Film Courage: How does a filmmaker decide what kind of short film to make?
Kim Adelman, Author/Filmmaker/Instructor: You should definitely make something that you want to make. I always say, and this is for shorts and for features, when people say well What makes a good film? I always say there’s three things. The very first thing is something you want to make. For shorts and for features you shouldn’t make something you don’t want to make. You’re going to be the prime driver of this and you’re going to live with this for the rest of your career. Don’t think Horror films are very popular, so I should make a horror film. It’s like no, if that’s not who you are or what you want to do, this short film is your chance to do what you want to do, so don’t sell out because you think you should do that. Do something you really want to do. The first thing is make something you really want to make. The second part is just make something that other people want to make. If you can’t convince anyone to star in your short or help you direct it and or produce it or act in it or even crew on it, if people aren’t so excited to help you on it, that might be your first clue that this is not something …(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
BIO:
Kim Adelman is the author of Making It Big in Shorts. She produced 19 short films that won 30+ awards and played over 150 film festivals worldwide, including the Sundance Film Festival four years in a row. Ms. Adelman currently teaches Cinema Production 2 at Mount St. Mary’s University and Low Budget Filmmaking at UCLA Extension, where she was honored as Entertainment Studies Instructor of the Year in 2014 and won the Distinguished Instructor Award in 2016.
MAKING IT BIG IN SHORT: Shorter, Faster, Cheaper: The Ultimate Filmmaker’s Guide to Short Films
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