From the course: Creating a Short Film: 01 Producing
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Obtaining assets
From the course: Creating a Short Film: 01 Producing
Obtaining assets
- If you are like every other person in the world, you probably have great cinematic stuff all around you without realizing it. You might have a quirky pet or a unique prop, or live next to some crazy, weird architectural structure, or you might have friends or family with these things. If you're looking to tell a visual story, there are probably all kinds of things you've grown accustomed to that might be of interest in your film. And if you develop the skill of finding great stuff to use instead of buying it, that will not only make your films more personal, but also save you a lot of money. If you want to produce a film, but don't even have an idea for a story yet, look around and see if you can't find inspiration in the things around you that are quintessentially and uniquely you. You could write a scene or an entire film even about your action figure collection or your three-legged cat, or whatever else you have going on. I'm actually kind of a nerdy guy, surprise, surprise, so I…
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