Being a low budget film director means you need to know a little bit about everything that ends up on the final screen. How do you want your audience to feel during each shot? How can you manipulate your viewers both mentally and emotionally? What makes a scene work or not? How can you get the best performance out of your actors?
"Just sit there and have them go through the moves. When you see something you don't like, change it."
– Joshua Logan
Directing Your Friends & Family
Low budget directors tend to work with people they know who are not professional actors, and may need some special care and handling to get the best performance.
10 Ways To Approach A Scene
How can you do a scene 10 different ways by giving the actors different directions?
How To Save A Final Cut That Is Not Working
What can you do when the final edit is hard to watch? Knowing story techniques will give you the tools to fix it in post or know what needs to be reshot.
Directing Animated Films
How can you more add life and personality to animated characters?
What Makes A Great Director?
Tips on how to make sure your final film is watchable.
Great Directors Case Study: Tarantino
What things does Quentin Tarantino do in his best films?
"A genius is one who shoots at something no one else can see - and hits it ."
– Anonymous
Watch some sample movies below from the online Story Engine on Storytelling Goals, Creating Themes and Using Symbols and Metaphors. These short films are samples from the new 20 hour step-by-step "Writing A Great Script Fast" DVD Workshop:
Follow along and create a great film or story idea fast! Download the Workbook PDF fileor DOC file to edit. You can also use a notebook or paper and the Online Workbook or watch it in 20 Steps.
Sample Movies
Below are some sample movies from the 94 minute version above on Storytelling Goals, Creating Themes and Using Symbols and Metaphors. These short films are part of the new 20 hour step-by-step "Writing A Great Script Fast" DVD Workshop:
Learn how to include themes in your films and stories in this free sample movie from the new step-by-step "Writing A Great Script Fast" DVD Workshop:
Learn how to use Metaphors and Symbols in your films, animations or stories from the new step-by-step "Writing A Great Script Fast" DVD Workshop:
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