DIY Director Competition
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How do we make our film?
NB - Remember to check out our rules and regulations and the copyright checklist before you start to make sure your film doesn’t break any copyright! Link to these resources
Filmmaking Software
However you decide to make your film, you will probably need to use some movie-making software.
If you have a PC with Windows XP it will have Windows Movie Maker software and you can use this to edit your film.
If you have a Mac computer it should have iLife software already on it which has iMovie as its film editing programme.
I Can Animate is a brilliant package if you want to make stop motion films and animations. You can download the software for a free 5 day trial here: http://www.kudlian.net/products/icananimate/download/*
Planning and making your film
Before you start filming, you will need have an idea of what you want your film to be about, and how you want to film it – live action, stop motion animation, a montage of photos with a soundtrack over the top... there are all kinds of ways you can tell your story.
Then you need to plan how you are going to film your movie (pre-production), actually shoot the movie (production), then edit it together and add any fancy bits like music, sound effects and titles and credits (post production). We have lots of free guides that you can download to help you!
You will need Adobe PDF reader to open our guides.
You can download this absolutely free here*
Pre-production
We would suggest that you plot a storyline, storyboard your film and write a script for it before you do anything else. Download our handy guides to give you some tips!
Create a Storyline
Storyboarding
Storyboard template
Writing a script
Production
Now you need to get those cameras rolling!! There are some guides here to help you get it right.
Making a live action film
Making a stop frame animation
Making your film with a mobile phone
Post-production
Ok. Now you want to make your film look all beautiful... check out the guides below for some top tips!
Editing your film
Finishing off your film – adding titles and credits!
Adding a soundtrack
Having any problems? Computer got a bug that’s bugging you? E-mail our team at
info@familyfriendlyfilmfestival.org.uk
with any extra questions or for additional Movie Making hints and tips and we’ll try to help! Or find us on Twitter @4FFilmFest
*please note that all software packages and other materials from external websites are downloaded at your own risk and not the responsibility of the Family Friendly Film Festival