30+ SXSW filmmakers reveal the production hardships they faced and how they succeedeed anyway. Last week No Film Scool published its first of two surveys conducted with the shorts filmmakers of SXSW 2018. While the first question inquired about how they shot their work, the latest asks the men and women about the biggest production challenge they faced (and how the heck they overcame it). To note that not every problem is created equal would be an understatement, and yet each one documented below caused a slight hurdle that each of the surveyed filmmakers managed to rise above. David Ward (Producer/Co-Writer/DP, The Mangina Exit): Our original ending was far too ambitious for our budget and so we weren't able to film it all during the initial production. Shortly after that, our two main actors moved away to opposite coasts and we couldn't afford to fly them back to Austin, and so the movie sat unfinished for over two years. We overcame our lack of an ending by coming up with a new one that didn't require either of our main actors but that still wrapped up the story. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 21 March, 2018