I just watched How I Learned to Fly, and it surpassed my expectations by lightyears. It felt to me like Napoleon Dynamite meets The Neon Demon. Loved the music and the humble awkwardness.
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You already have the ability to make interesting art, and that is more than half the battle. You already make actually good pieces of music, and not in a relative to how long you've been doing it type of way. It's actually good. Now your films are definitely interesting, and I expect them to only get better and more interesting. Out of the few I watched, most of them already visually look great. I am looking forward to watching all of these little shorts and vignettes you've made. I just watched a couple to cleanse my palate after watching some historically acclaimed short films that did a terrible job of holding my interest. So you should probably feel good that I'd rather watch your shorts than those of a deserving legend of cinema in Maya Deren.
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No I haven't. Could be interesting, but I do like fictional filmmaking a lot.
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You already have the ability to make interesting art, and that is more than half the battle. You already make actually good pieces of music, and not in a relative to how long you've been doing it type of way. It's actually good. Now your films are definitely interesting, and I expect them to only get better and more interesting. Out of the few I watched, most of them already visually look great. I am looking forward to watching all of these little shorts and vignettes you've made. I just watched a couple to cleanse my palate after watching some historically acclaimed short films that did a terrible job of holding my interest. So you should probably feel good that I'd rather watch your shorts than those of a deserving legend of cinema in Maya Deren.
Dude you're amazing. Thank you.
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I've posted this in here twice before and deleted it. I'm working on my first serious short film. It's no-budget and just using equipment I already have and some friends/family (although I got a boom mic set-up and ND filter for it... so maybe not so no-budget?), so when I say my first "serious attempt" I'm talking script-to-screen, putting a lot of real effort into it, etc. We've been working on it for a month now and there is still a way to go. Been a great learning experience. I could talk a lot about it but, for once, I won't.
What I will say is we started with iPhone and quickly switched to DSLR. Thank goodness I did. Soderbergh and Baker may be able to get something out of a phone, but a noob like me sure as hell can't. Not too into iPhone filmmaking anymore. Between it and DSLR, DSLR is not only better image quality but also far more reliable. Hopefully one day I can try 16mm film. But for now...
What I will say is we started with iPhone and quickly switched to DSLR. Thank goodness I did. Soderbergh and Baker may be able to get something out of a phone, but a noob like me sure as hell can't. Not too into iPhone filmmaking anymore. Between it and DSLR, DSLR is not only better image quality but also far more reliable. Hopefully one day I can try 16mm film. But for now...
Yo dude I just saw this thread for the first time. Did you take off all the videos from the original post cuz I couldn't find any when I hit the links? Whatever film you make I promise you I will watch, and I won't even pirate it
Good to hear from you TONGO. Yeah, I did delete them. They were all just little experiments I would do with my buddies - I mean, we honestly would just take out my phone and spend an hour or less making a little movie, most of the time. So you're not missing out on much. The one I'm doing now I'm far more passionate about.