Development and Pre-Production

The first stage in making movies is coming up with a great story and writing a screenplay out of it. Development and Pre-Production include tasks like, screenplay writing, casting, story boarding, location scouting, etc. To me this is probably the most difficult stage just because of all of the planning and writing you have to do. Coming up with a great story is becoming increasingly difficult because almost everything has been done, you just have to search your imagination to find a story that you want to tell. After the screenplay has been written, which can be re-written at least 20 times before you get it right, you have to plan your shoot. Storyboards and shot lists are what you need to make in order to go into your Production phase and know what you're doing and looking for. I can't explain all of the steps in Pre-Production so I'll leave you all with an awesome video I found.

Isolation - a short zombie thriller

Hey guys, I wanted to post this because I just recently won 2nd place at the Topeka Slash and Bash short film contest. I'm trying to get as many views as possible so if you're interested check it out!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CRUZPhi4gA