One of my mentors who I worked with earlier just started an independent Film Production Studio in Virginia. In the process of setting up a team, we shared our passions of writing and films and the like and I must say, it’s been a great ride in the last several months! Understanding film-making from the ground up, elements of screenwriting, going through pre production, post production planning and all the usual stuff that indie films need to take care of brings you much more closer to the world cinema, that now when you see a movie, you see it in a two sets of lenses.
I got myself into reading a couple of books in screenwriting, looked at the editing process of Final Cut Studio & also did a few screenwriting courses. What amazes me is that the entire process has become much more accessible if you have the right set of tools and ofcourse, a passionate team to work with. There are even opensource tools, we’re planning to use. For instance, Celtx is an outstanding opensource tool for scriptwriting. (works on mac)
It’s rare to find a company where you have immense faith in the people — this is one of them. And I hope we are successful in bringing out the best.
There is a lot to talk about, but I’ll keep hush hush now. I’ll be working on some of the earlier projects as a script writer and asst director. Our first project is called “The Departure,” its a short film filmed in a single location and I really believe that it has a great story!
Check out our website — www.clapboyfilms.com.