Choose A Suitable Topic for Your Short Movie

We always watch movies in movie theatres, and these movies always last as long as 90 minutes or more. However, we can watch different short videos or short films on video websites online, and these short movies last less than 45 minutes, and some short videos only last for several minutes. There are many ideas for short films, and you can choose one favored and shoot a short film by yourself. You can either use a simple digital camera or rent Sony PDW F1600. Sure, your short movie will have good quality if you shoot the short movie using a professional camera. It all depends on you and your budget.

Decide the type of your short video. You can get inspirations from personal stories, history, current events and other movies. When you find good stories from these sources, you can make a decision on the short film’s genre type. For example, you can make a horror short movie if you decide to shoot a frightening story.

If you are the first time to shoot a short movie, you can choose to shoot a short drama. Write a movie script about your personal story. For an instance, you can shoot a period of time when you finally fulfilled the task which you thought it was mission impossible initially. Ask your friends to join your filmmaking team. And then all of you can search for interesting materials for the film together, including reading magazines, searching the internet or doing brainstorming. These moments are precious memories when you finished the short film. Besides the film footage, you also need to choose good background music, which can emphasize the mood of the short movie.

Addition to the drama, many people also like to shoot a short comedy. If you tell a really funny joke or story, then everyone will be amused by the short film. You can create original jokes or just make some adjustments to some classical jokes. There are many funny things in everyday life, and you can collect different materials and sort them into a unique joke. You can either make a silent comedy or a dialogue-driven comedy. When you shoot the silent comedy, your actors need to use rich and exaggerated body language to make audience understand your joke. Besides original jokes, you can also get inspiration from comic strips or short stories. Your every effort is worthy when the audience are amused by your short movie.