What You Need To Know Before You Make A Short Film - Kim Adelman

MAKING IT BIG IN SHORTS: Shorter, Faster, Cheaper: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Guide to Short Films

Kim Adelman is the author of Making It Big in Shorts. She produced 19 short films that won 30+ awards and played over 150 film festivals worldwide, including the Sundance Film Festival four years in a row. Ms. Adelman currently teaches Cinema Production 2 at Mount St. Mary’s University and Low Budget Filmmaking at UCLA Extension, where she was honored as Entertainment Studies Instructor of the Year in 2014 and won the Distinguished Instructor Award in 2016.

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[nellosnook]

1. Write what persuades a producer to produce. (Bronze)
2. Write what persuades your audience see. (Silver)
3. Write what persuades your audience to tell someone else to see. (Gold)

[PrabhakerSFX]

I've just made my first short, best move I ever made. These vídeos have been an amazing inspiration..

[Tightrope_Comedy]

This was great advice for making a first short, at least for me. A lacking budget helped get creative on how to tailor my script.
Plus I will be one of those getting a pro for post, I am well out of my league there haha

[Hyplum]

What's great about shorts is that you get to start somewhere. Goodluck to all of you creatives

[RominaJones]

Really great practical advice! It seemed to come to don’t under estimate the power, work or cost of a short. That was helpful to hear.

[waywardsamurai]

Incredible videos! Have a request, is it possible to touch a theme on "how to protect your script"? How to make sure that people won't use your script as their own, won't copy something, etc.

[filmcourage]

For your first short film, what was the deciding factor in what to make (budget, subject matter, available cast, available location, etc.)?

[FireLordKuzon]

I dont know if putting it out there that "If you make a film about Alzheimer's I'm gonna roll my eyes at it" is a good first step for first time film makers

[TheAlen]

It’s actually a super unrealistic goal: to do whatever you want without budget and for audience) Perhaps Tarantino did it ones with “Reservoir dogs” but it’s an exception. Most of artists need more then just an abandoned warehouse and fake blood to express the vision. So, again, it’s maybe a realistic advice, but unrealistic goal) Love the channel any way…

[SDW]

I’m not in the biz, but really interesting.

[BudFuddlacker]

3:57 I’m using this sound in my next production

[smilea]

What was the name of the short film the host described about the resentful musician?

[marcoabrar]

Hello! What is the name of the short film mentioned in the movie? I mean the short film of the guy whose dad was a musician and he gave it up to raise the children...

[FanFavess]

Does anyone have this woman’s contact info by any chance? I missed who she works for.

[shane]

Make a preview of a film to try to sell it? Everyone who has ever done that that isn’t famous, doesn’t get there movie made