How Do You Create A Good Experimental Film?
• Choose the type camera you will film with. You may have access to a VHS camcorder, an 8mm movie camera, or even an old 35mm film camera, but to simplify editing, you will probably want to be able to transfer the video to a digital format so it can be edited on a PC. • Find people willing to work with you on your film. You may decide to work without a script, or even actors, but you will find that there are a lot of jobs involved in making even a short film. • Brainstorm your project. You will want to consider these things in the early planning stage of your film. • Film genre. Experimental film can be outside the envelope of conventional film making, but to be successful, you will have to decide on a subject, whether nature, comedy, terror, romance, or art. • Script. If you plan to include speaking parts in your film, you will need to develope a script. This can be a word for word dialogue, or general ideas of an on screen dialogue relative to the film subject, ad-libbed by the parti
