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I made, and finished, my first short!

4 years, 10 months ago - Ed Willey

Am new to the community, and after embarking on this with zero experience, but knowing I wanted to make *something*, I finally finished and released my first short film!

There’s stuff in it I like, and other stuff that’s not so good (poor focus in spots, lighting... :S), but I’ve learnt so, so much from the whole process.

It’s pretty much 0 budget apart from a couple of bits of gear I bought (Osmo 3, external mic), all shot on iPhone X with Filmic Pro. The main actor is a friend and locations were a friends flat and a very friendly shop near our home.

The shooting days were when I discovered I was trying to do far too much by myself (Direct, Camera, Sound, Lights — I really don’t understand lighting yet :S) but thanks to friends helping out we got through it. The big learning for me was to slow down and not rush through stuff, usually calling it after
1 or 2 takes per shot. But yeah, all learning.

I'm happy with the finished film, and more so that I actually did finish it. To all the advice out saying “just go and make something”, that x 1000.

Any feedback most gratefully received.

Thanks, Ed.

https://shootingpeople.org/watch/152637/one-in-a-million-6

Fun fact: The prop lottery ticket won £108 which I put to music licensing :D