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Directing a Film – Learn How to Film Yourself

Learning how to direct and film your own movies does not have to take years of schooling. If you are wondering how you can learn to film your own movies, continue reading on. In this short article, we will give you a few ideas into what you need to do when directing your own film.

When trying to direct a film, you need to come up with a script. This script will be your main plan on how your movie will turn out to be. Usually, this is the most time daunting part of planning and filming your movie. Depending on what you decide to film about, it could take as little as a few minutes to as long as a few years though that is an example of scripts on the extreme side of things.

Find out what kind of filming budget you can handle. You have to determine your targeted amount of funds you are willing to spend and stick to that budget. You would be surprised how many small project films get cut halfway into their filming stage due to bad budget management. Come up with a plan and stick with it.

Promoting your film is a must if your are going to get a famous title as master filmmaker. Your best bet to promoting your movie would be to use online resources. Another great place to promote your film would be in magazines, newspapers, and even just word of mouth. Once you have that out of the way, you can give a date to when and where you are going to show your new movie.

You have just learned a few ideas on what it takes to do your own film-making gig. Now you can take what you have just learned and go try your own films. Do you want to learn how to film on no budget?

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Learn how to do no budget filmmaking and what filmmaking equipment to use.

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Go to childrenofinvention.com for theatrical showtimes or to order the DVD! One of Filmmaker Magazines “25 New Faces of Independent Film,” writer-director Tze Chun makes “a fine feature debut” (Manohla Dargis, New York Times) with one of the most-awarded and best-reviewed films of the year. CHILDREN OF INVENTION is by turns humorous and heartbreaking, an “urgent, artful…austerely poetic” (Variety) “edge-of-your-seat family drama” (Spout) thats both powerfully moving and rigorously intelligent.”(Boston Phoenix). After being evicted, hardworking single mom Elaine Cheng (Cindy Cheung, Lady in the Water) tries to maintain a normal life for her children, Raymond and Tina. Elaine juggles a number of jobs, including working for a questionable pyramid scheme. When Elaine doesnt return home one night, nobody knows the kids are home alone, and they are left to fend for themselves. As the days pass, Raymond, a budding inventor, realizes he needs to come up with a plan to take care of his little sister. Referencing both the mortgage meltdown and suburban Ponzi schemes, the film finds delicate moments of beauty and grace as its child heroes are forced to make their way (Filmmaker Magazine). Featuring gifted child actors–off-the-charts cute, refreshingly free of Hollywood precociousness (LA Weekly), CHILDREN OF INVENTION is “as close to cinematic purity as one is likely to see this year” (Film Society of Lincoln Center), “a rueful homage to American dreams both wonderful and warped …
Video Rating: 4 / 5

Question by April: Who has had one of the following jobs?
If you’ve had one of the following, tell me if you liked it, your experiences, what it pays, tips, etc.
– fashion designer
– magazine editor
– clothing business owner
– boutique owner
– filmmaker
– actor/actress
– model

Best answer:

Answer by Joy M
My sister is a fashion designer in Shreveport, Louisiana and I know she loves it. She has a fashion show every year that pulls huge crowds. She also teaches fashion at a local career center and is in the process of opening a store. Her fiancé has his own clothing store that I know is doing well.

Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!

Byron Hurt is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, a published writer, and an anti-sexist activist. Hurt has been featured in numerous media outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Newsday, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Boston Globe, The LA Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer; O, The Oprah Magazine; The Source Magazine, Vibe Magazine, Ms. Magazine, Mother Jones, Entertainment Weekly, Variety Magazine, allhiphop.com, and vibe.com. Comments and reviews of his film can be found all over the internet and blogosphere. He has also appeared or been heard on CNN, Access Hollywood, MTV, BET, ABC News World Tonight, The Montel Williams Show, The Michael Baisden Show, and The Michael Eric Dyson Show.

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