Comments on: Shoot, Direct and Write a Short Film All By Yourself – Interview with Ian Wittenber

By: Doug

Doug — Fri, 23 Sep 2016 15:53:00 +0000

Awesome interview Aviv! Thanks for this!

By: Fred

Fred — Sun, 15 May 2016 19:37:00 +0000

Aviv, an excellent interview which brought out many important details on the shooting of this film – thank you very much. Summarizing from your own point of view some of the things which Ian spoke to worked very well. I’m looking forward to the follow up interview with Ian.

One question I would have liked answered, if there was more time was this: a lot of the impact of the film results from shots having a different look: some shots were very pretty, others not so. I was wondering to what extent the various looks were created in camera (by adjusting color, contrast, etc before each shot) and to what extent they were created in post-production.

By: Herb Polsky

Herb Polsky — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 19:02:00 +0000

Wow, this was for me the best info yet. Thanks Aviv. Check out the 3 min. short “Roshambo” by Free People, It’s a fashion film but the images and the editing give a similar intimate feeling that I think are tailor made for small handheld cameras.

By: Oishee Chakraborty

Oishee Chakraborty — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 16:30:00 +0000

Well, I have seen the video. But I am a high school student and I aspire to become a screenplay writer. In my country no one can study screenplay writing in the undergraduate level. So I wanted to ask, if I can study after my graduation and in that case is a degree important (though we are not provided with one here). Still if i want to pursue this as my career, what options do i have?

By: Reuben

Reuben — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 10:36:00 +0000

I realise this is a cinematography site but after watching this short and interview the biggest question I have is how, as a one man crew, did Ian go about capturing the audio. Was it lav mics, a shotgun mounted to the camera? And what audio recorder was used? This is kind of a general best practice question for filming on your own.

By: Rishi

Rishi — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 12:08:00 +0000

Hye
I’m from india
Evn ‘m intrested to do a film with you

By: coachaviv

coachaviv — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 19:44:40 +0000

Great points Chris!

By: Chris Parkes

Chris Parkes — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 01:31:47 +0000

I think that was the right choice. At the start of the film I laughed at the idea of a guy turning into a turtle, by the end I was crying with loss at the demise of this beautiful relationship. I didn’t feel I needed to see the transformation, that wasn’t what I was emotionally invested in by the end of the piece.

It’s intimidatingly good…