5 Tips For First Time Filmmakers
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- čas přidán 28. 05. 2024
- I'm Chris, an artist and filmmaker offering insight in the creative process. Are you a first-time filmmaker looking to make your mark? In this video, I present 5 essential tips that will guide you through the mental struggles you may face in creating your first film. Take notes as I share valuable insights to help you succeed in the competitive world of filmmaking. Whether you're a student filmmaker or a budding professional, these must-know tips are always helpful.
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0:00 Intro
0:58 Tip 1 - Make it Simple
2:17 Tip 2 - Communicate with Everyone
3:14 Tip 3 - Remember to have Fun
4:53 Tip 4 - This won't be your Masterpiece
6:10 Tip 5 - Finish it
8:14 Outro
5 Tips For First Time Filmmakers
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@ChristopherCoxFilm - Krátké a kreslené filmy
Ever since I was 6 years old I watched your nerf videos, and seeing you as a grown man pursuing your career always puts a smile on my face. It's always good to see you, Chris
I originally got into your channel with deep sheep Minecraft when I was a kid, I'm now in college and doing film too, at a really good film college, its crazy how it comes full circle sometimes.
I love seeing videos for first time filmmakers. Especially from someone from your childhood.
Nice video! These tips feel applicable to other forms of media , such as music, art, or game dev because 1. going in over your head for a first project just feels overwhelming; 2. a disoriented team will only make the project harder; 3. when someone starts out with any form of media, it’s usually out of passion/fun and remembering that is important for having a smoother ride; 4. just like with film, you never know if your next song or game or painting or animation is going to be “the one” until it is; and 5. it’s universal in media creation that people will come up with stuff but then never get to it or never finish it.
Agreed! It’s a challenge to pursue a creative idea and make it a reality. All art comes from the same place and go through the same mental hurdles in one way or another. Well said.
God it is so crazy seeing you growing like this. Best of luck on your journey
Hey Christopher cox, I have been watching your CZcams channel since elementary and I’m now about to graduate high school going into college for film and becoming an aspiring film maker, your work has truly inspired me throughout the years and I just wanted to comment saying thank you for just sharing your work on the internet. Through your work I have been inspired and have been able to do my own on my channel. I will stay tuned for your next upcoming short horror film and whatever else it is you create in the future!!!
Tip #1 is true for anything. When I first got into animation I thought I would make 30 minute episodes on a weekly basis like a fool, and it made me wonder if I didn’t have the dedication required for animating. then I got the advice to start small and build your skill set. If I hadn’t given that advice I may have never became an animator.
I like that these tips are applicable to so many things, like I found myself relating with them for song production as well. Especially with finishing it. There have been soo many songs I've created that halfway through making, I hated, but then ended up liking. Some, like your "Interrogation", I finished and hated, but I'd upload them anyway cause it was hard work and my friends would then tell me it's their favorite. 🙄😂 art is truly subjective, man.
Haha it is! And oftentimes it’s the challenging process that turns us against a project. Viewers and “audiences” don’t experience that. And that’s what’s ultimately most important: how your art is experienced by others. Once you find what works, you can begin solving the ultimate question: “how do I communicate my idea in a way people will understand and appreciate it in the same way I do?”
You randomly popped in to my head. I seen a cookie and was like man I wonder if Mr cox has uploaded in the past 7yrs? Glad to see you’re doing well
Number 5 is too real. There's so many projects sitting on my hard drives instead of my channel, from small vlogs that didn't pan out to big projects that fell apart towards the end. Finishing is a muscle that you have to train, and especially when you struggle with ADHD symptoms or something similar, you have to train that muscle with reps. It's hard as hell but I'm finally starting to see progress this year 💪
Alot of your followers are also aspiring filmmakers, please keep making this kind of content! We love to see it!
Thank you! I definitely will. Do you have specific questions or challenges you'd like me to give advice on?
@@ChristopherCoxFilm Would love to hear more about casting and directing actors. Also directing in general and the complications that come with casting & leading a large crew of people + getting them on-board with your vision.
@@baileyangelino6010 gotcha! Ya I can def talk about those things
Good to see you back in action I’ve been watching your videos since 2010 I love the old-school Nerf videos. Keep up the great work.
Hello Chris i am a 15 year old in high school participating in more than one film program. In july of 2022 I found your channel while at a hotel in Carlsbad. I watched Don't Look Away just like the other 40 million people that wanted to watch a nice little short horror film. After watching that I saw that you were heavily advertising we're not safe here and then after that I looked back and I saw this gigantic catalogue of videos. I held it off for a while and then I just went back to check some of it out. Now on a separate but not completely unrelated note I was entered into a film class the year before and i hated it simply because I wasn't excited by anything i was making. I got some some inspiration from Halloween and i made a little short horror film off of that. It was terrible but that's beside the point. I watched all of your horror films and I took a lot of inspiration to keep making horror movies. I always thought I would change up my style but I kept getting attacked by countless fantastic ideas that got me super excited to be a moviemaker. The two past short films I released I am very proud of and now I'm currently in the filming process of a new one that im super excited to make. I am absolutely deadset on becoming a filmmaker now. Anyways what I wanted to say is that when someone asks me who inspired me to become a filmmaker I would say that yes Nolan and John Carpenter had a great impact but there is no one that inspired me more than you. When abi's monster released I ran home and watched it like 6 or 7 times. I learned the themes to abi's monster and we're not safe here on the piano. I watch you're old nerf videos on random days because it's so nice to see someone who obviously had all of this ambition as a kid prove to be nothing short of a fantastic filmmaker. I am very appreciative of this video and I'm unbelievably excited to see what's next. Thank you a lot Chris!
Wow that's an incredible journey haha! It's cool to hear from a relatively new viewer such as yourself and I'm happy you were so hyped for Abi's Monster! The composer for Abi's Monster (Mario Daniel Rodriguez) is returning for The Noise Next Door and he's cooking up something FIERCE and FREAKY! 🔥
Oh hey there!!! You want to see some tips for first time film makers huh?!?
The communications one is a big mistake that I made when I was filmmaking years ago. I would have this idea in my head and I wouldn’t tell anybody what my idea was, but I expected them to know what my idea was and if they didn’t follow what I was thinking about. I would get mad at them and that’s definitely not how to make a film.
I appreciate your insight.
Something im curious about is how does someone getting out of college/uni/film school go on to start making short films, or indie films? How does one get the budget, or producers, etc. Where do you go from there, and how do you find the help to make your future narratives come to life?
Class video lad thank you, even with years of experience I needed to hear tip 5 lol 💪❤️
We all do lol. Thanks!
Amazing tips that honestly id utilize in my writing projects that is true I do need to finish but take my time with. I remember back a while ago you did some voice acting samples and I'm attempting to grow a channel myself and utilize some voice acting as entertainment and was wondering if you had any tips for that as well:) I remember seeing don't look away blow the roof off when the algorithm picked up and I know this one is gonna be right there with it:)
Been watching you since I was 3, Im 15 now and I ended up meeting you at a sushi restaurant in 2020 or 2021 lol. I am taking a video production class right now and I have been having a great time and I am starting to think this is a career I want to pursue. You have been an inspiration to me for years and I am glad you made this video. Keep up the great work!
Hey Gabriel! I remember that still to this day that was great! It's crazy to me you were 3 when you began watching me haha
Ive had a few conversations with you on Instagram cris. Always puts a huge smile on my face seeing you upload
LOVE YOUR PANIC SERIES
Thanks!
Oh wow! I don't ever get donations, thank you!
@@ChristopherCoxFilm thank you for the years of entertainment
Good tips. Praying for your success, have a good day.
MAN, I kinda just wanna watch your videos because (as parasocial as it is) it's like seeing an old friends of yours, lol. Great Video, btw !!!!
First. Love you vids, bro. Miss the Nerf series.
I enjoyed this. Videos like this are fun.
I'm curious, what do you think of Hayao Miyazaki as a film maker? I think his work ethic may contrast yours
I didn’t know you hated the Interrogation. I liked it and thought it was hilarious, but like you said it’s your vision so it makes sense that their might’ve been things about it that you wish you did differently, and even though I don’t know what you hoped it would be, I and many others appreciate it for what it is.
I think a lot of my distaste for that film comes from the hectic production. I had a full on meltdown in private because I couldn't handle the stress and feeling that my cast and crew didn't care about the project. In hindsight, most of that doubt likely was all in my head. But I don't blame my younger self for believing it at the time.
@@ChristopherCoxFilm I see how that puts emphasis on your fifth tip to finish it, even if you didn’t like it you still had the chance to learn from it, but if you didn’t finish it then you wouldn’t have gained anything like you said.
Exactly and never finishing a project, just letting it go because you've lost the passion, can become a regret later on. If you CAN finish something, you should. Always worth it to bring closure to yourself and the journey you've embarked on.
Do you have any tips for getting that vision in the first place And expanding it to film length?
I'm writing scripts right now
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1. When you have a channel that is doing really well with the content you’re creating don’t abandon that content for nonsense that should be the only lesson you’re trying to teach people
Damn not holding back. Yeah I don’t know why he gave up NERF
@@adamhenrywalkermaybe it’s because he did what he always wanted to do in life. If I had a job as a CZcamsr I would still end up joining the Army no matter what, it’s what I wanted to do my entire life. Rather be happy doing the job you love instead of being burnt out and bored the rest of your life..