Beginners Guide for short film production part 1

Hey folks and welcome to my very first post about short film production.

First I've to say that this tutorial is for beginners and who have little knowledge about film making.

I've decided to write a few posts in this series, so this is part one. Lets get started.

In this part i'm going to cover every headlines and in every next part I'll describe it to you.

First things first.

1. PLANNING

Planing is the primary and important part in film making, if you have a plan of every thing happening in the scene, your workload can be reduced drastically. Its better to make sketches of the scenes. I'm very sure that if you have a good planning, it will be more fun at the shooting spot
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Example sketch 2

Example sketch 1

2. ANNOUNCING:

Announcing short film is related to promotion purpose. When you are ready and everything is set you can announce your short film through Facebook pages, Twitter account your websites, blogs etc. Announcing your short film is very important because people have to know about your short film. You have to announce a short film first and frequently update status about your short film. So that people get noticed. it is also good to make posters and trailers frequently.

3. SCRIPT

script is a must in location because shooting without script is like drawing in water it's better to write on paper and if you are so lazy to write in paper you can use PC apps like final draft and there is mobile app called dub script.

final draft software

4. PREPARATION BEHIND THE REEL.

This part is specially for the low budget, or even zero budget film makers. Make sure you have all the things you need such as a camera ( you can use smart phones, digital cameras etc.) You will need a computer with a video editing program to edit and combine your clips, next is a dubbing Mike,its costly so if you don't have it, you can use a smart phone to record audio, and you can get ambience sound from internet resources. But when you use smart phone to dub the audio clarity will drastically reduced. There is several studios which offer you high clarity dubbing equipments with a cost. But that is costly so zero budgeters can't think that way. Another important thing is distributing the workload, its a short film and its good to avoid unwanted people in your location. A Director-Cinematographer-Editor is the best combination on site. 

5. SHOOTING

This is the most important thing which have to done fastly, but without a rush. Always have a plan of what you are going to shoot, you should have a script. Never ever shoot without a proper script. Always remember that any thing that you have written is not final, we can improve it any time while shoot, hear every one on the set, improvements can be made. Always remember do not shoot in a hurry, take time to plan camera angle and prepare shot. You will eventually become fast, but never do it in a hurry. But slowing down will effect the whole crew.

6. PRODUCTION & PROMOTION

Promote your short film for free

Make sure every one is noticing your work. Its hard to find audience for a YouTube film, but remember YouTube is the second most biggest search engine. So make a channel for your account before you upload your short film. When shoot is in progress make teasers, trailers, posters and share it on your Facebook, Twitter and other social sites, Facebook is an great way to advertise. Always share your short film's status on these sites, so people will get noticed. 

So that's all for today.

Next post will come very soon, I'll publish it tomorrow. 

Hope it was helpful. 

So see you guys