7 Reasons Why You Should Make A Short Film - Kim Adelman

MAKING IT BIG IN SHORTS: Shorter, Faster, Cheaper: The Ultimate Filmmaker's Guide to Short Films
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Kim Adelman is the author of Making It Big in Shorts. She produced 19 short films that won 30+ awards and played over 150 film festivals worldwide, including the Sundance Film Festival four years in a row. Ms. Adelman currently teaches Cinema Production 2 at Mount St. Mary’s University and Low Budget Filmmaking at UCLA Extension, where she was honored as Entertainment Studies Instructor of the Year in 2014 and won the Distinguished Instructor Award in 2016.
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[@filmcourage]

Here is our full interview with Kim - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnWnZK19r61_aZI

[@PakeSalmon]

Thank you so much! She is just a wonderful positive women and I learned a lot from her conversation. Keep up the great work for us!

[@filmcourage]

More to come!

[@mikebasil4832]

Thank you, Kim. The National Film Board of Canada gave me the healthiest appreciation for short films when I was a kid. Especially Cosmic Zoom and The Railrodder with Buster Keaton.

[@cruxofthecookie]

Moi aussi!

[@caseestarr]

The film festivals are pretty fun once you get in.

[@wexwuthor1776]

Alright lady, you convinced me. I'm making a short film. I wonder if Ian McKellen is free?

[@misssecondstar]

Best comment ever

[@varalabeschkuni2890]

well, offer him a good book. maybe he will participate.

[@ScreenFavorites]

I recently decided to make a short, I know it won't be festival worthy, But I want people to see (Even just my friends) what kinds of things I want to do and i know it will help me at my craft.

[@stonecs-b1m]

Might be the next big thing 👏

[@ScreenFavorites]

@@stonecs-b1m I hope so!

[@mikebasil4832]

Best of luck to you. 🎞

[@josiahvan8827]

There all type of festivals for shorts

[@filmcourage]

Are you planning a short film right now? Why or why not?

[@alonsodorame5053]

Working on the script 👍🏼

[@VincentStevenStudio]

I'm planning a short film version of a feature film script I've written so I can have a proof of concept.

[@ts_cohn]

Yes. I can worry less about copyrights and be meta.

[@gingersnaps7186]

I am. Currently trying to get the licence to a specific song but it's looking unlikely 😅

[@azizboujaha9525]

I've just finished my short film the first

[@CooLin1stPlace]

She's got a fun personality. I have always wanted to make a short story/film, I think it's time to DO IT.

[@oceanicstorm]

Great advice on building your own style on a short and future proof yourself for potential features.

[@Acinica]

Kim has great effervescent energy. Very motivating.

[@georginahutchinson1967]

So great to see Kim on your channel. I was lucky enough to have classes with her at UCLA extension a few years ago..she's very wise and inspiring!

[@filmcourage]

Thanks for posting Georgina! Much more to come with Kim!

[@SOLIDSNAKE.]

The babadook, lights out, whiplash

[@DillonTharp]

This was great, I recently just made a short which didn't turn out perfect, but I was really happy with it and learned a lot!

[@filmcourage]

Congrats! Best of luck on the next one!

[@danieljackson654]

Serious food for thought.

[@filmcourage]

Go get 'em Daniel!

[@danieljackson654]

@@filmcourage Slowly slowly. Now I know what courage is for. For now, each scene is a short story. You guys are the best.

[@m.williams.actor7]

Thank you for this interview. Definitely good to hear, as I just finished writing a short and had felt I was wasting time. Good to hear someone speak on all the reasons I wanted to make it in the first place.

[@filmcourage]

Great to hear! Best of luck with your short Matthew!

[@miguelfmyers]

Listening to this as I fell asleep then finished the rest as I woke up. Very moving and something I needed to hear at this time. Bless her and this channnel.

[@filmcourage]

Keep at it Miguel!

[@stonecs-b1m]

Definitely gonna make a short film

[@mikebasil4832]

It’s always worth remembering how George Lucas made an original impact with a short film called Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB.

[@ScreenFavorites]

You should! Anything is better than nothing

[@stonecs-b1m]

@@mikebasil4832 checked it out, thanks

[@stonecs-b1m]

@@ScreenFavorites coming soon!

[@mikebasil4832]

@@stonecs-b1m You’re welcome. It’s often available somewhere on KZbin.

[@noisepuppet]

I was going to make a short, but JK Simmons was busy!

[@krookedtease]

Inspiring ! Thanks Kim :) Love the positivity

[@VaryuPon]

i would love more videos featuring her!

[@filmcourage]

More to come!

[@palootto4021]

Thank you for the inspiration.

[@JebbAdams]

This is just the inspiration I need! Thanks y'all!

[@filmcourage]

Go make a movie!

[@RAIN-AGAIN]

Thank you Ms. Adelman for finding your expertise and going on to inspire others with your “electricity “! As for Karen……. You have a hypnotic voice that lends itself to journalism. I found ( Film Courage) during the pandemic…… it’s been my lifeline since then. The universe led me to you guys! Storytelling is probably the only reason I truly exist. I thought after 100s and 100s of songs…. I was just just a stage frightened singer songwriter…. I now realize….. I’m a storyteller who “ LIVES “ to tell the fantasy that reminds us of how wonderful life is!!! Draft after Draft the shaping of a masterpiece is a lot of perspiration with a rainbow popping up here and there……… the enemy of creation is limited time……… I figure….. if I’m not hit by a bus, or flattened by a meteorite….. I might be able to crank out…… just this one by 2025! Teaching myself animation though tutorials for this one. Can’t afford the price tag for CGI. Maya will play a large part, …. But I’m hoping the story, and the music will make the cardinal points ……….. thanks again Film Courage and to ALL MY KINDRED SPIRITED COLLEAGUES WHO SHARE THIS PASSION……… what a gift to be A L I V E!!!!!!!!

[@alonsodorame5053]

Thanks for sharing this motivating interview 🙂 Greetings from Mexico!

[@filmcourage]

Cheers Alonso! 🇲🇽

[@maverickjacksonexecutivedi7569]

👍🏾👍🏾 Remarkable Interview 🎶🎥🎶 Short films right up my alley.

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More to come Maverick!

[@TheJadedFilmMaker]

"Nothing's really riding on it" Maybe tell that to others but not me. I'm like, my whole life depends on this lol

[@bloop6111]

I felt that 😂 every project I take on becomes like my main reason to breathe (exaggerating a little but not by much) But I’ve been really trying to be more relaxed about things so I don’t get “analysis paralysis”

[@nh8444]

Make shorts for fun and to learn from, cuz most people don’t seem to make money from them. It’s something to put on your resume most of the time. Make the thing you want to make in the future, cuz that’s how you’ll likely find your voice. Interesting.

[@WordsPictures997]

I absolutely loved this! Wish she trained me in film school 🤦‍♀️

[@corpsefoot758]

Better late than never 🤘

[@WordsPictures997]

@@corpsefoot758 so true. Thank you for the perspective shift!

[@corpsefoot758]

@@WordsPictures997 I regularly need to hear it myself, but you’re welcome :)

[@DLVRYDRYVR]

Kool Kim 👍👍

[@luigi_border]

A short film needs good sound editing and an even greater twist or reveal.

[@youdoer]

Inspiring. Fun. Pragmatic

[@DylanShupeMusic]

I would love to make a feature film someday.

[@alyssabaquir]

I think this applies to short stories too.

[@ArnFilmmaker]

Thanks for video

[@filmcourage]

Most welcome

[@grantgreyguda]

👍 👍

[@Hyapatia77]

I'm getting a memory card for my Blackmagic 4K camera, but they're expensive. Can't start without memory.

[@shanesimon110]

I wonder if making a feature script into short films/chapters is a long winded way of making a feature whilst theoretically evenly spreading the budget?

[@Diego-lt4wm]

Do 25 short films of 5 minutes each and you will have make the same screen time as a feature film

[@virtualcircle285]

Not even one letter?

[@tinstargames]

I have a film on KZbin. How do I show it to people? How do I get it on IMDB?

[@tinstargames]

I have done test screenings

[@noisepuppet]

I couldn't find it on your channel.

[@tinstargames]

@@noisepuppet Good point. I do a lot of my game design company and I never really gave the film a proper pride of place... kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZovVgaCPd9enfdU

[@nordicroadmusic]

❤💯

[@wildheartsproductions7045]

We released a small mini shortfilm on our chanel, check it out and tell us what you think ! :) Bigger projects are already in the works