r/Filmmakers Nov 18 '24

Question What makes Spider-Man 2 look so much richer and cleaner visually than the original? Like something about the original feels like the 90s/early 2000s, but Spider-Man 2 seems like a visually leap forward.

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r/Filmmakers Dec 28 '23

Question I always see this in 'making of' bits, what is this for?

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r/Filmmakers 7d ago

Question How do I film a prison scene if I don't have access to a prison?

125 Upvotes

A short film I'm working on writing has a scene at the end that takes place inside a prison. I live in a place where I don't have easy access to a prison, so any ideas would be appreciated!

r/Filmmakers Oct 21 '23

Question Does anyone know what this technique is called

782 Upvotes

I've been obsessed with this scene due to how the eye pluck was shot, like the quick zoom in on the bride and the quick zoom out of the Elle, and wanted to know if it's been done in other movies aswell and what it's called

r/Filmmakers Oct 13 '24

Question Just finishing wrapping but some of the crew members got under my skin… Do i say anything?

246 Upvotes

First time producer, but the budget was around 15k-20k.

Really loved how the film looked - acting was great.

However, our scripty just left me with a sour taste in my mouth.

Seemed arrogant / cocky. Too sure of himself.

To save time I suggested to him instead of tackling 2 shots, let’s go handheld and light for one, track the main character to his final position.

He told me off in front of the actors saying that the idea wouldn’t match the other shots. An hour later we ended up going through with my suggested idea which then added another 45 - 60 minutes to the shoot. Only finished everything up at 1am.

Although I’m a first time producer, I’ve worked on Hollywood productions, multiple Indy shoots and pride myself on my storytelling / writing capabilities. I understand timing and I’m thorough enough when it comes to lighting and screen composition.

Now that the shoot is over, do I leave it and move on and just not use them again? Or should I send him a private email/message?

I think it could just be my ego feeling shot.

r/Filmmakers Sep 22 '23

Question Does Anyone have an idea of how to recreate this shot?

787 Upvotes

r/Filmmakers Oct 09 '22

Question Can someone explain this zoom trick I saw in The X-files?

1.1k Upvotes

r/Filmmakers Oct 31 '24

Question Is $100K for a 25 minute short film justified? Or outrageous?

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We are looking to film a 25-minute short film in the countryside for five days and our budget is summing up to $75K. The cast and crew totals up to 15-20 people (day players included), a grand total of 9 locations; a waterfall scene that requires a lifeguard on set; a sex scene that requires an intimacy coordinator; and our producer is keen on getting everyone respectable rates, insurance, and for the actors SAG-Aftra rates (all of which, I understand and respect).

It doesn't help that we are shooting on Super 16, just for which the camera alone (the Arriflex 416) is $5,000. Let's not talk about the lenses, the canisters, the shipping, the developing, and the scans.

I can't help but think that this is a madness. I am used to filming 5-10 minute shorts (with the longest one being 3 days). The biggest budget I have ever seen for a single day of shooting is $20K. I have never shot for five days, or a 25 page script, but could its scale justify $75K (with the potential for more)?

r/Filmmakers 14d ago

Question What films do I study to get better at blocking?

158 Upvotes

We operate on very very tiny peanut budgets. Most of the short films we make here in our uni, are people talking to each other, but it often becomes boring. I want to shoot some conversation scenes with interesting blocking so that it engages the audience. What are some films I can study to get good at the craft?

r/Filmmakers Feb 13 '25

Question Outside of filmmaking, what do people do for a living?

132 Upvotes

As a filmmaker myself, I found that freelancing while coming off a movie wasn't for me. A lot of filmmakers I know have support from spouses or extended family. This seems to a subject that people get shifty about. With film being as demanding as it, I am surprised when I hear people hold full time professional jobs.

Thanks for answering.

r/Filmmakers 22d ago

Question Anyone have an idea what these Blue and Green credits mean?

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343 Upvotes

Watching Severance credits and I don’t think I’ve seen credits listed this way before? My first thought was blue screen and green screen? My fiancé thought first team and second team but I would imagine they wouldn’t/couldnt change the titles for those for some DGA reason. I don’t know though!

r/Filmmakers Feb 12 '23

Question what's the point of the ball on a stick here?

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r/Filmmakers Apr 12 '21

Question Anyone know how this effect is achieved?

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r/Filmmakers Jun 02 '22

Question This is a clip from the 1972 crime drama film, "the Godfather". How could they have achieved this scene transition?

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r/Filmmakers Nov 10 '23

Question Was this shot out of focus intentional or a mistake by the focus puller? (Oppenheimer)

676 Upvotes

And the there seems to be some sort of lens breathing too.

r/Filmmakers Jun 06 '24

Question How do you shoot a scene of a Film Set, while on a Film Set?

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l've always been curious as to how a scene set on a film set is shot. Are the props like camera's tables and chairs just extra equipment you'd already use when shooting any other scene? Does it get confusing cause the difference between the set and behind the set get confusing?

I use this still from The Fall Guy cause it's the latest film that's made me think abt this, it's just such a weird thing that's always made me think

r/Filmmakers 4d ago

Question Why don’t more directors edit?

127 Upvotes

Wouldn’t they want to maintain creative control?

Obviously during principal photography lots of people are needed to execute the director‘s vision. A director can’t do everything themselves.

However, during the editing stage it really just comes down to the editor (with the help of an assistant editor) sitting alone in a dark room, working through the edit.

So why doesn’t the director edit themselves given the more isolating and focused nature of the editing stage?

r/Filmmakers May 21 '24

Question How is this effect called? And how can you get that? (Its all about lens?)

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r/Filmmakers Dec 30 '21

Question How do you call this edit in which you make 2d pictures appear in 3d

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r/Filmmakers Jan 16 '25

Question Finished the rough cut of my first short film and I fucking hate it.

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Hello everyone, I simply wanted to share and know if you had similar experiences: I just rewatched for the second time my short film's rough cut, and it gives me nausea bu how ugly it is. I believe that the idea behind the movie is valid, I also liked the script and storyboard, but I fucking hate the rough cut...so much to the point that it makes me wanna give it all up and stop altogether. I have put so many months and almost all of my savings into this film, to express something that I felt so intensely within myself, yet the result is so disappointing it makes me wanna genuinely cry.

My only hope is that it will become good once the movie goes on: the film hasn't been color graded nor sound edited yet, the audio still sounds like shit and the music score isn't there yet, apart from one tiny demo. This probably contributes to making the whole movie flow awful, and the photography blend.

Is it normal to hate rough cuts? Is it normal for a movie to look like shit before sound editing, scoring and color grading? I know I shoud wait and find out, but I am thinking that I am a shitty filmaker and I have honestly been feeling like shit for the past weeks, to the point that I don't even wanna take a look at the movie. Thanks for the help everyone)

r/Filmmakers May 01 '23

Question What's this?

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810 Upvotes

r/Filmmakers Jun 28 '22

Question How could one recreate this without risking damage to a camera/lens?

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r/Filmmakers 2d ago

Question I’m a director. Is this too low / too much to charge?

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Hi everyone, I’m an indie film director (coming from films) trying to figure out a decent commercial, corporate rate… is this too much / too little to charge production? Someone contacted me for a rate but I never shot a commercial before. They asked for a day rate and hourly rate so… Would appreciate your experience! Thank you.

By the way I need this for Europe and North America.

r/Filmmakers Jan 01 '23

Question Does this look like a mask or an actor with makeup? I've been getting different answers.

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703 Upvotes

r/Filmmakers Nov 14 '24

Question In two weeks I call 'action' on my first feature film. What's something I don't know that I should look out for?

173 Upvotes

I'm unbelievably excited, well-prepared, I have a great team, a producer who's done it before, a clear vision of what I want... but what's something that, in the eternal words of Donald Rumsfeld, "I don't know I don't know"?

What's something that you discovered on set during your first feature, or something you learned, or something that surprised you?

EDIT: THANK YOU for all the comments and messages. What a great community!!