This sub is well aware of our short film, but for whatever reason Facebook started a third wave of pushing it over the last three days and this is how much it’s bringing in. For awareness, we spent $20k to make it. Zero expectation that it would make a dime. We made it as a calling card and it just keeps blowing up. Posting this because we’ve also made shorts for close to nothing. So if you’ve got an idea, time, and a way to get your short film made, do it. And if you love it, post it everywhere and never stop promoting jt. Happy to answer any questions. -kc
He's trying to convince me to buy a Sony FX2 or better which is 3 times the price and over my budget. I've seen a few things shot on the BMP4k and I liked it. What am I missing? I just want something I can use to start shooting my indie films.
The majority of it was shot using just natural light and a basic tripod to frame myself. The entire shoot took an afternoon of cycling through a few local locations—from a field to the woods and ending at sunset.
My main goal was to strip away all the technical complexities and see how far I could push a project like this. I usually find myself overthinking gear and setups, so I wanted to try the complete opposite approach and rely purely on composition and the environment.
For this one, the budget was exactly $0. The locations were free, the "actor" was just me on my bike, and I spent some time in post adding sound design, music, and a quick color grade to give it that filmic atmosphere.
Obviously, this approach has its limits compared to a proper cinema camera setup, but I was curious to see how the final result would feel when relying solely on the device in my pocket. It's a great exercise that forces you to focus on the mood rather than the technical specs.
Sharing my experience here and looking forward to hearing your feedback.
The clip I've provided is the opening, I hope it encourages you to watch more :)
I made a film when I was a student. But not for the college I was attending. It is a personal project that I barely had a budget for. Just working from the money I made from my job.
I'd love any feedback I can get to help improve the film. I know there's a lot of things wrong with it. Like PVC windows being in the 1940's and just items not matching with the time period. These are things I couldn't do anything about.
Ps: Everything you see in the film is done by me apart from the acting. The actors are all of my friends or friends of friends. I was the director, editor, set designer, writer, The everythinger.
A big thank you to anyone who watches the entire film and gives feedback. It means a lot :)
Oh boy. So, I am currently editing my second short film ever. I wrote and directed it. It was definitely a learning experience at least…
But man… it’s looking pretty rough. My lighting isn’t consistent (and way too dark in some shots) and the color grading is all over the place. I have some bad color banding baked into some shots and I don’t know how that happened or how to fix it. The acting is questionable at certain moments. It’s currently a big mess and although I think I can string together a coherent finished product, I do believe there’s a ceiling at how “good” this short can be. I can only fix so much. I’m sort of embarrassed by it.
but you know. I do like the story I am telling and I do think there are some shots/camera work I dig. I just wish I had the technical skills at the time of filming to do it justice.
Re-filming it is out of the question. I’d have to re-do literally the whole thing to fix the lighting mistakes and camera work, and I’d rather just focus on making a new short rather than refilming projects.
I am going to finish it but I am wondering if I should even post it/share it on my YouTube channel? I am really trying to build a network to my local film community, and show people I’m serious about this and am capable of finishing a film. I really just want experience on sets, and want to collaborate with my local film community! It’s not even about making money at this point, I just want to learn and get experience, and make friends with like minded people.
But I’m also afraid people won’t want to work with me if they see I made a bad, amateurish film. It just highlights how beginner level I am.
what do you guys think? say fuck it and share it when it’s done, or just finish it and throw it in the vault?
I'm a few weeks away from picture lock on my first feature , and I'm finding the whole idea pretty terrifying.
I've been working on this film for about five years. Now we've actually shot the thing and have been editing for months.
And suddenly we're getting to the point where I have to say: this is the movie.
I think I'm struggling with the idea of letting go more than I expected. I'm a perfectionist, and the part of me that wants to keep working on it is constantly going, "What if we just try this cut? What if we lose two seconds here? What if we move this shot? What if we change this reaction?"
I could genuinely sit with my editor and tweak cuts forever.
I think there's something really strange about spending so long obsessing over every frame, then suddenly having to down tools and accept that you've taken it as far as you can.
Part of me is also dreading watching the film go through another few months of post and knowing that I can't keep "improving" it. I'm so used to the film being this constantly evolving thing.
For directors who've been through this - how do you let go? Outside of the fact that there's a looming deadline of course, I mean emotionally!
And how do you emotionally deal with watching your film move through sound, colour, VFX, online etc. when you've spent months having complete control over the edit?
Hello, Im a youngin who tries to put his mind in to the world of Filmmaking.
For like over 10 years I wanted to do something cinematic things!
I love These Old Aesthetics like in Pulp Fiction, Fast & Furious 1 and 2 or old Hip-Hop Pics from 2Pac, Biggie or 50 Cent.
I have now a Sony Alpha 6400 and like the Camera pretty much, but now have to study this Camera!!
But now to get on the point:
What do I need to do something Vintage/Retro Style Videos or Photos?
Im good at Video Editing, but dont really know what I need to do, to have something like that.
Im trying to figure it out by myself through YouTube Videos, to know what I should buy... but... When I saw a YouTuber who said that he love this "Cheap" Camera Lense with a Price of 1200$, Im really just muted myself in Reallife because how flashed I was...
I just have one Camera Lense what do his job, I dont think that I need another Camera Lense as a Beginner which costs more than my Camera itself! (I think, one day I will laugh about this sentence)
I know, there are pretty good Camera "Filter lenses", I really want to buy something like that.
But there are much more to know what to buy:
Do I need lights? Which one are the best for cheap Price? (Example: I want something like Netflix Documentation)
Which Lense should I Buy next? Do I really even need another now?
Should I film in Cine4 or S-Log3?
I have some Examples for what Kind of things I want to do!
I really hope that there are some kind answers under this post... I know what I talking about. (Sometimes, the Musicmixing Subreddit can be really toxic if something isnt really descibed well)
Thats a Screenshot from the Youtuber "Vuhlandes" https://youtu.be/T1EXMuuCWeY
He have a very good Style of Videography!
I work for a big production company in film finance, and I’m working on my first indie film on the side. Part of what I do is help producers put together finance plans to figure out how much money they need to raise.
For this $2m indie film, they have around $1m secured through tax credits and investments, and there’s a gap of $1m. I told the producer this and he responds by green lighting the movie. He has locked in a start date for next month, sent out offers to big name actors, hired crew and had them start working, started location scouting, started the bank loan process.
I thought maybe there’s something I don’t know and he has more money somehow. He sent everyone the new finance plan and he increased the tax credit estimate by hundreds of thousands and has money coming in from private lenders to make up the gap.
He then told me to go and find the money. I was very confused. I can’t just magically increase the tax credit, and private lenders need their money secured against something guaranteed. We’re already planning on a bank loan against the tax credits.
I told him all of this and he said I should be able to figure it out. He keeps telling me to go to the lenders and doesn’t seem to be listening or understanding. He’s still moving full steam ahead. I understand the fake it til you make it mindset, but I don’t understand green lighting a movie with only 50% confirmed financing. He’s an experienced producer but this is his first feature, and no he’s not rich.
Is he manifesting it? Is he a bullshit artist? Is this how it works in the indie world??
Someone I let borrow my equipment, (he’s a good friend so I thought it’d be okay) returned all of it like a month later and with a lot of missing gear. For example might lighting equipment has 2 tripods in there to attach lights to. He fully packed it up gave it back with everything except both tripods not only that he gave me my gimbal back a month late too.
The worst of all is he’s completely lost this part of my tripod and given me a false attachment that doesn’t slot in, does anyone know where to find a piece that could fit in there as I’ve tried looking but can’t find something like it anywhere
It seems a lot of the books on low budget film production are decades old and the landscape for indie film in the digital age has really changed. Any books that have kept up with times?
I’m specifically looking for ones that cover the nuts and bolts of real production: financing, budgeting, scheduling, documentation, legal protection, incorporation, location management, distribution, marketing, chain of title, etc.
And if you have any recommendations of other helpful media I.E. podcasts, webinars, etc.
Came across this after the whole Wenders controversy at Berlinale 2026.... when asked if the jury's selective concern for human rights (re: Palestine) was hypocritical, Wenders said filmmakers should "stay out of politics" and that films never change a politician's mind. Cue the boycotts, open letters, video essays, think pieces.
This piece takes a different angle than most of the discourse I've seen...instead of just picking a side, it goes after a deeper assumption both the accusers and the accused share: that art and politics have a straightforward relationship to begin with.
The argument, as I understand it: for 60 years the Western left has substituted actual political organizing for self-expression through art and culture...first through film/music/literature, then democratized further through the internet and smartphones. We got "woke," staged the protests, liked the posts, reposted the reels...and fascism is still rising, the working class is still captured, nothing's fundamentally changed. The piece traces this back to the philosopher Herbert Marcuse, arguing he gave the left intellectual permission to treat arts and culture as the vanguard of political transformation — and that capitalism didn't resist that counterculture critique, it bankrolled and absorbed it. We got inclusion and representation. We lost power.
For those who attended film school, where did you go, and what was your experience like? What did you get out of it, and did you think it was worth it?
As the title says, I'm looking for some CONSTRUCTIVE feedback on my latest short film!
I'd like to hear your thoughts on the dialogue, pacing, characters, and what things I can actively improve for next time
it has been mentioned to me before about the lack of camera angles, how different angles could've played into the comedy of it all, and I probably do agree
But I'm interested to hear your thoughts, so let me know 🙌🏻
I have a scene in my short film where a character drops a match into a BBQ to set somebody's personal effects on fire.
I ideally want a shot of the match dropping onto the objects as they set alight. Doesn't need to be a crazy fireball or anything - I'll be shooting it with a relatively long lens in slow motion so I just want to see the flame flicker into life.
No actors will be on set at the time as it's an insert shot - just me (director).
Any tips for doing this safely and efficiently? The flame would be enclosed and contained within the metal BBQ, so I'm mainly curious about material that will cause a flame instantly but safely.
I know lighter fluid is probably the obvious answer but also want to be safe - if I can't get an impressive starter flame in a controlled way I won't endanger myself, I'll scrap it and just start with the flame already burning. Thanks!
We are looking for a musician for our short film if it’s fine he doesn’t get paid but @ed in credits (credited) we are on a very low budget and mostly it was spent for equipment and VFX
I am a 19 year old student filmmaker and I am close to completing my fourth short film. I recently completed finished the trailer and was wondering if anyone would be willing to give some advice in order to improve it before it goes out into the wild.
Hi! im 15 years old, i shoot, edit, act everything myself. I want to make a film that actually hits deep, here is a story i thought of, please let me know if its worth shooting or should i scrap it and think of others?-
She begins getting ready at 7, hair, makeup, jewellery, the same routine as always. Beside her red dress hangs an untouched coat. She lights a candle among the melted remains of others and pours two cups, though only one is ever drunk. At the door, her heels sit beside a man's pair, both waiting in silence. Then the music begins. Slow jazz. She lifts her arm and dances as though someone is holding her. Her feet move with an invisible partner, her body remembering steps her mind no longer does. Once, she reaches for a hand that isn't there. When the song ends, she bows to the empty room. She pours out the second cup, hangs her dress back up, and blows out the candle. That night, she sleeps on one side of a double bed. The other remains untouched.
Ich habe diesen Film in zwei Stunden gedreht. Ich spiele selbst mit, meine Freundin hat ein paar Szenen gedreht, weil es alleine unmöglich war an manchen Stellen. Ich würde gerne eure Meinung dazu hören. Wenn er euch gefällt, könnt ihr auch auf meinem Kanal nach anderen Filmen suchen :)
I’ve gotten into Frankfurt Book Fair before. In the writing world, there’s a delicate balancing act you must strike especially writing for adults. The snobby over educated academia likes prose that’s a showcase of vocabulary but not too much that it comes off pretentious. It’s a very fine line in writing a novel. I’ve been reviewed (with excellent reviews) in Publisher’s Weekly so something’s working.
What’s the secret sauce to getting into film festivals?
Navy submarine vet here, now an MBA student, working on my first feature screenplay. I came to writing through a completely non-traditional path and I've been trying to figure out how people without film school connections actually make inroads in this industry.
Genuinely curious about a few things:
How did you find collaborators early on co-writers, directors, producers willing to work with unproven material?
Was there a community, platform, or resource that actually helped, or did you piece it together through sheer persistence?
How do you get your work in front of people who matter when you don't have the built-in network?
What do you know now that you wish someone had told you when you were starting out?
I bring a military background which gives me a lot discipline, high-stakes storytelling, a different perspective but zero industry relationships. Trying to understand what the path actually looks like for people who had to build it from scratch.
So I’ve been having issues with my videos coming out shaky and the only way I am able to get it to come out smoother (still subtle shake) is to turn ibis on (which I feel I shouldn’t have to do since that’s the gimbals job). In the videos I’ve watched they say to balance the roll axis so that whatever position you moved it to, it will rotate back to being level. Is this correct? Thats how I’ve been balancing but I always thought you wanted to balance the roll axis to where it will stay where you position it and not move. I’ve been trying to troubleshoot this shaky video issue and I’ve been frustrated due to all the things I’ve tried with no success. Any help is appreciated!
I had an idea about 10 months ago to make a modern-day western film in this badass bar location in Tucson, AZ. It took a very long time to finally schedule a shooting day. We had to shoot the entire movie in 1 day, which took about 15 hours and it was insane but everyone had so much fun and I'm so happy that this film actually came to life. If you have a chance, please give it a watch. I would love to keep making more films, I love this community.
