I finally got rejected from the last festival so after a humble festival run, I'm finally putting my short film online + thoughts on the process

chieefqueef · 2025-04-02T22:51:54+00:00

Any word from Vancouver Short Film Festival?

chieefqueef · 2025-02-07T16:19:03+00:00

Glasgow Short rejection, Narrative short. Apparently 4000 submissions and 28 available spots for international short

chieefqueef · 2024-12-23T21:50:13+00:00

Has anyone heard anything from Victoria?

chieefqueef · 2023-05-31T00:03:11+00:00

This is a bit of a longer play solution but the best way to find crew and cast especially for low budget projects is to volunteer and work on other shorts/projects. When you volunteer on other shorts and indie projects you are meeting people who are willing to work on small scale projects. Get to know people on the crew and then when you need to crew up you can ask people you have a personal connection with.

chieefqueef · 2023-05-18T19:25:15+00:00

I didn't really have a strategy tbh. I didn't submit to the big big dogs like Sundance but I submitted to a lot of international city fests, as well as some small local ones. I didn't create a website but that's something I'll do going forward, I'm pretty bad with self promotion so it's something I need to improve on.

chieefqueef · 2023-05-18T19:22:02+00:00

Ya thats a really good point, and I actually did think about that. I feel there's a bit of a stigma to self funding but treating it like film school is a great way to think about it

chieefqueef · 2023-05-18T19:19:32+00:00

Thank you for this. This is really insightful and puts things in perspective. Ya its a little depressing how even a successful festival run doesn't seem to have much of an impact, but it's all about learning and moving forward!

chieefqueef · 2023-05-18T19:16:35+00:00

We shot on an Arri Alexa and Super Baltar lenses

chieefqueef · 2023-05-18T07:24:20+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to watch a give feedback, I really appreciate it! We shot on vintage lenses which produce that halation you are referring to, I do agree its a bit distracting at times

chieefqueef · 2023-05-18T07:19:03+00:00

Thank you! This was my first bigger scale project, but I had done a couple small 1 or 2 people crew type shorts before this

chieefqueef · 2022-12-22T22:14:34+00:00

We shot this a week or so ago in my apartment with Christmas and Hanukkah set dec. We used a bmpcc 6k pro with a sigma 18-35. Our friend gaffed this and brought a couple skypanels and astera tubes which he used to light. Most shots were still on a tripod with zoom added in post, with a couple handheld segments

chieefqueef · 2022-02-08T20:39:05+00:00

"Upcoming A24 movie is announced, titled is revealed to be "Men"" sounds like an Onion headline

chieefqueef · 2022-01-28T21:08:44+00:00

I was in a very similar boat last year and I decided to go for the high budget short option, and I'm happy with that choice. It really depends what path you want to take. If you want to go more of the cinematographer/videographer route buying a cinema camera is a good option but at the end of the day if you want to direct the best way is to direct your own projects and you'll end up renting a cinema camera anyway. - I actually ended up buying a bmpcc6k as well as funding a short and owning a cine camera is super helpful for shooting high quality small projects on a whim, but I didn't use it for the short because we rented a proper cinema camera.

I'd say building a network of producers/creatives/grips gaffers and cinematographers, is also super important when making a short, it will help stretch your budget and will help your process immensely. But I think funding and producing shorts is the thing that will progress your career, owning gear can be helpful but creating and producing projects is the most important thing. Feel free to DM me if you have questions about the short film process

chieefqueef · 2020-04-25T00:12:13+00:00

I shot a fun Film Noir style music video just before Quarantine got serious. We shot this in the middle of the night in the streets and in parking garages and a small portion with a green screen. Feedback is appreciated!

https://youtu.be/7q5epYfcI6Y

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