Hello people of the film world. It has been a while since my last entry... which actually brings me here today.
Since school ended, I haven't done much in terms of film, and I'd like to share my frustration with you all now.
Why is it that film school changes people into "must-have-professional-crews-and-professional-equipment" stubborn mules in order to make a short film? What if I just want to go out, on the fly, spontaneously and make a short film? The worst thing that could happen is we learn something new. The best thing that could happen is we get a really good short film out of it, and the most likely thing that could happen is we have a good time, capture a few frames, and discover new ideas.
I really want to go out and film, that's why I'm a film student. But it seems to me when I ask my friends if they want to go out and film they respond with, "well, what are we going to do about sound?" or "okay, but who will be our DP?".... Do you have a camera? Than let's freakn' film! Let us be a three-man crew and film a short story using a few of us as the actors.
I remember when I used to make short films all by myself. I set the tripod up, I walked in front of the camera, I acted, and I cut it. I edited, I added in sound/music and BAM, i had a short film. If it takes only ONE person to churn out a decent story, why not two or three?
Film is all about story. If the story is good then people start to overlook the quality of the picture/sound/etc. I'm not saying I want to make a shitty-quality film, but what I am saying is I want to practice. I want to practice working with other people, discovering new shots that work, discovering story elements, discovering locations. Why is everyone so determined to have EVERYTHING at their finger tips, including a large crew, a great camera, great sound, the whole 9 yards? We are just students after all, and I'd like to go out with you, my fellow class-mates, and just hangout and make awesome films somewhere.
It doesn't take a whole week to film something. Take a day, a few hours even and film something. Practice.
If the story works and you want to make something epic out of it... then go the whole 9 yards... but until then, what happened to plain old fun, spontaneous, on the spot filmmaking?
Who's with me!?! and who wants to do this with me over the summer!?!?
One last thing: There is no such thing as being too busy for filmmaking.
