This is how I made my tiny budget short, Everything Is As It Should Be, entirely over Zoom. This post was written by Kylie Murphy. The premise was simple: a meditation guide lives alone in the pandemic. We hear the meditation she records as we see micro-vignettes of the past year of her life. I knew it would be one shot, jump-cutting through the days. Locked down like us. I only wanted one person to do this: Giselle Bonilla, a fellow filmmaker and unfellow actress I met once in person at a festival where our films played back to back. As my dad likes to say whenever we see Olivia Colman on screen, “Whatever it is, she’s got it.” One room, one actor, one shot. Simple, I told ya! Except… she’s in LA, I’m in NJ. The world’s crumbling around us. I haven’t left my house in a year. How are we going to make a movie together? Let’s find out! Here’s the final film in all its Zoomy glory. Hope it brings you a smile today! Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 7 July, 2021