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??? haaaaa! im just getting started in final draft, lets not count our shrimp before theyre wrapped~! ?

aaaaanyway ive decided to make 9 (+/-) 5 min episodes, so the whole thing is (+/-) 45 min, like an hour long tv show minus commercials thinking of it as basically an episode of the xfiles divided into pieces makes sense to me if anyone has [additional] feedback on that point, PLEASE speak now or forever hold your peace lol

i had like... 1.25 hot dogs lol. jas got the lions share mmmmmm.... bacon wrapped prawns....

it was jaspers bday saturday he had 7 bacon wrapped hot dogs lol

thanks update: im writing!!!

guys i rlly appreciate all the feedback. im gonna consolidate my notes and do some writing and see how much material it feels like i have so far... still thinking this over but i have to figure it out before i start typing in final draft: how many episodes and how long are they for a first 'season'/arc/whatever i didnt mean to sound too pejorative about creepypasta, i meant 'bs' in the sense that the *black eyed kids* are bs lol. theyre not real... that i know of ? id much rather do something contemporary like that or slenderman or whatever cuz its new, and the kids like it thats how i even kno about this stuff lol yeah thats a great question. oh... viral! mercer its gonna go viral lmao ill just hold my breath until that happens

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lol true, i was actually exaggerating quite a bit with that figure. in my eyes thats part of the beauty of a suuuper simple set thats free – even if we have 9 hours of stuff to do we can do it over 2 or 3 days... all good – theres no elaborate lighting, costuming or makeup. and thatd be better for the actors of course. but just saying im not trying to create a situation where i do a literal 9 hours of ~anything~ lol no way

thatd be dope but it sounds hard... i dont think the tram ppl would go for that lol itd be sicc tho, im already scared of heights one of the great things about "black eyed kids"/"black eyed children" is that its just some vague creeypasta bs... are they ghosts? demons? aliens? who knows! i can write whatever i want! lol

HAAAAA thats too funny i worked at UTC ??? its called Idyllwild~! prolly just gonna make that the name of the series, it looks pretty in a serifed font and it sounds cool. and theres a Y in it its awesome up there! 360º views

agree this makes 100% sense to me based on my knowledge of things, but wtf do i kno @Neumann Films really appreciate your advice man, ive been following your work for a long time and ive learned a ton. thank you and thanks to everyone whos posted in this thread, im taking all of your input under advisement. and just to be clear: i am not trying to create a property to sell per se, im trying to sell myself into just *starting* a career writing, directing, whatever. i have plenty of ideas lol. get some meetings get my foot in some doors. on the other hand, it would be GREAT if i could make something where they wanna buy "it", or more likely pay me to make more of it – super, thatd be amazing. in any event itd be waaay better than working at a p p l, which drove me insane i feel you. i swear my creative mind is functioning again, after being paralyzed by stress for a variety of reasons for years, after being away from my job for just a few months – its scary how much better im feeling lol* *this is not unique to me even ppl with excellent mental health go crazy after working there for 3 years or so

THIS IS ALL GREAT FEEDBACK I LOVE U GUYS ❤️❤️❤️ so i came across this short, and i wanted to get some opinions. in a word i think that the production is clearly pretty good, it doesnt come across as amateurish, but the writing just isnt there. i dont love the characters, etc...with all due respect to this director! its 12 min long if u can handle that lol what im trying to make, taking advantage of my complete and total lack of crew/etc, is something with pacing along the lines of The Shining or 2001 A Space Odyssey... slower than the usual stuff, MUCH slower. very visual. not a lot of dialogue. graphic shots, plenty of those with no camera movement... anyway, what do you think of this short? any additional thoughts/feedback/ideas about what im doing are MUCH appreciated~! i have a whole bunch of notes, and im thinking about formatting... U GUYS ARE THE BEST!!!!! what would i do without you idek

Hi guys!!! I need some input here... My new project is im making an episodic youtube series to get my name out there as a director and bc my parents just moved to this beautiful mountain town, and i HAVE to use my 5d3 raw to film something there!!! it would be crazy not to. and im inspired so, basically what im thinking is something with a paranormal, surreal vibe, think the shining/kubrick + the x files ÷ twin peaks lol. i think im gonna do something with black eyed kids (its a thing) because... how easy is that? its not a transparent water monster that looks like pyramid head haha SO, my question is: how long should i make these short, NO BUDGET episodes? and how many episodes should there be for a short 'season'? I'm thinking: (a) with the absolute freedom i have, they can/should be whatever length i want, AND, luckily (b) i want them to be short... like 6-10 min per 'episode'? and i feel like thats good cuz (c) PEOPLE LIKE SHORT VIDEOS. so if i can get in a bit of storytelling, a scare, and a cliffhanger, great. wanna watch more? its coming up next in your queue! autoplay baby!!! so, if i do something like that... (d) how many episodes should there be? cuz of course im gonna write this all at once. it needs to have continuity, and it basically has one storyline, as opposed to a bunch of separate short films. im thinking 6-9 episodes aesthetically, plus that way the whole thingll be +/- 60-90 min like traditional shows THATS IT!!!! what do you guys think? lotta nuances at play here my "friend" justin said that i should make it all way shorter, like a 30 min total time, for reasons im not clear on, but i think hes missing the point that this is ZERO BUDGET. let me reiterate that. therefore, my actors cost the same whether theyre on set for 3 hours or 9 hours – and of course i want to take ADVANTAGE of that freedom in my writing, and the PAGE is the time to do so clever writing is my only chance at this being a success!!! what do you think??? is justin right that i should boil this down to like three ten min episodes?? i feel like i should release, say six, one by one, with a period of time between episodes as i work on post, as i try to build a following for it, and leave the end of the sixth episode on a major cliffhanger, then come back after a few months and wrap it up IDK!!! so help me out guys please and thank uuuu ❤️ ?

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great question im doing "black eyed children", no budget, and getting a non-actor 8 yr old to wear em seems highly unlikely if it was for adults i would 100% use contacts (they look painful tho lol). definitely open to suggestions!!!

wowww this is sooooo helpful, thanks SO much you guys!!!! ❤️❤️❤️ im buying the effect, just what i mean bottomline im gonna invest in a black marble, but also shoot for speculars on set. if i have a particular shot that needs more work than others in post, so be it. some'll obviously be harder than others depending on the lighting but thats fine. sound ok? @Andrew Reid daaamnnn the forum got a facelift~! i like it!

this is just in photoshop but this guy has the right idea, this is more what im going for a nice sharp eye + eyelashes and some big catchlights that arent too bright seems to be the thing...

definitely better. im not in love with the yellows, am i wrong?

for sure. heres one from VC and theres plenty of others, ill definitely look into it i guess im wondering conceptually how to make this really really good. how does this effect fail? sometimes its passable, but it doesnt quite fit in perfectly seems like a nice sharp higher res image would make masking easier (eyelashes/etc)? has anyone done an effect like this before?

squig: im an idiot, forgive me... so, not this, this is too new? https://builds.magiclantern.fm/experiments.html

Hi guys, I'm wondering how hard this is to do, suggestions, best practices. If I'm going for a look like this where the eyes are ALL black, pupil, iris, sclera, the whole thing, and I cant use contacts (wish I could) so I've gotta do it in post, what would you recommend? how can i make this look really convincing? one point even i can see is: if the talent doesnt blink in the shot, thatll be a lot easier lol. so lets say theyre not blinking getting something that looks like this shouldnt be too hard, but im going for a 100% believable illusion – whats the trick to that? something to do with catchlights? whaddya think fellas?

holy schnikes! i finally have time to try some 3.5k, whats this all about? i dont wanna brick my camera and im scared of a1ex ?

OMG ? nikon is amazingly out of touch with like... human beings (notice: im not saying anything about 9/11 ???)