Wikipedia has an amazing article covering technical aspects of filmmaking. http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Movie_Making_Manual There are aspects of film you can learn, but it's really about drive and vision. My advice would be don't waste money going to film school. The advantage of going to film school in the past was to be able to use high quaility cameras which an aspiring filmmaker could otherwise never afford. Those days are over, and high quality digital cameras and production software such as final cut are available to people without a million dollar budget. Good luck.
that's very good advice. the best way to learn about filmmaking is to simply MAKE FILMS! that said, i studied film theory at university, which is quite different (and possibly more value) than traditional film-school. i was exposed to a lot of obscure and classic films, and we discussed the various techniques of montage, long-shot, etc. better than a school where they tell you to make something then place all kinds of restrictions on the length/subject matter. you learn from your own mistakes
thats intense, ive learned all that in the first half of this past semester in my intro film class in highschool...
So you read all the movie making manuals, downloaded the software they recommended, and participated in making the projects they give at wikiversity in the first semester of your high school course? What sort of editing software have you chosen? What are you working on right now Jedi?
I don't want to discourage anyone from making a movie or anything creative, and I agree about drive and vision but the majority of narrative fiction in cinema and on television is still primarily shot on film, using modern very expensive film camera's and lenses. Even the movies that used digital cinema cameras like the Panavision Genesis, Viper, CineAlta,etc which are of a far better quality then any of the prosumer/comsumer HDV or DV cameras. So I still think it is true of the advantage you spoke of. A person doesn't need the best equipment to make a good movie.
i don't make any films but i have been learning online everything i need to know. imo better to invest the money on a camera http://red.com/cameras.htm there are lots of free online film schools., some good one's http://www.zakka.dk/5minutefilmschool/lesson01.htm http://www.rivalquest.com/guerilla/ http://www.efplighting.com/?EFPlighting Introduction http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~jhw/filmy/index.html best camera for a grand. http://www.hdvinfo.net/articles/canon/hv20pressrelease.php
I think people should make films however the hoot they want, just like any other art...and that you dont need to learn all those techniques and what. Just do what you like.
