I've been wondering and wondering if there was a thread for this, and it turns out that there wasn't, but now there is! Thanks
Beginte!Film is a really fun medium to work with. I'm both a fan of acting and doing behind the scenes stuff, but my favorite thing to do is write. I love screenwriting very much.
It's such an interesting medium, and they're written so
weirdly. For example, did you know that if you have a distinctive sound or kind of movement you have to capitalize the word? (i.e., BANG! The gunshot went off.) You also capitalize new props and characters. After the first capitalization for these, you don't have to anymore.
I've learned a great deal about Screenwriting from Script Frenzy, a program in April that has a challenge in writing a hundred page script in thirty days. They have great resources for writers, and I learned more than I knew when I looked at 'em! Then and again, when I started I knew nothing.
And as for films, I've made several with my friends. In general, I've directed them, but for the next film I think I'm going to let someone else do that, or else have help planning or a cinematographer, because I get so, so stressed about it.
I use Adobe Premiere for editing. How about you guys?
@AJ: That's cool about the bluescreen! I've always wondered if that would be possible to do with less-than-a million dollars-worth of equipment.
That reminds me-- one thing I'm really going to focus on in my next film is lighting. I know a filmmaker and one of the things that he told me is that filmmakers are
masters of light. They use it in every which way and with every sort of lighting to make the shots look really neat. I haven't done much of it before, but it
is really important, so I'm gonna try.
Ooh! Almost forgot! I have a friend from piano practice that's a super-good composer. I mean SUPER-good. She's made it to the Nationals for a country-wide composing competition, which means that she already won for our county, then state. The competition is still happening, too.
Anyhow, she takes lessons right after me and our piano teacher has gotten us together to have her do music for my next film! I'm very excited cause it means that I'll have an original SCORE!