In this episode, featured not-experts are Akshansh Pandey and Harshita Gupta. Akshansh and Harshita are computer science engineering students at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology. Perhaps more notably, they’re also actors and film-makers - having taught themselves how to make short films for their YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@4log_Official) and the Film Society at KIIT. We discuss:-How two engineering students became interested in film-making and their initial experiences with acting.-The art of acting and the idea that everyone might be a better actor than they think.-The process of making a short film, including camera angles, lighting, sound, and video editing.-Helpful hacks and cost-efficient tricks for aspiring filmmakers, such as using beets to simulate blood on screen.-The positive effects and benefits of having film-making as a hobby

This discussion is for anyone who is interested in making films and is on the fence about where and how to start. This conversation is with a couple folks who are themselves figuring out film-making and my goal is to simply get you off the blocks from where you’ll be able to access (and hopefully use) a wide plethora of film-making resources by experts available out there.

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Timestamps:(00:00) Intro and background(02:45) Clubs/extracurricular societies in engg colleges (05:50) Induction to Film Society as actors(09:11) Akshansh’s acting experience and how everyone is an actor(13:36) Experience with first short film - Restart(17:50) Launching YouTube channel for short films - Char Log(20:47) Deep-dive into process of making a short film (27:33) Camera angles and cinematography(30:33) Scripts, using nature elements, sound and lighting(35:25) Editing - video + sound(43:54) Why filmmaking is a great hobby(47:21) Outro + Gratitude