Most first time feature filmmakers that catch FilmFour?s eye are Writer/Directors, because of the strong vision they can show for their story. Auteurs also tend to work in a specific genre, which also works well with the slate set-up. To find new talent FilmFour people visit every major short film festival, where originality and interesting takes on existing genre appeal. If you want to impress, here?s some advice straight from ?Four?:
One-gag shorts won?t get you noticed (unless they are ultra-shorts, I guess).
But, confident story-telling will
They want to see great handling and exploration of the themes in your film.
And your personal approach to delivering the story. It really is the way you tell ?em.
They want to see you get that great performance.
And good pace and tension.
They don?t care about the kit you used. Spend time on the story, not money on 35mm.
But it does pay to be a little commercially aware (and understand what makes a film sell), although not at the expense of raw film talent.
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