Milian M

I'm a newbie and I don't know many resources as footage and showreels to try to distinguish between digital and 16mm. I know about latitude, film resolution, film speed and so on. But I have watched so many videos shot on HD that I almost go blind when I see the color correction trying to make up for the constrast and bright. So, even knowing some aspects of cinematography, it's not enought and I can't distinguish formats when post-production comes in trying to make video look like film. How can I find more resources to really understand the visual aspect of my short-film whether shot on HD or 16mm without much influence of post-production on it? Anyway I have more sympathy for film.

Once I had the opportunity to read an issue of ASC Magazine, and it was very great. But concern with books I got a bit disappointed, I mean, it's very repetitive, they all seems to be more personal advice than cinematography tips. Everything is worthwhile reading, ok, but the same story over and over again to make the book very long, so I think I can't take it. And if I want something more technical, I find it would be more useful If I bought the American Cinematographer Manual. So, getting straight to the point, I'm thinking about buying a digital subscription of ASC Magazine. $29.95 for one year ? In addition to this, buying it would I have permission to access back issues ? If so, that's seems cheap and yet very rewarding. I would like to read advices from you all. Thanks very much for reading my question and possibly making my doubts clear.

I also would like to know more about and commentaries in depth about my beginning opinion. Can we brief the answer saying, Either you're good or you won't get what you want ? I was talking to my friends and they write things strongly personal or archaic, maybe their shorts are not interesting to producers. I guess, who would fund your film just because you want to make films ? Who you need to know go to Film Festival thinking about making money, not only about beholding lots of brand new short-films. Am I sure ? I have to be an artist, but I must have to know how to make a lot of money for them or else where will I get funding ? I think, even If my parents were millionaire, they wouldn't be enough crazy to fund my purely artistic feature film.

How to break the screenplay into pieces and use storyboard ? I've studied some notions of screenwriting and so I wrote my first short-film, and now I'd like to learn elementary techniques to shoot it. I want to watch my script as director, but I don't have this essential notion because I'm self taught and I've never been in a set before. I can watch my film edited, how I'd like to see it on screen, but "how to break it to shoot and how to put all set-up together in editing" I'm confused, Editing and Directing are getting me a little confused. I tried to read some books, but I'm looking for something more practical and technical. For instance I've a scene with two actors arguing each other and I want to make four set-up, the first set-up is a wide plan of the two actors, the second is a plan of the 1-Actor, third a plan of the 2-Actor, fourth and last is a close-up of the 1-Actor. How to format my screenplay to shoot ? How does director and DoP do in this stage ? How to arrange the plotlines in writing ? When will I shoot 1-Actor plotlines and 2-Actor plotlines ? How many seconds before and after each shot should I leave without acting in order to make the editing easier ? I want to make sure everything putting in writing meticulously my short-film production before I take risk any money. I wouldn't like to have surprises or change decisions suddendly during the filming, If I change any decision then it'll be among some choices that is already thought and in writing. Thanks so much.