An acquaintence just asked me if I wanted to direct an Epic Rap Battles Of History ripoff for him. He already has the lyrics and, presumably, the actors, and I'm in desperate need of experience.
Should I take him up on it?
As always, post your work, pitch your ideas, and pretend any of us are gonna make it.
Cool OP. You have any conflicting jobs?
I'm just a writer.
>>62658937
Not at the moment. I haven't done much actual filmmaking in a long-ass time, just a lot of talking about it.
>tfw you've only ever made one thing
>tfw it was done as a rush job in two hours for writing and shooting
Also, can we see some of your writing?
>>62659021
I wrote a pilot for a sitcom that takes place at Panera Bread.
>>62659125
FUCK SHIT CUNT NOT YOU AGAIN
You better post some of it to back yourself up.
>>62659021
>https://youtu.be/Y3rZJYEz7Rg
The rush job in question.
>>62659021
No I am a real writer. I am taking screen writing courses atm @ Stanford . It is so freeing desu.
>>62659659
Oh, well that's good to hear. You working on anything interesting right now?
Don't need to give details or nothing.
>>62658861
Most recent things I've done:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h8pRqcs9quQ
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XBwkHzlf1cI
>>62659704
Hey, you did the sound effects with the mouth portal, nice.
Who else here lurks these threads but never post because you still have nothing to show for yourselves after all this time?
>>62659817
I still only have >>62659613 to my name. I figure that directing this guy's rap video I mentioned in the OP couldn't hurt me though. At least I'll get experience.
>he takes videos of him and his friends "acting"
>he "edits" them using adobe after effects
>he has no grasp on audio editing
>he has the audacity to call his trash a "film" and considers himself a "filmmaker"
>>62659767
Are they fine? It was the only sound effect remotely close to what I had in mind, and I edited the video on Windows Movie Maker so I was expecting a total disaster. Thanks for checking it out
>>62659869
>edits
>using after effects
Who the fuck edits with After Effects? You use Premiere for that shit.
>>62659869
Well, what are you? Tell us the secret of your success.
>>62659613
>literally being in HIGH SCHOOL
HAHAHAHA
THE STATE OF THESE THREADS
>>62659928
i'm here to make fun of you faggots who think the videos you shoot with your iphones are "films"
>>>/trash/
>>62659930
That was last year.
>>62659898
Ehh, I'd use something more swift and to the point. Like the portal gun sounds in Portal, except for maybe less forceful.
>>62659977
>That was last year.
Fuck off underage
>>62659947
But I have made an actual short film that has held screenings in festivals, I do a lot of home stuff for the fun of it.
>>62660004
>But I have made an actual short film that has held screenings in festivals
>>62660002
I'm in college now. 18.
>>62659977
Yeah, I chose that one to work with the pouring water bit, but honestly I think something more brief would have worked better. Cheers anyhow!
>>62660036
No problem m8
>>62660021
>Never mind my own lack of accomplishments, look at you losers for trying!
>>62660021
Show us what you've done, then, so we can laugh at you.
None of us are claiming to be filmic geniuses. Hell, most of us admit openly to needing improvement. That's why we're here.
>>62660086
>>62660092
>Why, yes, I am indeed a filmmaker. Check out my pieces I shot with my iPhone.
>>62660116
Nice shitposting but I don't do that, m8.
>>62660116
SHOW US YOUR WORK THEN FAGGOT
8/10 your resilience is truly admirable.
>>62659613
Awful. Kids these days...
>>62659704
Commercial for HP?
>>62659817
Who here has professional work to show but doesn't want their real name associated with this shithole? Me. That's who.
Panera Bread strong.
Crappy filmmaker here who's posted his shit here before.
The only compliment I got was from Roger Deakins and it was just technical stuff.
>>62660143
>thinks i actually waste my time making "films"
>thinks he is actually making films
>he's still in high school thinking he has revolutionary ideas that can change the industry
>>62660151
Oh? How'd you get something from him?
>>62660150
I fucking hate that short now, but I don't have much else to show for all the shit I talk.
>>62660206
I posted my shit on his forum, for some raisin he watched it which suprised me.
>>62660181
>thinks actually doing something is time wasting
>spends all day shitposting
>>62660181
>thinks I actually delude myself into thinking I can change the world
I can't do shit, but I want to learn.
>>62660230
Huh, that's pretty awesome.
>>62660255
What is up with this attitude? Hear it all the time from youngins: I want to learn! If you were that passionate about it you would have figured it out by now. Passive retards. Film is truly the refuge of the lazy.
>>62660301
I mean there was alot of very valuable criticism from him as well, but that one compliment made my day.
>currently studying film and tv production at uni
>pretty gud
>99% of classmates don't give a shit about film and are just doing it so they have a degree
>those that do are plebs who can't name more than five popular directors
>tfw the only patrician on the course
>feels oddly motivating
>>62660339
Usually it takes like 5 successful threads a day for someone to drop a reality check on me.
You're right, I am a lazy fuck. Would probably be better suited to being a film critic rather than a filmmaker, but lord knows we don't need any more of those faggots in the world.
>>62660361
Don't leave the pond.
>>62660361
Damn. You planning on using your patrician knowledge to take that class by storm?
>>62660361
>>tfw the only patrician on the course
Let me guess your top five.
>Tree of Life
>Drive
>Stalker
>There Will Be Blood
>Barry Lyndon
yeah, you're a real patrician. rofl. who are you trying to impress? poser faggot. fuck off
>>62660477
>Girl Next Door (2004)
>In Bruges (2008)
>Van Helsing (2005)
>Knocked Up (2006)
>The Princess Bride (made whenever the fuck)
>>62660561
1987.
>>62659021
Why do you continue to make these threads if you're not even a 'filmmaker'? Just curious as to why you continue to make these threads almost daily when you seem to lack the passion for it.
>>62660701
Talking about doing things makes me feel like I've done something. I'm being perfectly honest here, the other two guys in the shitty rush job short have made shit that's leagues better than anything I could do. I'm just talking about it.
The phrase "Wish in one hand and shit in the other, see which piles up first" comes to mind.
>>62660780
Well, admitting this to myself made me feel like shit.
I have a fucking $1000 dollar camera just lying on the ground in my bedroom, in a nice neat little bag with everything organized. My tripod just broke, and at the moment I'm unable to get a new one. None of this is an excuse, but it's what I say to myself to give me some sort of false hope. False hope's better than no hope, right?
>>62660906
Sit down and do nothing for twenty minutes except listen to your favourite songs. Start thinking about a one minute story to write. Watch what happens.
>>62660954
Alright, be back in 20 minutes.
OP is a major faggot who would probably even admit to being a faggot.
Thread needs Panera Bread.
>>62660988
I'm back.
Well, that was certainly helpful. Made me think around my limitations, what I can do with only myself and my camera, and a new Tripod if I can get one.
Seems my thought process is still kinda stuck on chase scenes, but I feel more informed as to what I can use to my advantage.
Thanks, anon, I appreciate that.
Last bump, I've gotten some good help, but I need my sleep.
Thanks all, and goodnight.
I'd like to share some of my stuff, but they are in another language, so it's pointless.
