Written by Clarke Scott Plus, three reasons why you should shoot your own indie feature. If you’re anything like me, and you work in the commercial world shooting stills and motion for clients and brands, but what you really aspire for is something bigger, then keep reading. I will show you a couple of lessons I learned from writing, directing, and shooting a no-budget feature film. Like many, my first step into narrative filmmaking was a short film. But I wanted my short to be different in some way. So I chose to make it a hybrid doc/fiction narrative. I shot the short below over the course of about six hours over one day. I leveraged a friend’s apartment and my local area, and because we were running so light, we did not need permits. It was a great experience. But nothing really came from this short. I didn’t learn anything I didn’t know beforehand. No business or more commercial work. No new projects or even ideas. But I knew I wanted more, and something bigger. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Friday, 23 April, 2021