>student film
>movie starts with a character getting up in the morning
Student film
Owen Butler
Logan Carter
>character wakes up in the morning feelin' like p diddy
Hunter Powell
Julian Rogers
>student film
>movie starts with a character getting up in the morning
This is a disturbingly common trope in student films. It's used a fair bit in regular film but in student film it legitimately feels like it's over 50%
Kayden Lewis
>Buddy cop/Cop drama movie
>It starts with the MC chasing a criminal
Matthew Fisher
>student film
>ends with character waking up in the morning
Jackson Wilson
>student film
>its about suicide
Mason Roberts
>Student film.
>Cast isn't 100% white.
Camden King
>watching a student joint
>character pulls out a gun and starts saying "fuck"
Ryder Sanchez
>student film
>ends with a sudden cut to black and loud noise
Anthony Carter
Ugh, this is even more common than starting with the character waking up.
Jason Cooper
Anyone have a link to that movie on youtube with a hitman confessing to a priest? I think it was called the Confession. The original uploader deleted it.
Elijah Turner
i can go to school and graduate by making something that looks like this shit?
Jayden Richardson
Nah, he's seemingly deleted it everywhere. Wish I had made a copy back in the day. Perfect example of cringe-y student film.
Parker Evans
>student film
>director is also the main character
Noah Young
I used to have a playlist filled with a bunch of shitty student films that were posted on Sup Forums but I can't find it now.
Angel Diaz
William Sanchez
>director is also the main character
Is this one so common just because of an inflated ego? If you're Orson Welles go for it, but only an infinitesimal amount of people are comparable to Orson Welles.
Cameron Jones
I had to make a student film this semester and made a mockumentary about a fake rock band
It was pretty fun and we only ripped off Spinal Tap for one joke
Wyatt Reed
probably because most people are lazy and it's easier to remember lines and make up shit when you're also the actor,
Ryan Brown
or its because you want it to be perfect and the only person who knows exactly what you want is yourself
Anthony Hernandez
how do you make a low budget interesting immersive story that doesn't include the following; violence, drugs, crime, 2deep4u nonsense, cringy humor (i'm so ironic teehee). what are you left with? it is going to be a trope filled mess either way.
Parker Sanchez
>or its because you want it to be perfect and the only person who knows exactly what you want is yourself
If a director can't clearly express or convey to their actors what they want from them they shouldn't be directing.
Jaxson Ortiz
It's a fucking film class not Sundance retard
Joshua Butler
Yeah. I’m currently working with a friend who’s putting on paper my story conceotnfor a short film and this is the main thing I’m looking to avoid. I don’t want to make something that feels like/starts like a student short film, always some entirely meaningless, bland world. I’m making something that sets up the characters, sets up the world around them, then starts the story.
Elijah Jackson
i love music mockumentaries and apoof biopics. It's really fucking dated now, but Fear of a Black Hat was like a favorite comedy when I was a little stereo.
Throw a link up for your class video.
Daniel Bell
Twilight Zone type stuff eg Primer.
Henry Howard
>student film
>is in black and white
Jordan Roberts
>his movie doesn't start with a spaceship coming out of warp
I've lost interest.
Cameron Diaz
Point still stands. Also your performance in that film you directed was shit and you shouldn't have done it yourself. Deal with it.
Carson Lewis
Just make what you want
Jaxson Morgan
Boy you have no idea. I actually knew this one guy through a mutual aquaintance in college and he ended up with a degree from the New York Film academy and the only thing that changed was production quality in his movies. Here's a sample
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Adam Ortiz
That's at least a novel idea. Was there any music?
Joseph Williams
>student film
>they skip foreplay and the dude goes for insertion right off the bat
Ryan Wright
Daily reminder that this is what you get when you spend 4 years in film school.
Jaxon Williams
Holy shit that projection kek
I didn't get a worthless meme degree like film thankfully
Landon Gutierrez
>making a student film and have thus far avoided all these pitfalls
Whew
Charles Thompson
>student film
>it's boring as fuck
Luke Bennett
i'm not in film school. just saying it will inevitably have some tropes in it.
Justin Howard
Had to tap out by the time the title card came up. Ugh, why would they cast that guy as a fighter? Ridiculous. His voice makes him sound like a pubescent teenager. Not right at all for the part.
John Cruz
Yep. I made it with some friends that I used to play local gigs with for fun, and we played an original song in the film as well as a goofy ass slow, romantic version of Holiday in Cambodia we called "Honeymoon in Cambodia". It was pretty fun
Oliver Nelson
I can't seem to find Myth anywhere. The one with the dragoons and shitty cgi
Cameron Hall
>student film
>its about sex, drugs or awful shit happening to people
I hate it desu, dude people suffering lmao is the most lazy form of film making
Adrian Carter
>That projection
No. And it's obvious that's why you were so defensive about it.
Isaac Gutierrez
This one is undoubtedly the most common student film trope.
What do people think is a fair gauge to decide whether it's worth watching a student or short film? Most audiences decide whether they like a feature film or not in the first ten minutes. What do you think the appropriate time gauge is for student short films?
Benjamin Gray
>student film
>BANG, cut to black, credits roll
Landon Perez
I have to make a short film for university. It has to relate to social justice or student issues. I'm so sickened by these limitations that I have barely thought about it. Help me Sup Forums
Luis Foster
>He went to film school
>Instead of going to F.I.L.M.S
fucking plebeians.
Ryder Sanchez
>film class
>assigned to make short drama
>end up making a comedy about pirates
>mediocre grade
>fail the class
Mason Gomez
>action films by ugandan's too poor to buy hard drives to save their films
>infinitely more enjoyable than any hollywood action flick made in the last decade
Nathaniel Price
what sort of story would you tell to make it compelling? a lot of narratives are made from human suffering or flaws (addiction, dealing with tragedy, crime)
Elijah Bailey
Last semester I was in a film class, we had to make a 3 minute film. One group did a film that was 2 minutes of a guy watching a girl jog, and in the last ten seconds he kidnaps her.
The leader of the group spent seven minutes afterward detailing how he takes her home and brutally rapes and murders her after the film ends. It was the most uncomfortable thing I've ever witnessed in a uni course.
Levi Wilson
That's because it's the easiest way. Directors are lazy or just plain student tier
Isaac Wilson
>student film
>opening sequence has music that doesn't really fit and goes on too long
Josiah Turner
Just follow these and you'll be okay
Brody Parker
Probably the result of a shortage of actors, either due to there being a neglected-until-the-last-minute deadline, inability to find anyone who actually wants to star in a shitty student film, or shyness on the part of the director.
Similar:
>actors are the director's family, personal friends, and fellow classmates
>they aren't in any way actors
>film feels even shittier than it actually is as a result
Jacob Miller
>student film
>the characters are having coffee & cigarettes
Sebastian Jenkins
>student film
>it's about an experienced hitman played by a 19 year old and is described by the creator as "tarantino-esque"
Liam Baker
>The leader of the group spent seven minutes afterward detailing how he takes her home and brutally rapes and murders her after the film ends.
He sounds like a really supreme gentleman.
Andrew Ross
>student film
>violent scenes have a weird soundtrack or classical music
>has nudity, full on hanging flopping balls and male asshole
Thomas Rivera
>student film
>ending has boy ask girl question
>she smiles
>cut to black
David Peterson
First minute or two. By far the most common student film trope is that they have an interesting moment in mind and they make everything up until that point boring, as their idea of contrast. I've always tried really hard to make them interesting right off the bat, in seconds if possible.
Kevin Russell
All of these reasons, and more, are why I never went to film school.
Blake Garcia
>that question is "Did you fart?"
Sebastian Miller
>student film
>has that one scene shot from inside the fridge or microwave
Connor Adams
Yeah, you're supposed to be learning how to direct though. Sharing your vision with your actors is crucial to learning how to direct.
Mason Mitchell
>has nudity, full on hanging flopping balls and male asshole
one of my student films involved a "nudity" scene where we saw the character's naked back, my actor INSISTED we make it full frontal instead, so we filmed the scenes and ended up not using them
what the fuck is wrong with actors
Samuel Richardson
>student film
>it's hardcore pornography
>professor quickly shuts it off
>student gets upset and insists it is artistic
Owen Nelson
this
jesus fucking christ how many times I've seen that fridge shot
William Nguyen
James Sullivan
>student film
>its a drama
Jaxon Nelson
honestly make whatever you want and put a big fuck you to your professor, sounds like shit and i would never watch something like that on my free time. youre going to school for fucking movie making either go all out and make something you enjoy and if it turns out good you will get noticed regardless of your sjw school, or you can die trying doing something you thought you could make a career in
Christopher Butler
Did he have a large penis? He may have just wanted to show off.
Carter Bell
Lol, we had an art film project back in high school and I totally put "catered by" in the credits because of Jays student film. Here it is below uploaded exclusively for this reply youtu.be
Carson Kelly
desu it's a lot easier to make good drama than even passable comedy at a student level. Comedy is very difficult.
Jaxon Ramirez
pretty average desu
Jacob Rodriguez
Okay, that's somewhat strange.
Evan Sullivan
>student film
>scene of a lecture about the films subject
Christopher Powell
>student film
>film is about a disorder the student director has
>director is also the star
>also the only character at all
>whole class watches in uncomfortable silence
Matthew Martin
>student film
>its just the director creampieing some “actress” in the class over and over
Connor Murphy
just sit down and think of something fun to make. I was DREADING my documentary assignment during one of my filmmaking classes, but it turned out to be really fun once I hashed an idea out.
Kevin Price
that was physically painful to watch, i'm assuming this is a speedrunning event
Kayden Bell
>Want to be a writer of sorts
>see thread like this
>realize that I may not make it
I mean, I haven't even started out doing anything, it's just something I've wanted to do.
What should I do Sup Forums?
Charles Thompson
Show us your films user
Kevin Adams
so this is how i look to other people, fucking hell, I have no hope
Jordan Turner
Just make something people will enjoy and you'll be able to stomach if not be proud of.
Levi Ross
Death Wish but instead of Charles Bronson it's a nigger. Retell the entire story in 5 mins if you can.
Luis Martinez
>Learn all you can about what not to do
>Make content and try to not do those things you know not to do
>Continue doing it until you get better
>Get lucky or know someone in the industry
>Get a chance to do it for money
Leo Diaz
>be film student
>put in a group with female director
>her script is literally about a suicidal girl and starts with her waking up in the morning
>ending is her cutting her wrists in the bath
>tell her i don't like the script and offer suggestions
>i shoot and light it
>she and her female friend edit it
>surprise surprise the movie sucks but the cinematography is great
>they don't put me in the credits
This pisses me off to this day
Aaron Reyes
write a fuckload of scripts. my honest recommendation is to try to get to the point you can just shit out scripts like Max Landis, except make them good. you're not going to write The Godfather your first go around, you need to practice
John Russell
>student film
>has a clubbing scene
>has drugs
>has sex or nudity
>has a black and white scene
>has gays /trans or whatever
>has people cussing often
>Dutch angles
>has symbolism
>is a re telling of some obscure myth or whatever
>has dirty people
>involves dysfunctional families
>has children or pets dying
>coming of age
>has a scene full of neon lights
>is purposefully bleak and lacks color
Anthony Collins
>student actor keeps looking at the camera
Jack Myers
My advice? Write something. Now throw it in the trash and write something new. Do this about a dozen times or until you write something decent. Now start saving them and keep writing.
Asher Reed
Why do teens and young adults think suicide is ever interesting? Maybe if it was kind of funny, but it never is.
Jacob Garcia
i watch this through to the end every time. i can only hope this person was severely bullied throughout their time at school.
Ayden Johnson
No you guys are mean. Cant handle the blow to my confidence before I start a new project
Zachary Young
>Not respecting the craft and trying to make everything you touch kino
Nathan Hernandez
>Producing output for potential opportunity rather than just because
Found your first problem
Nathan Cooper
This. People who start off not taking it seriously end up being hacks. Treat every film like you're trying to make the next Citizen Kane.
Parker Mitchell
Is he blocking part of the projector the whole time? Why didn't anyone tell him to gtfo the way?