Advice To Filmmakers Preparing To Make Their First Feature Film - Ben Medina
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- čas přidán 31. 10. 2019
- In this Film Courage video interview, ECCO movie Writer/Director Ben Medina on Advice To Filmmakers Preparing To Make Their First Feature Film.
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He tells it like it is, and doesn't sugar coat anything. I love it!
He did not play around with her at ALL. Sheesh.
His straight forward delivery was informative and reassuring. He actually gave me confidence in the way he simplified things and just called a spade exactly what it is. Great one guys 🙏
He was straight forward and real....
been making movies on my own with my friends for fun, and the experience, forever. Its very possible, and it doesnt need to cost anything. He doesn't have the best mindset
I love how straight forward he is. Some people that's a turn off, but ever since I started in the industry it's what needed. I'd rather be bluntly told what I need to do to succeed.
Thank you, Basile. We appreciate Ben's straightforward manner as well. Sometimes feel it's based on the region or culture of a place. Some schools, workplaces, towns, etc. appreciate honest and upfront communication. Others run from it and want to keep everything "light and breezy" but nothing is ever addressed for fear of hurting someone's feelings. More great interviews with him coming soon!
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@@Darkness410 Thank you!
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Director chair! 🤣 I can’t ever imagine actually getting the opportunity to sit down.
How was this video helpful to you?
Script what you can shoot
Shoot what you can cut
Cut what you can finish.
when i develop some idea ... i choose a goal , right ? this help me for my short film that i'm writing at the moment .
More film students & 20s era film industry people need to see this. I'm 48 & I've seen studios films, student films, low budgets, to plan out & be realistic is the best route. I'd add for new dir or producers; do NOT make films in cold weather or winter, Oct to Mar.
Great, I am about shooting a film but my budget for the movie script is high. No sponsors yet but with this video I am going to write script that I can shoot within my budget for now
The quote at the beginning is soo good, I needed to note it down on paper .. "write what you can shoot ... "
Love the brutal honesty.
coming from a music video director that wants to made a future film point of view... i just learnt a life changing lesson ....thank you
Love his insight on setting the goal of your film to set value and trajectory - thanks for the interview!
Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart. As an artist and filmmaker, you gotta know advice and guidance that is insightful is hard to come by!!!
Great common sense advice.. That it's taken me years to learn myself. Thanks for the reminder 😊
This video is awesome! No sugarcoating. He is telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth!! He is right. Always have a goal when you are making a feature film.
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Great useful concepts !!!
Thanks! Great information!
This was perfect!
made a feature for fun once. It runs currently on Netflix.
Great advice. Gratitude. Mental seriousness.
On spot !
This is very useful advice, thank uoy
What I love about this guy is his enthusiasm
thank you!!!
One of the best FC videos of recent times. Great question at the top. In rewriting my script at the moment to change it to what his advice was at the start (a hesit that ends in a diner and you never see the hesit) to make it "makeable".
Glad to see this was helpful Joe!
@@filmcourage Thank you. It was great.
Great video! Very informed!
Glad it was helpful!
great video, FC!
Cheers H.R.!
This helped me thank you
This validate the shoot that I'm helping out with in April.😁
very good very wise .... nice
This video was helful to me because i like when things and people are real, raw and direct. he was very straight forward and gave valuable insight from experience. I have gained new knowledge about making my first feature film and i now believe in myself more than ever that i can accomplish my goals, which i now have a clearer path on how to do so.
Thank you for your content and thank you for your time
Our best to you Leon! Good luck!
Hello. How is your first feature coming along?
Oh he did Ecco! The trailer was good but I didn’t get to see it in theaters.
Damn that ending hit.
Ben kept it real
This video taught me to have a purpose for making a film before production. I also learnt to never waste peoples time
Understood.
Oh no, I've already went into massive debt on directors chairs :(
Nooooooo sorry to hear
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Certainly good advice! But it also sounds really disillusioned. Many of the guys who I hear giving advice on this platform have the glazed look of a guys who have seen and met lots of sharks in the biz. Kind of makes you reconsider; and then, at the same time, it excites you tremendously!
Thank you for watching, Daniel. Interesting observation. Can you recount the other interviews where they seemed disillusioned? Fascinating take. Maybe just cautious (which is never a bad thing)?
Certainly, I have seen it from some of the most seasoned film directors and filmmakers- I guess it's just normal that as you move up in the game and start swimming in higher waters, you lose some of that enthusiasm, hopes, and dreams you had where you were just another up & comer. Personally, even though I'm from a small town, I have already seen lots of my colleagues fall down and give up, just because they couldn't handle the game of filmmaking when it became real. I have also seen actor Bill Duke being very harsh on his advice he was giving on this channel. And yes, it could mean "being cautious" and passing on to the others some of the brutal truths learned on the field, and honestly I don't think it's entirely a bad thing- certainly it could be discouraging to some, but as an emerging filmmaker, I appreciate that very much!
Thank you for the clarification, Daniel. We appreciate you taking time to explain. Bill Duke's interview (both the first and second) are great wisdom. Here is a playlist of more entitled Cautionary Tales About Hollywood - czcams.com/play/PLez8jOvskc-Osxfbm-GBJAIz9Sxe6KpiE.html
I recommend seeing the trailer of NO BUDGET NO SCRIPT NO PERMISSION. That shows you how to make a feature with $0!!!
What if a burgeoning filmmaker writes a script for a film casting and starring themselves not as a vanity project but a means to an end as a goal in acting, directing, and filmmaking? One movie comes to mind, ‘The Eyes Of My Mother’.
Then it sounds like you're incredibly determined and passionate. And a plus would be that you're sufficiently talented to pull it all off, but if you are I'd say its a matter of finding people who respond to your passion and are able to help you achieve your goal. Whether or not it's to your taste, I highly recommend checking out Matt Johnsons work, The Dirties, Operation Avalanche and Nirvanna The Band The Show, and another would be the team at Astron 6, who made The Editor, Fathers Day and Manborg. They are both incredibly inspiring filmmakers who do everything and do it for little money but with great success.
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Robert Townsend shot Hollywood Shuffle with a $10,000 credit card. He hired a porn company to edit the film 😂
Lucky..I've managed to get away with a lot..and right and film what is impossible otherwise..no permits..exceeding the speed limits..pyro very quickly... and act stupid..ask for forgiveness before permission..
This is the only uninspiring video you have.
very true
No one cares about that chair!