This weekend I wrote, produced, directed, edited, and then scored my first short film.
(video and link below)
At 9am on Saturday morning I suddenly felt inspired. I’d rented a camera and some lenses the previous day from Adolph Gasser, the camera sales and rental store near my office. The new breed of DSLR cameras out there can shoot HD video with as much clarity and color as the photos themselves. I’ve been wanting to rent one of these cameras for almost a year. My fun experience with Max a few weeks ago added the final bit of fuel to my motivation. I rolled over and announced that I wanted to make a movie about Zoe brushing her teeth. At first she looked at me like I was completely crazy, but I’m used to that.
“Ummmm….?” She said.
“A movie about waking up, getting up, brushing your teeth and having tea.”
“Tea?” She asked.
I nodded.
“I’m in!” She said.
We do love our morning tea.
And so we made a movie…
… and here’s what I learned: Making movies is hard.
It is definitely many orders of magnitude more difficult than just taking a photo. There are so many more variables at play. I rarely use a tripod for photos, but its almost essential for most shots in a movie. Making the music was also more challenging than I ever imagined.
Zoe was so great to work with. She has a lot of experience with TV and film. She knows about continuity and she makes sure that she moves exactly the same in each shot. There were details that she was paying attention to that I didn’t even notice until I reviewed all of the raw videos. She also has a wealth of knowledge about the story-creation and editing process that really helped me break through some obstacles.
Overall I am really pleased with the results. There is always room for learning and improvement but it is a great first try. If you don’t see the video below you can click on this link to see it in HD on vimeo.
Morning Ritual from Ron Kurti on Vimeo.
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