Celtx

Now that we are in the process of writing our short film, mapping out the shots, and the whole shebang, we went looking for an application to help us. We happened upon Celtx. The advertisement video that we were met with was absolute gold and we bit. It was a tasteful use of crude-ish humor that we loved. We were planning on jumping right into the writing process but the plethora of functions led us on a journey, exploring the nooks and crannies of the application.

However, we did make some progress with the first scene. The biggest problem we've encountered is not coming up with ideas but putting those ideas into words. I can imagine the shots beautifully in mind but not portray it. I can feel the atmosphere but I can't express it. I have flashback to movie scenes that perfectly epitomize what I want to show but I can never put my finger on where the scene came from. The little snippets that I try to emulate are always just out of reach.


Another challenge is keeping myself from spoiling the movie in my blog. But here goes:

So how we are starting our film off without audio. In my mind there's muffled, disembodied audio but whether we can pull it off with the sound gear that is available is highly doubtful. Little short scenes of good times. A dash of cheesy, lovey-dovey romance to set up the empathetic connection to come. I feel like it is also going to be difficult to find a balance of lighting. The whole movie is going to be low key so I probably can't pull off making the first scenes high key as the transition will clash. I also see a lot of "stock footage" type shots going on throughout this film as it's basically no budget and highly constrained in terms of manpower, experience, and time. These shots will serve to fill space and set up the somber mood.