eHow videos on film editing, staying organized, pre-production

Using Software for Film Editing in Indie Filmmaking:

Cory Turner says it can take months to edit your film. If you know your scenes, the shots you took, then you can put it in order. He bought an external hard drive to put his film on it. It can be 40G to 200G. It can cost $200-$400 for the hard drive. You can store it all in there, and move it from computer to computer.

http://www.ehow.com/video_2374511_using-software-film-editing-indie.html

Staying Organized: Tips for Indie Filmmaking:

When you are filming, you should have the script in front of you. Mark down what the take numbers are and what sequences are being filmed. When you're editing the film, you would know what take you're on and are going to use in the final cut.

Instead of having a hard drive that has like 150G of your film, go through it and take only the takes and scenes you want and save it. Then carry that hard drive with you. You're working with the footage that you want.

After you're finished, get people to watch it and critique it.

http://www.ehow.com/video_2374512_staying-organized-tips-indie-filmmaking.html

Designing Cover Artwork for an Indie Film:

If you want your film to succeed, you need to put really good artwork on the DVD cover. If you're at a video store, you will notice a movie because of the cover. By looking at the cover, you can tell what it's about like there is blood dripping on it, then you know it's a horror film.

Get bonus footage on that DVD. There are things like "Behind the scenes" so as you're making the film, have someone film you while you're making it.

There's even the DVD The Matrix Revisited which is 100% behind the scenes footage of making The Matrix. I have it on DVD.

I also have Gingersnaps 2 and it does have a guy with a 8mm camera and he's walking around set.

http://www.ehow.com/video_2374513_designing-cover-artwork-indie-film.html

Pre- production in Indie Filmmaking:

What locations do you need, what props do you need? Get someone to read the script, and have them write down all the things that you are going to need to film this movie. Check out your locations like maybe that place was good at 10am. But at 3pm, there are trains going by.

http://www.ehow.com/video_2374504_preproduction-indie-filmmaking.html

Using Storyboards in Indie Filmmaking:

A storyboard is like scripting where your cameras are going to be. It shows what the characters actions and dialogue are. If you look at it before filming, you can prepare to set your cameras and get all the shots.

http://www.ehow.com/video_2374505_using-storyboards-indie-filmmaking.html