u/alex_is_so_damn_cool

What do you look for? Green flags, red flags?

First time director! Working on a short film that I wrote. I’m super excited but want to make sure I am playing my part in being the best director I can for the actors. Of course I know a lot of it comes down to personal preference but wondering if anyone has general guidance on what they like from their directors.

Just curious lol. I feel like our first films are always full of them until we realize what we’re doing.

How do you get the word out, get views, etc, as a filmmaker on YouTube? My channel has attracted views in the past but has been dead for years, I’m trying to get back into it. I only have 60 subs.

Edit: this would also be the first short film on my channel so branding wise, what I have there isn’t exactly “come watch short films here” vibes

Is this weird to say? I’m a gay guy in my 20s and I think Mike is just the cutest. Does anyone else think so lol

Judy Kuhn, the OBC Cosette (also in the 10th anniversary concert), holy god every time I listen to her I levitate. I’m a gay man and even I can see why Marius would fall in love with her. On top of just sounding beautiful there is such tangible sweetness, innocence, and joy in her voice that I don’t get from other Cosette’s. Just wanted to express my love for her lol

I feel like it would be nice to connect and get to know people’s work more on here, if you have a project you’ve worked on that you’re particularly proud of I thought it might be fun if we shared them with each other! Comment with a link and a log line :) (if they’re public on YT or Vimeo ofc)

First time director here. I have been in multiple productions but only two have had any kind of “table work” and both were very different. For my first directing venture I’d like to facilitate table work but am not really sure how to approach it. I have a list of some very basic discussion questions for each actor (what is your objective/why/what is your relationship to the other characters) but not much else.

What do you usually expect in table work exercises? What activities do you get the most out of, and what do you not like?

I know that it won’t get into any festivals at that length. I just want to post it online. I’m really passionate about the story I want to tell and a 10-15 minute short just doesn’t feel exciting enough to me. But I always hear from people that making a film between a traditional short length (5-15min) and feature length (40+) is stupid.

I don’t mean to be arrogant but I’m probably going to make it anyway lol, but for future reference, how do you guys typically approach short film length?

Making a passion project film. Everyone involved is doing it for the love of it and not for pay. However I don’t know anyone who can score the film. I found one space online but everyone is only doing it for money which is so valid and fair! But unfortunately not what I can do right now. I really don’t want to use stock music.

As an indie filmmaker, sometimes when I look at festival submissions or resume examples, people have some sort of production company listed, and when I put a casting call on backstage they also asked for the company. This makes sense for a big shot of course but as an indie filmmaker trying to break into the scene, should I create a brand to put all the films under? Or is it a bad look to make up a company that is pretty much just me anyway making what I can with my camera?

When I ask this advice of actor friends they usually say something along the lines of “just be in the scene” “just think about your character” but I don’t find this helpful at all as someone with an anxiety disorder. Once I’m on the stage I feel pretty comfortable making choices and being in the zone but in auditions I just freeze up and get soooo nervous and uncomfortable, if I could “just focus” I would 😭 to my fellow anxious actors what do you do?

I’ve looked into some social groups online and it seems like most of the participants are in their late 30s-40s, which is fine! I’m open to friends of all ages! But ofc I do relate to my own generation most but I never know where to find them besides the club, which I am not a fan of to begin with. How to meet people?

I am so excited. Even though I STRONGLY prefer the original arrangements for the Les Mis score, I’m also someone who likes to have multiple options when listening to shows. And even though I don’t like it as much I still think it’s cool that current productions of Les Mis have different orchestrations. I had always said that we need a proper studio recording of it that isn’t a live album so we can have good recordings of both versions of the show and it finally came out this Friday! Not only that, but at first glance it seems they’ve also included the entire score! So now the complete symphonic recording isn’t the only album to have all the songs.

What are people’s thoughts on the album? I’ve only listen to a tiny bit of it and there are things I like and things I dislike but overall I’m thrilled we have this option.

Joy Franz (the original Stepmother in Into the Woods) covered No One is Alone for Sondheim Unplugged. I like to imagine that just before dying after getting lost on the woods, the stepmother reflected on her treatment of Cinderella and came to terms with how unfair she was/the consequences of her actions. Not sure if Joy imagined that but I definitely do.