i’m going to australia for 2 weeks! when i come back, i want to have a rough draft written for my next short. then the madness begins again…
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Congrats on finishing your project! Goodluck! Come back safe from your trip!
I stumbled on your site while looking for stuff about how to become a video/film producer. I’ve been a project manager and “interactive” producer (web, dvd menus, software, etc.) for several years, but am making the move into producing short films – both narrative and documentary style. I wanted to thank you for creating this blog, and posting all of this great info — it’s definitely given me a ground-level view of some of the challenges I’ll be facing as I move into this new medium.
Good luck on all your projects!
thanks gwinn. if you want to become a producer, i would suggest the book “from reel to deal”. it talks about all the different kinds of producers there are and what each one does. also if you’re looking for scripts to produce, i’d check out winners of short screenplay competitions, such as slamdance. good luck.
Thanks for the book rec (as well as the others on your squidoo page.) I’m currently in the Congo and we can’t get books here but am heading to France in a few weeks so will try to pick it up there (hello amazon.fr)! I’m actually in the midst of producing some really interesting little pieces here in the DRC, ranging from an ensemble music video to individual interviews of people talking about living with HIV to some short narrative/fiction educational pieces. I will say that learning how to produce film/video projects here has got to be putting me in a great place for producing stuff in the US or Europe. NOTHING ever goes according to plan here, things break, people don’t show up, everyone wants to be bribed (even when you have permissions, etc.) so the name of the game is “managed chaos” (and in another language that I *try* to speak, at times more or less successfully!) It’s super fun though, and I guess there’s nothing like trial by fire, so hopefully when I’m back in the US the whole process will seem like a breeze.