RESOURCES 

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Important! Anyone that appears in your film must have given you PERMISSION to use their image in your short film. Please have everyone that appears sign this form: IMAGE RELEASE FORM

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You may find some of these links helpful, if you are new to film making:

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Filmmaking in General:

How to Make a Short Film: 7 Simple Secrets for Making an Outstanding Short Film

https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/pixar/storytelling/film-grammar/v/film-grammar-overview

 

Screenwriting: 

Writing a Short Film

7 Rules for Writing Short Films

9 Tips For Writing Short Films (video)

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Directing:

https://creatoracademy.youtube.com/page/lesson/framing#yt-creators-strategies-1

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Lighting:

https://www.slideshare.net/shanovitz/lighting-in-film

 

Editing:

https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/8-essential-cuts-every-editor-should-know/

 

Audio/Sound: 

https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/recording-audio-short-film

 

Storyboarding:

https://www.videomaker.com/article/f2/15415-how-to-make-a-storyboard-storyboard-lingo-techniques

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Get some ideas for short documentaries by looking at the

Harmony Public Schools Youtube Channel! 

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