JP

For those of us starting out, or just on a tight budget, making your own film equipment becomes a necessity. And I think someone once said, "Necessity is the Mother of Invention." So, sometimes, we have to invent what we need, or at least borrow someone else's idea and make it our own. This is an instructional video on making a light for your filmmaking.

This is my first Fiction Film, I wrote the screenplay for this challenge. I filmed this with my cell phone, the Moto g power. I came up with the idea to do an Indiana Jones sort of fan film. I won a Kabuki Marionette at an Auction years ago, figured that would make a good artifact.The exterior shots are near Red Rock Canyon outside of Las Vegas, and the interiors in my roommates house. This was a real challenge, my Moto g power had trouble finding focus (zooming in and out) and much of the footage was not useable. Editing was very interesting.Thank you to the Sundance Collab for this opportunity.

This is my first attempt at any type of screenplay. I am glad the challenge asked for only 1 scene! Please forgive the formatting, I tried to get it as close as I could using Apple Pages (it came free with my mini Mac). I hope this does not disqualify me.The scene is part of a Medieval Fantasy Adventure, our heroes have just been utterly defeated by a horde of evil creatures they only know as Shadows.Thank you for taking the time to read it, please feel free to leave any Feedback.J.P. Butler