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@thisiseric5 ай бұрын
This past weekend I just shot my first short in 11 years. I wanted to do it all in one day so we wrapped at 4 am but because of daylight savings, it was 5 am. My short is 5 minutes so it blows my mind that you shot a full feature in such a short amount of time.
@ZachRamelan5 ай бұрын
Brother, so happy to hear you shot it! CONGRATS. We just got off a short that took 3 days and had a similar budget to our feature, lol. Every Project is different. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOUR FILM!
@thisiseric5 ай бұрын
@@ZachRamelan True! And thank you! Hopefully post production goes well and I can share it soon!
@PascalPayantfilms5 ай бұрын
Congrats. Doing the same around the world without a crew except a sound person. mostly 13 days per film. you did a great job my friend
@ZachRamelan5 ай бұрын
Much appreciated! Good luck on the shoot!
@jackbynum5 ай бұрын
Great stuff as always! I appreciate how you get into the more macro view of directing without the need to rehash things that have already been covered at noisome on the platform.
@judichristopher46044 ай бұрын
I have chill bumps watching this video... I am so excited for you... "YOU GO GIRL" (I tell that to all my students) Thank you for sharing this video... I can't wait to see more.
@AlbowaSinema2 ай бұрын
He is a man though! Just use appropriate identifiers! smh!
@jaylamb2182 ай бұрын
Looking forward to seeing the completed project and will definitely be buying your course! You’re a great inspiration to so many of us!! Keep up the great work!!
@ZachRamelan2 ай бұрын
Awesome! Thank you so much! You can check it out here: www.cinematicacademy.ca/
@theresemarkham93875 ай бұрын
Awesome! Love how informative your videos are.
@danielellis86855 ай бұрын
As someone who works in the industry, I enjoy watching your channel. However, I've never seen anybody get a Chapman for the price of lunch. What was the budget?
@ZachRamelan5 ай бұрын
Unfortunately I can't share the budget of our film until we sell it. That said, our DOP legend Chris, lent us a lot of his gear because he believed in the film and will get compensated after/if the movie sells.
@danielellis86855 ай бұрын
@@ZachRamelan Ah I gotchq. Relationship currency in this business will go further than cash. Always. Congrats on the successful shoot!
@jmanchester5 ай бұрын
Amazing vide! I've written a feature that we are hopefully getting ready to film and also writing two others. It's a long, fun, humbling, yet satisfying process. Thanks for letting us inside your world of getting it done! It's always fun to watch.
@nhlanhlasithole28994 ай бұрын
My advice. Dont focus on aesthetics. Make a movie thats absolutely intriguing. Dont copy people. And if it looks bad, it's bad. Dont keep a bad shot, angle, environment.
@11.Pierre4 ай бұрын
I’d say focus on aesthetics and a good film like you said. If it’s good it’s good, I mean go watch tubi !
@picxlmedia78565 ай бұрын
Love this! Someone on KZfaq that uses the term filmmaker and are actually making films!
@11.Pierre4 ай бұрын
Based on what I’m watching though, looks like you had a decent budget. Of course it was independent but I’d say maybe $50k minimum. You can def make a film a lot cheaper with relationships though but even those take time for most people! Keep up the great work, keep cooking. It looks like yal are using the mkh50 for audio! Correct me if I’m wrong on the audio!
@djbapeck5 ай бұрын
This is incredible would love to see what you do next
@michael_braithwaite5 ай бұрын
Super Inspiring, I'll be getting into feature films soon
@ZachRamelan5 ай бұрын
YES!!!! Do SHORTS! make lots and lots of short films before features.
@Marcus_Visbal5 ай бұрын
Really amazing video with a lot of information. Thank you 🙌
@ZachRamelan5 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@thewellvideoproductions82445 ай бұрын
Uber helpful tips, your channel is on point! Thanks
@schoeferfilm4 ай бұрын
Really awesome insights Zach 🙏 thanks a lot 😉 we are working on an action trailer 🎥 it is a hard way to realize this with low budget but we all are passionate filmmakers 😅 best cinematic greetings from 🇩🇪
@MarkoXJunior5 ай бұрын
Where to get arri for the lunch?
@Endimione175 ай бұрын
well the grading in my taste is a bit overdriven
@ZachRamelan5 ай бұрын
That's why we have a taste. Everyone's is different.
@Endimione175 ай бұрын
@@ZachRamelan Yep, but I mean: that's the overall industry trend, the tone and saturation; anyways I guess the 'vibrancy' is so anti-naturalistic
@miavoce13 ай бұрын
Terrific stuff, looking forward to seeing the movie. Do you know roughly when you expect your training course to be available ?
@Auraboy4445 ай бұрын
Great video
@MediaBuster5 ай бұрын
No money or small budget? Which was it? The video is confusing, but very deceiving to make people think anyone can shoot all those days at those locations with all that crew and cast, with that equipment with no money. That's ridiculous. You shot this for peoples lunch?
@utooboobnoob5 ай бұрын
I dislike the clickbait title too. However anyone that watches this, seeing the gear / people / locations involved, and thinks it was “no budget”, has bigger issues than being deceived by a KZfaq video.
@MediaBuster5 ай бұрын
@@utooboobnoobTotally agree. He is just luring people into paying for his course thinking they can make these films with THAT many crew/cast, locations expensive equipment etc for no money. Don't forget there are a lot of gullible people out there, but it is really this guy's DUTY and responsibility to be open and up front about exactly what he spent or didn't spend.
@ZachRamelan5 ай бұрын
Hey, unfortunately, I can't share the budget until we sell the film, but I promise this was for a fraction of what typical Hollywood features get made for. And yes, the price was close to what these big productions pay for craft services AKA lunch.
@MediaBuster5 ай бұрын
@@ZachRamelan That's kinda vague, because a big movie can have $300,000 set aside for lunch, but lunch for most people sounds like $20 or for a group of people $100 and we both know you didn't spend $100 making this film, with over 5 production companies listed on IMDB, including . "a fraction of what typical Hollywood features get made for." That could mean 2 million dollars as a typical Hollywood film is made for 40-150 million.
@AlbowaSinema2 ай бұрын
Congratulations!
@user-ej3sz6bz3z2 ай бұрын
WHERE CAN I GET THE MOVIE ....CANT WAIT
@MediaBuster5 ай бұрын
This was really just a paid advertisement for your paid course. You never told us how much the budget was or how much you spend, but the language was kinda veiled in secrecy to make it appear you did it for nothing but then you said "low budget." Kinda deceiving TBH.
@RonaldReidJr5 ай бұрын
You could say that, but technically speaking from the other content on his channel, he really does a great job at showing the possibilities of making a great short film or a film in general for a little to nothing. It really comes down to preproduction and planning and building a story around resources that you have a story can be made anywhere, it’s up to you to figure out how to use a simple location like your apartment to make a film. I think what he is trying to do is show us that it’s not impossible and we don’t need to wait for a big budget or approval to create something filmmakers with the Camera, are waiting for an opportunity to get a budget, or investor to make their first film. The point here is that you should go outside and make something no matter the budget.
@ZachRamelan5 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching the video. Unfortunately, I can't share the budget of the film until we sell it. To recoup my cost/time spent on this video (which was days), I'm plugging my own course. Sorry if it felt like an ad.
@ZachRamelan5 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing this @RonaldReidJr
@MediaBuster5 ай бұрын
@@RonaldReidJrYou can literally take an iPhone and make a film in your apartment. That was not my point. He made this seem like they made it for nothing, or as he said for the price of lunch, which is just ridiculous, when they have 5 production companies listed on IMDB, but he is making it appear it can be done for nothing at that scale.
@JJ-ff3bj5 ай бұрын
@@ZachRamelandon’t listen to that frickin weirdo OP - i thought this video was super informative. I’m brand new at shooting short films and I think this was great
@wandaworx12175 ай бұрын
Cool i like the Michael Bay style, makes the cinematography feel crisp, and now
@ZachRamelan5 ай бұрын
YES! Hate on him all you want, there's lots we can learn from the Bay style of filmmaking
@wandaworx12175 ай бұрын
@@ZachRamelanagreed I'm also learning from you. Keep it up bro.
@YoungBlaze13 күн бұрын
Where can i watch this
@eleventhvision5 ай бұрын
Very well done, Zach! Where will this film be distributed? or are you just doing a festival run and seeing what happens from that point ?
@FDFchannel15 ай бұрын
thank uu
@deepaksrinivasmondal5 ай бұрын
Would really want to understand how you funded the movie and how you (and/or the producer/financier) intend to recoup that money? I am willing to spend some money on my short film, but then if I could get help with distributing or recouping some amount of that, it would be a tremendous help!
@iyobosastudios5 ай бұрын
This is very interesting.
@ZachRamelan5 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@mattabeln5 ай бұрын
Man, the coloring is insane! Like Bad Boys intro scenes. Tutorial/BTH?
@ZachRamelan5 ай бұрын
YEAH!!!!! I'll see if I can get our colourist Walt on!
@mattabeln5 ай бұрын
@ZachRamelan literally waiting right here until he arrives!!
@kamikaze12135 ай бұрын
I’m most interested in the sound. Can you do a video about that?
@ZachRamelan5 ай бұрын
Absolutely! our next film is heavily rooted in sound
@Hashaam_Official5 ай бұрын
I'll JOIN on your journey, sure.
@ZachRamelan5 ай бұрын
YES!!!! HAPPY to have you on it!
@ebayless5 ай бұрын
Super impressive job! Looks awesomeee!!! I’m planning an ambitious short film to shoot in the spring. Any tips or advice on how to get access to locations such as gas stations, etc to shoot at for cheap or maybe even free?? Would really appreciate any response!
@ZachRamelan5 ай бұрын
GO ask! Find a local business, tell them about what you're doing, and maybe even offer your services to shoot a promo for them if it's a location you really like.
@ebayless5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the response Ill be sure to do that! @@ZachRamelan
@MrJayColes5 ай бұрын
What metric are you using to qualify this as “HBO quality?”
@vividmotion665 ай бұрын
Cool! What lenses did you use, specifically on the fx3?
@Bandkstudios3 ай бұрын
Is it out yet?
@ZachRamelan3 ай бұрын
Not yet but we're in the middle of finding a home for it on a streamer
@Bandkstudios3 ай бұрын
@@ZachRamelan dope, I’m definitely going to watch it when it does come out
@poikatiikeri5 ай бұрын
What gimbal did you use?
@ZachRamelan5 ай бұрын
Ronin S2
@breveganlyfe5 ай бұрын
Dru from Power 😂
@user-ny6yr5lw3h5 ай бұрын
Take down a good story first with the help of bad equipment, not the other way around
@ZachRamelan5 ай бұрын
I agree! We got to this point by shooting hundreds of bad-quality videos with good stories. Eventually the quality of video meets the quality of content.