How to make a short film

Darren Rowse at ProBlogger is having another group writing project. I haven't decided what, if anything, to do for it yet, but I did find one piece that's already been submitted that deserves linking to-

How To Make A Short Film For Tropfest

With the exception of meeting the festival requirements, everything on that list applies to any short film project. We've done a bit of the first five parts, but are still in pre-production in other areas. The filming schedule has slipped back to starting in October as well, but that's just the way it goes.

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Video Blogging- Microphone Tests

It seems logical that Presents should have a video blog, so here's the first one. It's actually a couple of weeks old, I had problems getting it uploaded. Microphone Testing, in case you wanted to know the sort of silly things I say when I'm put in front of a camera unscripted.

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Revver 1.0

Revver, Spinneyhead Presents' video host of choice, has left beta and is now officially in version 1.0. This means a better looking interface for everyone and more comprehensive stats for uploaders. I finally managed to get the video blog I did w8ith footage from testing microphones (my own fault, hadn't compressed it enough) and it should become available soon.

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Going semi-pro

Part one of a series on producing low/no budget videos that look more professional than the outlay would suggest. As with so many articles of this type, the comments hold as much information as the post.

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Anatomy of a shootout

A documentary on YouTube showing how the short film Semi Automatic was made. (Semi Automatic part 1, part 2)

Note I don't have headphones to hand, so I can't watch this with sound. I'm bookmarking it as much for my own reference as anything else.

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Stunt cam

One of the ideas we've been knocking around for Spinneyhead Presents is the purchase of a few "stunt cams", cheap video cameras that could be strapped to bikes or cars or dropped off buildings because their survival isn't paramount, only the footage. They'll probably be found on Ebay or in a Cash Converters. Then we might make something like "I dropped my Super 8 off the Golden Gate", but with footage of the actual fall.

via BoingBoing

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Microphone Blimps

If you're aiming for any sort of quality sound on location recording, you need to cut down the wind noise. Can get very expensive, very quickly. So how about we make a blimp of our own? Better still, I want eyes on mine

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