In the film industry, the average shoot day is 12 hours on set. Feature film shoots may be scheduled 6 days a week, but if the film runs behind, crew will shoot 7-day weeks, for weeks at a time (imagine going 21 days without a day off). Add travel time and you can see how …
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Budgeting your film: low- medium- high-
An outline of the three budgets for your film
Scheduling your short film shoot: set-ups
A set-up is a shot. The set-up changes every time the camera changes position. The rule of thumb for every set-up is: 30 minutes for an average shot 45 minutes for complicated shots (e.g. dolly, steadicam) If there are added complications, such as traffic, lots of extras, or weather, I would allow 60 minutes 20 …
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How to create an IMDb page
I created a resource for my students recently, that shows the steps for creating an IMDb page. I share this here with you… and here is the page Review Check with your cast and crew whether they have an IMDb page first. A spreadsheet will help you. So will having your film open in …
The Last Postcard
It’s been a long time since I updated my blog. I’m on set for our March 2018 Action On The Side short film, The Last Postcard. As Producer, I’ve organised everyone to be here: the cast, the crew, the location, the budget. As on-set DIT, I receive the footage and sound files and save it …
Copper at the Divine Queer Film Festival in Torino
Pleased to announce ‘Copper’ will be screening at the Divine Queer Film Festival in Torino, 10 November 2017.
Transmission
Check out a 48 hour film that I did sound recording on. Transmission And check out the poster! This is our teams entry to U48 2016. Our genre is “Eeppisen elokuvasarjan ensimmäinen osa” which translates to “A first film of an epic film series.” Mandatory elements were a prop – “A miniature” and a character …
Sign up for the June AOTS project
I broke the Action On The Side website. The project starts in four days. While I fix the page, if you haven’t signed up yet, sign up here. 1. Add yourself to the mailing list through Mailchimp at http://eepurl.com/bdpm5P 2. Pay the fee to take part in the project here: Today I learnt not to …
The vlogging journey
I’ve been all ‘heads-down, tails-up’ with my master’s studies, working 4 days a week, running the March 2016 AOTS project, running the business and doing general filmmaking stuff. In the lead-up to the June 2016 AOTS project — two weeks away! — I’ve started vlogging. Check out the first one below: In one of my …
Building your own website
A step-by-step guide to creating your own (film) website with Wordpress
Busy Times 