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How To Make Short Films - w/ Akshansh & Harshita
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
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By Naman PandeyIn 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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Support the Ready Set Do podcast:
1. Buy me a coffee: buymeacoffee.com/AJpppY42zy
2. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ready.set.do
3. Twitter: https://x.com/ReadySetDo_
4. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/namanpandey0796/
5. Get cashback EVERY time you buy anything online: https://www.rakuten.com/r/YOURSS30?eeid=44971
6. Get $100 With Discover Credit Card (Student Friendly, no Credit History required): https://refer.discover.com/s/namanpandey07966?advocate.partner_share_id=3718798779
7. Get 60k Bonus Points (~$600) with Chase Sapphire Preferred Credit Card: https://www.referyourchasecard.com/19P/4D173KLQF5
8. Get $25 On SoFi 4.2% High-Yield Savings Account: https://www.sofi.com/invite/money?gcp=76a5cd36-026a-4d9e-acd0-b0d252d2238e&isAliasGcp=false
9. Free Stock On Robinhood: https://join.robinhood.com/namanp-e93ca04
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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