March 15th, 2006
Writing a Short Film
Before Christmas I had set myself a brief to write a few shorts but the production of ‘Turn’ put an end to that.
I’ve been meaning to start writing something with the last few weeks but have never got around to it, I get as far as turning on the computer and then go of doing something else…
The brief is simple as I will probably fund the productions myself, hopefully costing somewhere between €00.00 and €00.01. With that in mind there will be no fancy stuff.
All Exterior locations. Locations kept to a minimum, preferably just 1 location 2 at most.
Little or no live sound.
As little talent as possible, just 1 would be ideal but 2 to 3 would be ok too.
Always keeping in mind that you’re writing with a no budget production in mind.
Now I might as well set myself a deadline for a first draft as I’m at this… we’ll say the end of this month.
We’ll see how I get on…
March 15th, 2006 at 9:23 pm
Approximately how many pages of screenwriting would be required for an hour and a half film?
March 15th, 2006 at 9:41 pm
A properly formatted script should work out as one page = one minute. Although this is not always accurate, it’s the standard industry way for working it out.
So an hour and a half film would be around 90 pages
March 15th, 2006 at 10:16 pm
Thanks for your answer. We just purchased a video camera and were playing around with the idea of making a movie of some sort.
I’ll be sure to check back often for any tips and tricks you have about film making..
March 15th, 2006 at 10:19 pm
best advice for that is… just go out and shoot something… make loads of mistakes and you’ll learn from them.
March 16th, 2006 at 12:43 am
Well taken..
:)
May 19th, 2006 at 3:25 pm
when writing a supernatural horror that is a short — what is the max pages?
thanks
May 22nd, 2006 at 10:56 am
a short would be considered anything up to 30 minutes which would equal 30 formated pages