Technique Topic - First Time Filmmaker FAQs

Published: March 4, 2021, 5:05 a.m.

So you want to make your own short film (or feature), but don’t know where to begin? CinemATL's Martin Kelley and Michael D Friedman both started making short films nearly twenty years ago. They’ve seen a lot of the common mistakes and pitfalls that first-time directors & producers make. We felt it would be a good idea to answer some Frequently Asked Questions for the first time filmmaker in this edition of the Technique Topic.