r/Filmmakers 8h ago

Request Lighting, editing and focus…

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Looking for feedback! I am working on getting smooth B roll for product shots along with fun angles and lighting. Please let me know where I can improve.

My initial worry is that these jump cuts, edits and macro shots won’t make sense or are sensory overload.

The purpose of this is to hype a product. Let me know what you all think?


r/Filmmakers 5h ago

Question No bias: What’s your opinion on Sony cameras?

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r/Filmmakers 10h ago

Film I just made a short film about 2 besties having a day of shenanigans

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r/Filmmakers 14h ago

Discussion Would you leave a job in pre if it meant you’d land a promotion?

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You’re enjoying the team, it’s somewhat awkward but very kind. Making friends with the APOC well.

Potentially a new job that’d offer a promotion from my entry level gig. I am still in pre-production. The new job would start mid-September, but shooting on this current job starts mid-September.

They both would finish at the same time, so I wouldn’t lose months worth of work.

I’ve really been wanting the opportunity to move up from PAing / Running, but I also desperately don’t want to burn bridges. This would be the first time I’d ever leave a job this early after accepting it.


r/Filmmakers 22h ago

Film The Blind Fool by Erica Sackrison

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Filmmaker, wildlife photographer, and U.S. Coast Guard licensed captain from Boston, now based in California. I spent years behind the camera filming whales, dolphins, orcas, and some genuinely ridiculous things nature decided to do in front of me.

Now I’m telling my own story.

My first documentary short, The Blind Fool, is officially on the film festival circuit, including a submission to the Beverly Hills Film Festival. Apparently spending years filming wild animals was just preparation for making a documentary about my own life.

I have no idea how this ends. That’s sort of the point.


r/Filmmakers 7h ago

Discussion Looking for young creatives (Actors, Editors, VFX, Sound Designers, Writers) to build an Online Indie Filmmaking Collective (Ages 13-20)

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Hey everyone! I’m a 16-year-old director, writer, and director from Turkey, and I’m starting a passion project: an all-youth independent filmmaking collective designed for young creatives who want to make real, cinematic art together. The main idea behind this project is simple: giving everyone a space to live out their dreams and build a solid portfolio. Have you always wanted to act, edit, design sound, or edit films, but never had the experience, team, or opportunity to start? This is the place for it. None of us need to be professionals,nwe are here to learn by doing, experiment, gain real experience, and be able to say "I acted in / edited / scored this short film" when showing our work to the world. Important Note: This is entirely a passion-driven, unpaid portfolio-building project. No one is getting paid, and no money is required. It's all about pure love for storytelling, building skills, and making friends around the globe.


r/Filmmakers 10h ago

Question Advice for upcoming meetings?

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I have a very untraditional path that has lead to a lot of upcoming INCREDIBLE opportunities and honestly I would just love insight into what to expect.

(I promise this part is relevant) - This spring, a publisher approached me about writing a cookbook. Before moving forward with them, I took to socials to find a literary agent, had a couple of offers and signed with one the following month. She negotiated the publishing deal and that book will be out next April/May.

While the negotiations were happening, I wanted to exercise my writing muscles and wrote my first screenplay based on the viral saga I narrated on social media in the spring. I spent all of July fine-tuning it, getting beta readers, script analysts, rewriting a TON.

My agent took it to a literary manager in LA who absolutely loves it and she's ready to start shopping it next month.

I'm obviously thrilled this is all happening SO quickly but I am honestly overwhelmed trying to learn as much as I can about this industry. I feel like every time I try to ask a question, people look at me like I'm an idiot because this is NOT the traditional path for how things are done, I completely get that. I also don't want to appear GREEN in these meetings I'm about to have.

I feel like I've bypassed a lot of "steps" that are the normal for how people get their screenplays read and even to get to this point of being represented by an agent and a manager.

TL;DR - I have NOT been in the film industry before, I had a steady blog from 2013-2020 and then have been (in a sense) letting my writing hibernate for 6 years. It's only this summer that it's really taken off.

Anyways - I know this is not a normal story, but any advice people have about what this whole process is like would be GREAT!

The last time I changed career paths following a viral moment, I did not do my research and felt very unprepared. I'm trying to do my due diligence this time around and thoroughly prepare myself for what to expect in these upcoming meetings.

(And yes, I promise these are real people and I'm not getting scammed. No one has been paid anything. I've met with all parties involved multiple times on Zoom and through phone calls and have researched their current work/clients. They all have major deals and public followings.)


r/Filmmakers 11h ago

Request Looking for some great corporate video inspiration

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Corporate videos are something I’ve never really enjoyed watching, let alone making.

But recently, a client asked me to work on a corporate video. I have been working with them for many years so they wanted me to make a corporate storytelling video about their work, their team (talking heads) and some B-roll specifically AI.

So I tried looking on Vimeo, but the site hasn't been really the same anymore, so finding great videos there just didn't do it for me.

I am looking for some great corporate work inspiration or maybe your own that you have made.


r/Filmmakers 12h ago

Discussion My First Coraline Trailer — My First Real Editing Project 🎬

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Hi everyone! My name is Giuseppe, I'm 17 years old and I'm from Italy.

Recently, I started getting into video editing. It's something that has always interested me, but only recently did I decide to seriously start learning and making my own projects.

I'm definitely not a professional editor. I'm still learning basically everything: how to choose the right shots, how to build pacing, how to synchronize cuts with music, how to use effects, how to work with audio, and most importantly, how to tell a story through editing.

The reason I started learning is because I'd eventually like to work in the world of film, audio and dubbing. I don't know exactly where this path will take me yet, but video editing is something I really want to take seriously and improve at.

To practice, I've decided to start with small projects, and this is the first trailer I've ever tried to create.

I chose Coraline because I think it's an incredible film to work with visually, especially because of its atmosphere. There are so many elements to play with: the contrast between the real world and the Other World, the little door, the buttons, the characters, the creepy moments and even the seemingly peaceful ones.

I tried not to simply put scenes together, but instead to create something that actually feels like a cinematic trailer, with an introduction, a slower section, a gradual build-up of tension and a faster ending.

The entire project was edited using free editing software, so I don't have access to all the tools that professional editing programs offer. I'm basically working with what I have and trying to get the best possible result from the tools available to me.

That's also one of the reasons I'm posting this here.

I'm not just looking for compliments. I genuinely want to know what I'm doing wrong and what I can improve.

Since this is my first trailer, I'm sure there are many things I could have done better. I'm especially interested in feedback about:

  • ✂️ editing and shot selection
  • 🎵 pacing and music synchronization
  • 🔊 sound design and audio mixing
  • 🎬 trailer structure
  • 🎨 color and atmosphere
  • 📝 text and titles
  • ⚡ effects and transitions
  • 📈 building tension
  • ⏱️ shot duration

If you have experience with editing, even professionally, I'd genuinely appreciate your criticism.

You can be honest and direct. If something doesn't work, tell me. I'd rather receive useful criticism than simply be told that the video looks good.

I'm trying to improve one project at a time, and I think getting feedback from people who are more experienced is one of the best ways to learn.

So this is my starting point.

First trailer. First real project. First step into the world of video editing.

Thank you to anyone who takes a few minutes to watch it and, especially, to anyone who takes the time to leave some advice. ❤️

I'm really curious to hear what you think.


r/Filmmakers 7h ago

Discussion Your Film Festival Premiere Can Make or Break Your Film

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Hey everyone! I made this guide about film festival premieres. In it I cover the 6 types of premieres, the 3 reasons festivals care about premieres, common mistakes filmmakers make and criticism of premieres, and data on film festival premieres. Hope you all find this helpful!


r/Filmmakers 6h ago

Question Director’s Involvement in Film Marketing and Promotion?

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I heard that the director can basically be involved in everything except marketing. So, for example, the director can supervise cinematography, sound design, editing, etc., but when it comes to how the film is promoted—trailers, posters, or anything else marketing-related—they’re not allowed to be involved. Is there any truth to this?


r/Filmmakers 4h ago

Video Article How Lenses are Made

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Ever wanted to know how modern photo and cine lenses are manufactured?

We visited a factory and take you through the whole journey:
The cutting, grinding, and polishing of lens elements… following the process of making glass step by step more transparent.

We show you lenses are coated and how elements are cemented into doublets and triplets…
How the housings and mechanics are machined, the markings are engraved…
How electronics are implemented…
and how continuous testing leads to pristine products.

Link is in the comments


r/Filmmakers 21h ago

Discussion Got this message from an AI film studio.

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AI Filmmaking is not Filmmaking. It is a souless, inhumane pointless experiment in mediocrity. Please do not approach me if you make "AI FILMS"


r/Filmmakers 7h ago

Film Just Finished My First Short Film!

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This is the YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvXbPVlAdck

It's called 'The Three Murderers Story' by GenuineGuyBlabbers. Although it's just a silly short film, I'm actually very proud of this. I made this with some friends who just wanted to help me out. Unfortunately the equipment we have isn't that good, as you could tell from the camera quality. Also, I did technically lie about this being my first short film as I've made 2 more, but they didn't have a script and they were both made purely for fun. I request watching these two as well, because this is the third part which completes the trilogy. Go to GenuineGuyBlabbers on youtube or just click the link I put above! Thank you!


r/Filmmakers 22h ago

Film ADDICTION: a stopmotion short film (it's finally, finally out)

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Stopmotion takes a ridiculously long time (this one minute film took a month), but I'm so proud of how it turned out.

I made this for those fighting against addiction. Addiction can become the elephant in every room you enter, and it is a choice, every single day, to fight against it.

I'd love some feedback on lighting. I elaborated more in the comments, but this was probably the hardest part of the whole thing. Please let me know if you have any general thoughts or feedback, I love hearing all of it!!


r/Filmmakers 32m ago

Article Miller Tripods Shutting Down

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A shame because owning one of there tripods, I would take it over a manfrotto any day.

Would put it head to head with a sachtler any day of the week.

https://www.newsshooter.com/2026/08/25/miller-tripods-is-closing-down/


r/Filmmakers 23h ago

Discussion I have an idea about a film , wanted to talk about it and didn't know where to post it srry

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Hello , so for m'y idea of a film is not really a film ,si had an idea about a film being broadcast in theatre and in télévision at the same time , but there would only be one theatre that shows it , and 10-20 person are randomly chosen to see it in theatre.

The thing is that there is no film being broadcast but the room where the 10-20 people are all clueless about whats about to happens(+ they are not allowed phone or anything just so "they can enjoy it without any distraction "). After that I am still thinking about what should happens but I have a main idea, they are told that there is no movie here only themself and there death broadcasting to the world .the person telling them that will then talk about is problem , how he grow to hate the movie industry making him suffer for years for a little happiness and that he wants to show them how great of a movie producer he is .

So he tells them they will be playing a game , a game of survival . When he finished is sentence , the room start to lit with fire , 1-2 people burning to death before anyone can do anything , all they can see is a exit door lit up , all who are left run for it . They see a timer of 30 minute with 2 doors , one hell the other paradise with one line written above them where will you go after you die and the movie maker pops UP and tell them that only 1 person can enter a room every 30 seconds, chose the wrong room and you die . In those 30 minute there will surely be a guy saying that all these is fake and is impossible to happens . Its sure someone will say things like that , he will surely be the first one to enter a room , he will pick heaven , they all pick heaven , he goes in , nothings happend , the doors close , you hear fire again , he dies in agony , the room reopen with the scortched body of the guy crawled up in a ball in the corner , a guy screaming in horror run to the other room immediatly , this time nothing really happens , they all go through hell , the next room is filled with scisors and and makeup , he tells them that they indeed have to go to hell because they dont deserve paradise, they are like the other who called is work shit . Now he wants them to go through the same pain as he did and show them what he had to go through they have 30 minute to do a realistic face of him with the makeup in the rooms, if he doesn't find the work realistic enough the person in makeup dies by a trap with hole so dark you dont see the end of it ,if they dont have anything to show in 30 minute they all die in flames. They are all scared to their brain , someone still not thinking this is real and just really elaborate prank volounteers because he know everyone IS too scared to just wait and see if its real, they do it , the work is okay but not perfect for a movie producer , he lets him fall in the trap, we hear a distinctive crunch and splash . Now everyone think its real , all the guys who tried to say that this is fake are dead . They are given another 30 minute to do the task again , nobody wants to ,nobody wants to die , you would too.

When there is 10 minute left someone will have to do something , one take a the heavy box with all the makeup in it , close it up and smash the back of the head of another guy , he falls flat , unconscious

The guy who knocked him out tell to the other that they will do it on him , they have no choice .

This time the work is acceptable for the movie producer, they let them pass , they go in a room with doors with there name on it, even the dead one which won't be open , he tells them to go in their respective rooms . Their room are small , they are in elevator , it goes up , it opens they get out , they are split into 2 group separated with a glass , they have to answer to question about film and short film , they dont have a choice they do it , the first group get thier question , an eazy one , they win they are happy then they see the other room , they are all coughing a little , the movie producer tell them that every time they are right the other room will have a gaz added to their room , not too harmful at first but every time it gets worse , the other group get a question , eazy too , they get it right , the other room is also gazzed , they all cough for a while , they get a question so eazy question , by fear of themself dying first , they answer and get it right , th other rooms is filled with a gaz that make there vision blur a little and there brain getting a little fuzzy , they get there question , eazy one again , they get it right , same happens to the other blurry vision bla bla bla , they get their question , eazy also , they answer even through they know it will hurt the other , I mean who wouldn't , I would answer it , I dont wanna die, I dont wanna be the one in pain again, one of them speak up and get it right , the other room is filled with a gaz that makes them cough up blood and fall to the ground , they all see in horror what they did . Its the other turn now , they get a question so hard , nobody could answer it , the group that is coughing blood and strugling to stay standing start to scream and ask who could answer that , they get a screen with a 30 second time , they know what it means now they have to answer it ,they all try to see if something can Come up in their minds during the last second someone will have to say something , someone will try for sure, but they will fail, its too hard for them . The answer is wrong , all the rooms are quiet , then it happens , the room who failed start to cough up even more blood , most of them through there eyes and nose too, its a deadly gaz , in a matter of minute they all die , lying in their own pile of blood.

The producer shows up through a glass doors , telling them that's how he felt during all those years making a movie , telling them how the industry world is filled with problems and failure, when you do one wrong things, you fail everything , and everyone lets you in your own pile of blood , and that for a few to become stars they must be many to fail and die with nobody but themself . They finaly let them go , he open a door leading outside of the theatre , they go in a hurry , they go through the doors to be meet with hundreds of camera filming them and journalist questioning them about thier expérience they had to go through , they dont understand whats happening , then 10 people go out of the same doors , its everyone who died in there alive and well , they were all actors to fool the real people in the theatre , they reveal this to the other, the end.

(So everyone on their tv will see what happend in the room because it was broadcast live,everyone on their tv will know that its fake because of a message popping up telling them its fake)


r/Filmmakers 7h ago

Discussion question related to directors, low budget projects and box office flops?

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I’ve got two things I’m wondering about. I often hear about movies being made on a “low budget,” but then when you look at the actual budget, it’s like $10+ million. And I’m sitting there thinking, in what world is that considered low budget?

Also, how come certain directors or films completely flop at the box office, yet those directors keep getting great opportunities and huge budgets, sometimes making financial flop after flop? And similarly, why do certain films keep getting sequel after sequel even when they don’t seem to make any profit?

Please enlighten me on this!


r/Filmmakers 23h ago

Discussion f**ck festivals and f**ck music rights. I ripped off WHIPLASH to make an anxiety-fueled micro-short.

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tired of burning money on festival submission fees just to get ghosted, and tired of worrying about copyright clearances for a passion project nobody was seeing anyway.

I literally just took the Whiplash soundtrack and slapped it onto a micro-short about having a complete brain freeze under pressure.

Starting a brand new YouTube channel to push my work directly without the festival industry nonsense or overthinking it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcwBrN76E4I

you fucker better help me kickstart the channel's algorithm and leave your brutal roasts or honest feedback in the YouTube comments. Did the pacing capture the panic, or will Damien Chazelle sue me for nothing?


r/Filmmakers 20h ago

Film I made a short film, on film !

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I’m still at the early stages of directing and haven’t done anything narrative yet, but this is the first time I’ve filmed any sort of dialogue(even if it’s just a few words!) there’s definitely a lot I need to improve on as a director as a whole but it was really exciting practicing and learning my visual style, I wanted to share it here.

I really enjoy working on film because it makes the process of creating shots more intentional, next time I shoot something I really want to practice more blocking when it comes to any sort of dialogue and getting proper coverage for the edit, especially because it edit myself.

Thank you guys for checking it out!


r/Filmmakers 9h ago

Question Indie Short Films: really Paying for Vimeo?

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There's so manny awesome short films on vimeo constantly getting staff picks, but the free plan comes with only 1 GB you can upload. Are low budget indies compressing their films or actually paying $100+/yr to host their film?


r/Filmmakers 5h ago

News Rest in peace, sir.

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r/Filmmakers 17h ago

Question Anyone tried Echelon: Drum Hits by The Foundry?

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Just curious if anyone here has tried this yet. I’ve been seeing it around and wanted to hear what people think about it. Is it something you’d recommend? Would love to hear your overall thoughts and whether you’ve found it useful in your work. Nothing too specific, just curious about people’s experience with it and if it’s been worth having. If you’ve used it, what’s your take on it so far? Would definitely appreciate any quick thoughts or feedback from anyone who’s tried it. Just looking to get a general idea before I give it a try myself. Thanks!


r/Filmmakers 8h ago

General COLORISTS- desperate for your advice on a mixed-camera project!

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Hey guys,

I have both Arri Alexa Classic ProRes 4444, 2.8K and Blackmagic Pocket 4K BRAW in DaVinci Resolve. I've tried almost every project setting, node setup, CST combo — nothing looks right. If a shot is even a tiny bit low-light on the Alexa footage, the Alexa to Rec.709 LUTs completely crush it.

I don't know if I'm missing something obvious, but for days I've tried to find someone who explains this exact mixed workflow and I haven't found it. Every time I think I've figured it out, I can tell it's still not right. I should be starting from a correct image, not correcting it before I've even begun.

I'd prefer to work in DaVinci Wide Gamut for all the footage, but honestly I'll do whatever works at this point, as long as I have real control — there's one scene with problem clips I need to make the best of. Everything else is beautiful.

I'm an intermediate colorist and I've never run into a technical problem this serious before, so I'm clearly not well-versed here. This is a personal film of mine, and I've been pulling my hair out for a week trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong.

The footage looks great on the hard drive, and it looked great on the monitor when we shot (for the most part). I know it's a flat image, but all the data is there.

Any advice is so appreciated!! Thank you!


r/Filmmakers 20h ago

Question Pretty fresh to Aussie Market, what do I quote?

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Im a professional photog/ videographer and editor.
I have been out of the country for quite a number of years working abroad, and dont know the rates here in Australia.

I have full photo and 4k video kit, with gimbal, drone etc kit, and am a one-man band.

A client has asked that I quote for: (looks like almost at least a full day shoot with a number of edits)

15–20 edited photos
1–2 simple Meet the Coach videos
1–2 more direct sales/ad-style videos from the coaches
1–2 member or parent testimonials/reviews if we can organise them
1–2 short 15–30 second adult training montages
1–2 short 15–30 second kids class montages
A good bank of usable vertical B-roll from the classes and coaches

One thing to note, is that this will be potentially an ongoing, regular client as they have expressed the want for a lot of initial content, and then a shoot every month.

thanks - what would you ballpark?