Debut in Cinema: How to Shoot Your First Short Film

By 2020, 2000 short films were shot in Russia. Most of them are the work of the debutants, which is not surprising. A short meter is a genre often underestimated by the audience, and certainly not the easiest, but starting your professional path with it is much more accessible. In addition, having worked on a short film, a beginner will be able to visit the scriptwriter in place, and in place of the director, and at least in place of the editor. And with such a baggage of experience in the world of large cinema will no longer be scary! The authors of this book, experienced teachers of the cinema school "Arca", Vyacheslav Shiryaev and Dmitry Kotov will tell all the subtleties of work on the first film. Where to start writing the script? How to build a right "cardiogram" of drama? How to make a storyboard without even knowing how to draw? How to save on locations for shooting? How to achieve compositional balance and build light? Where to get the actors and how to conduct samples? What to do with the film at the post -production stage? The textbook is complemented by illustrations, practical tasks, a list of films for compulsory viewing, as well as examples of the checkpoint of a short film and a simplified calling sheet