This week we are watching the first short film that I ever made
back when I was 12 years old. So, I'm a little bit worried
We've got...
I was 12 years old and everyone in this is like 11-12 years old
and, this was an english project
So, totally for school lessons
and we had like 3 hours to make it.
So, what have we got here, we've got
someone who is looking extremely.. extremely menacing
as they go over to the bikes
and I think you know the mission impossible music
setting the tone here
okay, so he's knicked this bike
why is he there
what is he doing ?
no one knows yet
thats alright
nice little extra there
okay..
he's hiding
he is going into stealth mode
fair enough
okay, what was that
nice little.. see this is classic
you just have these completely meaningless randomn
little things you do with the camera
where there was nothing happening outside
there was no reason that I can see
to do that, we were just like wow that would be cool
if we do that right
What you doing ?
err errm..
Do you have a visitors pass ?
wow, look at that.
what are you doing, do you have a visitors pass
that.. that's special, okay
this guy in a hat
and a
cycling fluorescent jacket
very nice
hey I get why you left the bike there now
and..
don't think that bike was there
first time we saw the shot
pretty sure we added that later
little bit of an issue but
its necessary to the chase title I guess
still the music of, I think its transformers now
went from mission impossible to transformers soundtrack
very nice okay
okay, round the corner
huh
comes around the corner again
interesting editing technique
(transformers soundtrack)
he made his own sound effect
he made the punch sound
with his mouth
thats nice
when you go through the trouble of getting fake blood
and putting it in someones mouth
its like
we need to make sure that we,
you know, really show this off
so its like 2 shots
I'm like zooming into the fake blood
on the ground and like look, look
look at this production value
look at what we've done here
oh he's getting a bit..
he's got a bit of an attitude now
okay
so what has he accomplished
this guy so far ?
he...
stole a bike, sneaked in
now he is getting chased
thats the overall storyline
this is where
it gets more interesting
oh no
now he is in trouble
why, what are you doing here ?
nothing
Im gonna ask you one more time
what were you doing ?
someone else
that loosely ended
with
some.. a recorded person saying beep
I dont know why but whenever I watch
things that I have made before
this one many years ago
always my natural tendency is to
pick it apart , try and find things
that were wrong with it
things I wouldn't do now
if there is anything you can take
from not enjoying your
watching your old films
no matter how much you cringe
that shows
that you are developing
and that you are not just
flatlining
and saying yeah my work is great
and it has been for ages
its just about saying
yes
this is different to how id make a film now
but you know what thats okay
and the films I'm making right now
in a few years
Im probably not going to like them that much
im probably going to see a lot of flaws
but that just shows
that you know
progress is happening
but the other thing i think about
everytime I watch that short film
is that it was on those few days
I remember thinking as a 12 year old
that this is something really that I wanna do
this is something I wanna do regularly
and yes that is kind of
that was the start
of my filmmaking
and hopefully ill be able to look back
at the films im making now
and see them in a kind of same way
of how, you know that was just the beginning of something
so yeah
my name is Simon Cade
this has been DSLRguide
and ill see you next week