Filmmaking for Teens: Pulling Off Your Shorts (Paperback)
by Troy Lanier, Clay Nichols
ISBN: 1932907688
Price: USD 12.06
68 used & new available from USD 7.94
This book will take you step-by-step through the process of making a five-minute short film and getting it noticed.
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It’s been a week since we posted about starting a filmmaker list. So, what’s new? Well, I’m pleased to announce that we’ve posted the list page, and it actually has more people on it than us! [Read more →]
One of the most important things in the film business is networking. The more people you know, the better chance you have of working on something big and cool.
Since we started blogging on Phantom Moose, we’ve been blown away by the number of talented teen filmmakers we’ve met. Some of you have even emailed us and asked if you could help out with the next film. That’s great, and we love meeting young filmmakers like ourselves. Which is why we’re announcing a new project. [Read more →]
(This post references iSundae II: Attack of the Cones, part 8. You may want to view the movie before reading this post.)
One of the trials of being an aspiring filmmaker is the small amount of people you have available to work with. We watch movies with casts that seem to rival the population of a small country and sigh. These big productions can put more people in the line behind a main character waiting to buy a box of Tic-Tacs than we have in our entire cast and crew combined!
Maybe our budget doesn’t allow for more people, or we simply can’t find anyone willing to help out. But however it comes about, we find ourselves faced with a dilemma. How can we make the best out of a bad situation? [Read more →]
(This post references iSundae II: Attack of the Cones, part 2. You may want to view the movie before reading this post.)
“Alright everyone, on the count of three, start throwing spoons!” Clang. Thunk. Bong. Ping. Splat. Plastic spoons fly everywhere while the camera operator tries to stay out of the line of fire. “Okay, cut!” Clink. A stray utensil hits the floor. The director comes out from a safe corner and begins collecting spoons. “That was good! Let’s try it again from another angle.”
I wonder how many other filmmakers can claim to have been through a day like that? It’s not every director who can put “safely directed a spoon-flinging ice-cream-sliding action sequence” on their résumé. Or for that matter would even attempt such a feat. We did, and we survived. It wasn’t that hard, either. [Read more →]
