u/Outrageous_Eagle_757 — reddlx

Looking to make your first short or feature film?

Are you looking to make your first short film, your first feature, but don't have people to make it with?

I'm building small teams to help people actually get their first film made, doesn't matter where you're based. Quick heads up, this is collaborative, not paid work, everyone doing it is doing it because they want to make something real, not because there's a budget behind it.

If this sounds like something you'd want to try, drop a comment and tell me what you're working on, happy to talk it through right here, or I'll follow up directly if you'd rather set a time to chat.

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u/Outrageous_Eagle_757 — 27 days ago

▲ 2 r/indiefilmmaking

Doing the 48 Hour Film Project this October? Here's how people are finding their teams

If you're signed up for the Toronto 48HFP this year (Oct 16-18), you already know step one is "gather your team," and that's usually the hardest part if you don't already have a full crew lined up.

A few people I know have been using UMDB (umdb.org) to find collaborators by city, actors, cinematographers, editors, sound people, whatever role you're still missing. It's free to build a profile and search, and there's a production room built in so once you've found your people, you can actually organize and communicate in one place instead of a scattered group chat.

Not affiliated with 48HFP itself, just something that's been useful for people prepping for it. Worth a look if you're still short a role or two before the 16th.

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u/Outrageous_Eagle_757 — 1 month ago

▲ 4 r/Indiananimation+3 crossposts

Something I keep noticing after talking to animation alumni

I talk to a lot of students and recent grads in this space, and the same thing keeps coming up no matter who I ask.

It's not the classes they miss. It's not the professors. It's knowing what they're supposed to be doing every day. In school there's a clear path, you know what step comes next and how to actually get from an idea to something finished. Once that's gone, people are just figuring it out on their own, and a lot of them don't even know who else out there is going through the same thing.

I've heard some version of this from more than one person now, different schools, same answer. Structure, and having people around you working on the same stuff.

Once you're out, the options aren't great. Job boards work if you already know exactly what role you need. Discord servers work if you're lucky and the right person happens to see your post. Neither one gives you back what school actually gave you, which was never just a class, it was a team and a process.

That's basically what pushed me to build something around it, a competition where a team works through animation production together, stage by stage, so nobody's carrying the whole thing alone. Looking for 30 people to lead a team right now. It's called UMDB: umdb.org

Anyone else find a real fix for this once school ends?

u/Outrageous_Eagle_757 — 11 days ago