Being
a low budget film director means you need to know a little bit about
everything that ends up on the final screen. How do you want your
audience to feel during each shot? How can you manipulate your viewers
both mentally and emotionally? What makes a scene work or not? How
can you get the best performance out of your actors?
"Just
sit there and have them go through the moves. When you see something
you don't like, change it."
–
Joshua Logan
Directing
Your Friends & Family
Low
budget directors tend to work with people they know who are
not professional actors, and may need some special care and
handling to get the best performance.
10
Ways To Approach A Scene
How
can you do a scene 10 different ways by giving the actors different
directions?
How
To Save A Final Cut That Is Not Working
What
can you do when the final edit is hard to watch? Knowing story
techniques will give you the tools to fix it in post or know
what needs to be reshot.
Directing
Animated Films
How
can you more add life and personality to animated characters?
What
Makes A Great Director?
Tips
on how to make sure your final film is watchable.
Great
Directors Case Study: Tarantino
What
things does Quentin Tarantino do in his best films?
"A
genius is one who shoots at something no one else can see - and
hits it ."
–
Anonymous
Watch
some sample movies below from the online Story Engine on Storytelling
Goals, Creating Themes and Using Symbols and Metaphors. These short
films are samples from the new 20 hour step-by-step "Writing
A Great Script Fast" DVD Workshop:
Follow
along and create a great film or story idea fast! Download the Workbook
PDF fileor
DOC file to
edit. You can also use a notebook or paper and the Online
Workbook or watch it
in 20 Steps.
Sample
Movies
Below
are some sample movies from the 94 minute version above on Storytelling
Goals, Creating Themes and Using Symbols and Metaphors. These short
films are part of the new 20 hour step-by-step "Writing
A Great Script Fast" DVD Workshop:
Learn
how to include themes in your films and stories in this free sample
movie from the new step-by-step "Writing
A Great Script Fast" DVD Workshop:
Learn
how to use Metaphors and Symbols in your films, animations or stories
from the new step-by-step "Writing
A Great Script Fast" DVD Workshop:
Writing A Great Script Fast Makes Screenwriting Easy!