based on everything my grades are likely to be

Business: B

Math: D

Accounting A

CAE english: A

I head you need to meet certain academic thresholds for schools to even consider your applications?

Also in a portfolio what should I include? My best scripts? Whats the best format? Do i try to match university standards? What are they looking for exactly. Whats their critieria for evaluating a portfolio.

Would love some perspective from those in the industry thx.

Hi yall. Currently editing a short film and the endings got me stumped.

There's not enough footage to setup the final shot. We only have the 1 angle with 2 takes (pretty much identical).

As it is, it jumps to this final shot but seems abrupt/clunky.

As we have no close-up on this final shot, where this woman picks up an object and attacks someone, its hard to even see what they pick up (which is setup earlier in the film).

Currently at a crossroad where we have to decide to end the film earlier and cutout this freeze frame attack ending, or try to squeeze it in somehow. We have tried freeze frame + zoom so you can see more clearly whats going on but it's not working.

Happy to share a cut on youtube if someone wants to see.

Any advice much appreciated thank you!

I bought a Rode shotgun mic for use with my Sony cinema cameras

Tell me why every time I use the Rode mics I get tons of static into my films

I also have a Sennheiser MKE 600

Tell me why when I use the Sennheiser I get crystal clear audio that can pick up whispers

The Rode ruined my film, I have tons of scenes with static audio and I used it to attach it to my gimbal for street scenes

I’m seriously upset and will never buy Rode again

Also I asked ChatGPT and it said Rode mics do not pair well with Sony internal amps, this is bullshit

festivals.page4films.com

A calendar of when film festivals, screenplay contests and film funds open and close for submissions. Around 3,000 listings in 135 countries. Dates come from each festival's own website, and each listing links to the page the dates came from.

You can filter by what's open now, closing in the next two weeks, entry fee, region and category (shorts, docs, animation, horror, LGBTQ+, student and more). Oscar and BAFTA qualifying festivals are marked. You can also add the deadlines to Google, Apple or Outlook calendar, or get a weekly email of what's closing. No account needed.

I have two versions of a psychological thriller short (8 minutes' long) I've recently completed. It has a twist ending and although I personally think the meaning of the twist should be fairly easy to understand upon watching it, I don't want to risk audiences/festival screeners not getting it.

Earlier in the film the protagonist is talking to the secondary character about a deeply personal issue which is linked to the theme of the film, then something happens which might hint at that personal issue being resolved, and at the end the protagonist realises this, and it cuts to black. One version is focused on his reaction upon hearing the news, the other version has a 1-second insert of the conversation they had earlier in the film, no dialogue etc., which I put in to remind the audience of what they discussed in that scene so the ending could land.

I wonder whether it's needed though and worried festival screeners/audiences might think using flashbacks of any kind is too cliche or lazy. Does anyone have any thoughts at all? Happy to send you the film or chat on DM about it if you're interested, feel like I'm in a bit of a dilemma!

Hello everyone. I'm an Austin local actor/musician/writer/whateverer and I worked as a volunteer screener for the Austin Film Festival. I've managed to secure a producer badge but I honestly have no idea what I'm doing.

I've got a bit of social anxiety but I know this can be good for meeting cool creative folks so if anyone has some tips for getting the most out of it I would love to hear it.

Do you need help with your EPK and submission materials?

Did you know that many film log lines and synopses are so poorly crafted, which often leads to films being passed over for programming consideration.

The Frankly Festivals podcast is looking for 2-3 filmmakers who would like to have their log line, synopsis, photos, and EPK materials critiqued and refined to help with their festival submissions.

Our team will review your materials, and work with you to rewrite materials to give your film that extra edge needed to break through the programming crowd.

We will be recording the episode in the next 30 days.

If interested, DM with your film's title, TRT, and where you are in the process (final edits, just exploring festival options, already submitted, etc.).

So my uni rocketry team participated at the european rocketry competition EUROC. I took two of my camcorders to shoot a bit of footage, then realised i had hours of footage and It was enough to put together a little documentary. I took my miniDV camera, my phone as a recorder, and shot a couple of interviews of the team.

Given that i haven't spent a single cent, how do i go about writing the budget? Should i compute 50 bucks for the cost of my cameras and another 300 for the phone? Set It to zero? I'm a bit at a loss on how to compute amortization in this case as well

Hey everyone,

I'm a 23 yearold literature student in the Paris area. Filmmaking has been a hobby of mine for a while now, and I'm seriously considering turning it into a career.
To see how a real set operates from the inside, I've been looking for work as an assistant régisseur (production runner / location assistant), but I haven't had any luck so far.

Does anyone have any tips, platforms, or leads on where to start looking? (And before anyone asks yes I speak fluent french!)
Thanks in advance!

So my name is Bradley, I am an aspiring filmmaker located in upstate NY. Unfortunately, not much of a film scene in my immediate area so I have to do everything by myself aside from the acting. Directing, editing, working the camera, EVERYTHING, aside from make-up SFX (my girlfriend does that for me).

I say all of this, because usually being a jack of all trades makes you a master of none. Cinematography has always been very important to me and something I’m passionate about so I was hoping to get some feedback on my shot composition and just how my stuff looks in general.

These are some stills from my debut feature film. It’s a horror film I saved up money for to self-fund, and we’ve been shooting since May in little chunks at a time. Obviously I can’t change what has already been filmed but I’m hoping to apply any feedback or correct anything I’m doing wrong to the stuff we are yet to shoot. Any feedback is welcome!

I’m still fairly new to this and only have a couple short films under my belt so I know I still have a lot to learn and am open to anything you guys want to share with me.

Edit: I had some shots showing off the gore to try and get feedback on that as well but it keeps getting removed and flagged. Oh well.

Hey peoples,
I am more of ahobbyist when it comes to filmmaking, even though I went to design school, I use my skills mostly to make cool home movies about me, my family and friends. My style orients itself on the old work of the Neistat brothers combined with documentary filmmaking and some experimenting.
I am currently working on a bigger project that's supposed to document several years of a realationship. I love working with all those random iphone photos and videos you take during every day life, but I am kind of stumped rn when ot comes to tying it all together, as the material itself doesn't have enough "flesh" to cut a whole movie from it on it's own. I was thinking about doing a sit-down talking head shot narrating the whole thing, but that seems too vloggy and boring considering this movie will be over 30 minutes long. Do you have any ideas how to narrate such a project and tie it all together? Do you make home movies in general, and if so, what is your go-to style? How much do you shoot cinemtaically, and how much is just a collection of situational material? Do you skript/storyboard anything or do you just experiment when it comes to cutting? Would love to know!

I want to preface this with the fact that I may be overthinking this whole situation.

I’m making a short film centered around a group of four friends, about 25 years old each (not directly stated in the script but that’s what I’m going for).

I’ve cast 3/4 of them, but there’s one little issue. The actor for the main character is a little older than the others. He’s 30, and the other two are like 23-24. I know that’s not a crazy difference, but he does look just a little bit older than them and, I don’t know if I’m just in my head or not, but it’s all I can think about. I don’t want to break the immersion of the story when one of the actors feels out of place from his friend group.

Now yes, I should’ve seen it sooner. It’s been kind of a hassle getting my cast together and I finally found someone who is perfect for the role in every other way, and I didn’t start to feel this way about his age until recently. I know Michael Johnston from Obsession is 30, while Inde Navarette and Megan Lawless are about 25, and that age gap isn’t noticeable at all in that movie, so I might be overthinking this. I just can’t stop seeing that he looks just a little bit older than everyone else. Does anyone have any experience with this and are there any ways I could try to get him to closer to everyone else’s age cheaply?

Hi everyone I just started my film classes and I feel incredibly behind. I have experience in film but nowhere near enough to feel confident in the class I’m in. I would love to hear any tips you guys have for short films or even sources for videos I could look at to grow as a film maker. Whether it’s shot composition, better understanding of camera functions and how to creatively use them, different camera movements and the emotions they invoke, audio, or even screen writing and gaffing or set design. I want to hear all of your guys ideas on how to be more intentional and how to turn the ideas I have into fully functioning and digestible films.

I want to understand every part of making a film to be able to create something that truly feels like me. I feel like this lack of confidence has given me a mental block because everyone around me feels so great. My initial instinct is to honestly run and panic and if yall had any advice on just pushing through when everyone around you seems so great at everything what do you do? I wanna be able to keep up with my peers and offer something valuable. I have a project coming up soon and I don’t know what to do honestly.

I have made a short film of 26 minutes. My first short film. It has its problems but it was made with good equipment and a good crew. It's everything I ever wanted to do. The film is ready. I wrote it, directed it and edited it. Even had a role in it. But now it's finally done. The quality is pretty good. It's in hindi language. I don't know what to do now. I'm feeling lost. I need to reach many people.

YouTube and instagram aren't giving enough reach even after I promote it with money. The trailer and poster didn't get much. I won "best debut shortfilm" in a film festival but I've understood that filmfestivals aren't gonna help me sell it or get fame. I really need this two things from it. Money (at least budget gets returned) or fame so that I can see how others feel and continue making more. It was made by my sister's savings. So I'm feeling really guilty that her hard earned money will be going to waste. I don't know what do I do now with film. I just have it in my computer. I really need help.

Hey everyone,

I'm considering submitting to the Shore Scripts Short Film Fund (International) and wanted to hear from anyone who's had firsthand experience with them.

I've seen mixed opinions online, particularly around the entry fees, judging process and overall legitimacy of the competition.

Has anyone here submitted, been shortlisted, or actually received funding through them?

I'm particularly interested in whether the process felt transparent, whether applicants received any meaningful feedback, and whether you felt it was worth the entry fee.

Would appreciate any honest experiences, positive or negative.

Thanks!

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We have won 22 awards from 14 film festival selections, but we only have 173 Facebook followers, and only 156 Instagram followers.

I have an Indie film that we funded and produced this year. We finished filming in December 2024, and post-production took us almost 1.5 years. We submitted it to 42 film festivals, covering a wide swath of the U.S. and some International areas where we thought our film might interest viewers. I hand-selected about 20, and the rest were selected from free waivers and other discounts offered to us by the festivals through filmfreeway.

We did a paid email advertising when we first launched on filmfreeway and that got us a flood of festivals who responded. We received 847 discounts and waivers of varying degrees. 43 full waivers.

I think we have a very nice trailer, website, and press kit. I shared the trailer, snippets from the movie, clips or image posts highlighting characters in the film, and notifications of various festivals or awards we have won. I tag anyone or collaborate with people wherever possible.

I haven't done any paid advertising. We are not viewable anywhere yet, and we don't have any distribution deals in place currently.

I have some of our budget from the film left and we just won a $1000 award at a recent festival. My inclination is to wait until people can actually watch the film through either TVOD, SVOD, or AVOD before advertising.

Do you have any tips for growing our followers?

Should we do this before the film is available to watch publicly, or should we just wait and do that when we can give someone a link?

A common response we see after we share something is "where can we watch the film?"

Hey guys! Hope you’re all doing well!

Yesterday, I made a post asking for advice on what to buy. After reading all your comments (thanks to everyone who took the time to reply!), I decided to stick with what I have and focus on improving my setup instead.

Today, after work, I decided to do some tests with a 5-in-1 reflector/bouncer from Omar, which I bought back in 2021, I think.

I set up my PT-176S at a 45° angle on my left side and the bouncer at around 45–50° on my right.

To be honest, I’m not seeing a huge difference in the results. Of course, when I remove the bouncer, I get noticeably darker shadows, which makes sense.

My main concern is that the bouncer is only about 20 cm away from my face. What happens if I need to shoot a wider scene and can’t keep it that close?

Would you recommend building a foam board or bead board reflector, or is my current bouncer perfectly fine and I’m just not using it correctly?

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Hello,

I'm planning a shoot that involves filming balls (think ping pong balls) falling, and then shooting those at a very high frame rate. The final shot should look like it's 'raining' balls.

This is an indoor shoot and would involve shots both with and without people. Ideally the setup should not be overly long to reset between takes.

I've been researching ideas to do with cargo nets that could quickly release or other panels/doors that could quickly move, but would love to hear input from the community if you've ever done something like this before. I realise it's not a totally novel idea so am hoping there's some shared wisdom on a solid approach.

I'm an amateur film maker so don't have access to high tech gear but would be ok to put some budget into buying the right equipment (within reason- talking hundreds rather than thousands of dollars). I'm located in Canada for context.

Thanks in advance!

Just want some opinions/criticism, and suggestions you may have about my "videography"..

I'm doing a diary where I tend to share my path from the ground to the skies - from hiking to starting to fly a paraglider from hills that I hike.

I'm just a random guy.. I have never seen a paraglider, and don't even know my next steps - i guess i should enroll in some sort of school, to get familiar with the equipment and techniques. Don't know where, how much it costs, nor how long it will take me to achieve my goal.

My goal is simple: One day to be able to fly down instead of walking from the summit.

I want my videos to be "not fake" not the standard type of videos you generally find on YouTube where pro paragliders record how cool they are in 4k beautiful videos.

I want to record a raw, true, real (hopefully inspiring) story of what it looks like when a random guy decides to make his dreams come true. And share all my doubts and obstacles and questions I'm about to face on my journey.

That's basically it..

Thank you in advance

We made Sydney vs Sean on an incredibly small budget. Yes, there are a few TV stars in the film (and that's a story for another time how they became involved) but given the budget constraints we were able to pull off a few great soundtrack pulls including this one I'm talking about in the video. I had so much doubt that this would work out when it was suggested but I had to remember how many other times making indie films that something amazing has come along - something that feels almost impossible - simply because myself or my team was willing to give it a real try and see something through.

So that's all - it feels relatable to so many of you and I thought I would share.

For anyone curious - the film will be out to the public next year.

After using Adobe Premiere Rush for a while before it came to an end along with myself migrating to Linux Bazzite, I've taken an interest with Flowblade as it seems easier to manage than something like DaVinci Resolve. One thing I wonder about, though, is if I can use graphics, which has varying animations and styles for texts to overlay on the video. Is there such an option? If so, how do I select one?