Tell a Story, Make a Movie!
Apr 18th, 2009 by Roxana
My filmmaking career was short, but I enjoyed every moment of it.
It all started with a short assignment given in school, where my team and me decided that we would stay away from the conceptual and abstract creations, and would go to something more real. Voodoo AND hoodoo involved. A Teddy Bear playing Beethoven. Everything in pink. “Keep it Gay” was our motto, and the result was: ” Love Spell, A Story of Revenge”.
The only problem is that we had no idea on how to use all the special effects that were needed to make this opera-prima shine as we wanted, and the result was a soap-opera with some Ed Wood techniques: small fans used to create wind, whispering next to the camera trying to make a spooky background, and some strange looking contortions that were meant to be the death scene.
But for every problem there is a solution, and you don’t need a big studio to create your movie the way you want it to be. There are simple ways to make your own green screen, to make things appear and disappear, and to move the camera without running in circles around the actors.
So, learn everything about filmmaking, and start planning your next production!
