Train the kids, also, is what I’m trying to say here.
Animals are very tricky to work with.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #156
This requires depth, however…
You can rehearse until you’ve lost the feeling in your genitalia, but unless the Actors understand and have integrated the characters, the performance will never be better than memorized lines. The Director must work with them to help them understand the characters.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #139
Nobody Wins Anyway
Don’t fight. Seriously. Yes, there will be disagreements. Yes, there will be frustrations. Yes, there will be setbacks. That is normal. But please, don’t fight about it. There’s no need to yell or shout or scream or whinge on.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #137
Stop mumbling!
There are a lot of things you can fix in editing, but crappy line delivery isn’t one of them.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #136
But never allow a brogue delivery!
If you’re actors want to try a variation of a line, get the scripted line first, and then let them try their variations (assuming you have the time, of course).
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #91
Nobody wants to use tubes.
The easier it is to get in and out of your ground-breaking weird sci-fi costumes, the less the actors will curse your name whenever they have to pee.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #80
Stretch those chewy hamstrings!
Before you do stunts or other physically demanding action, take a few minutes to stretch and limber up. There’s a reason zombie hunters do it!
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #69
What did you expect for Tip #69?!
Don’t sleep with your leads, your stars. Sure, they’re attractive as crazy, but right now, your priority is making a movie.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #30
Think of it as “Contemplative Time”
If you can’t cut around bad acting, the best you can hope for is to be saved by your cutaways, and by the reaction shots of other actors. Another alternative is to rewrite the scene on-the-fly to be one of those moody contemplative scenes with billowing cloth and slow-motion cigarette smoke. I suggest you grab lots of cutaways, though.
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Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #26
Hell, I’ve been tempted to put my own name in the hat…
Have prize drawings for extras, if you have more than half a dozen. Everybody puts their name in a hat, and at the end of the shoot, draw for prizes. Movies are good prizes. Must be present to win. Helps ’em stick around longer, too.
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