Director David Gordon Green discusses the making of his no-budget masterpiece “George Washington” in this excerpt from No Budget Film School’s Oct. 22, 2006 class. Here he discusses how he shot the film and how he found his crew.
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This was a music video that I made for my filmmaking class back in 2006 in high school. It was uploaded onto YouTube back then, but since then the music was silenced by WMG. I have now re-uploaded the video for your viewing pleasure, and hopefully this will not get silenced again. I hope everyone that has seen this video before will revisit it in a new light. Thanks to everyone that supported and made my original video such a worthwhile success and got me inspired to go into filmmaking in the first place. This is my own version of the music video for POD’s “Youth of the Nation”: A student remembers himself and his friends of the past and how their lives have gone downhill since he remembered them back when they were younger. Hope you enjoy it. Technical Details: To many people’s surprise, this film was edited on Windows Movie Maker through hours of frustration. WMM is not too shabby a program, however it excludes many features that a more professional program would have. Also, this was shot on an older JVC camcorder. I would tell you the model number, but we no longer have the camera. Note to viewers: If you either like it, hate it, or whatever with this video, then by all means say what you have to say, but please do not go and say “He shouldn’t be wearing a plaid shirt,” or “That (prop) sucks.” Please try to keep all personal criticisms to yourself as this was not the overall intention of the video. Anything other than constructive criticism will just be ignored and/or …
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