“I’d make a movie if I just had a decent camera… microphone… lights… actors…. crew…”
How many time have you heard, or even said something like that? But none of those things are stopping you from making a movie.
The other day someone talked about a challenge to create a short film using just public domain or free sources; Video, audio or pictures.
I was intrigued and started thinking about this. So, there are several places online to find footage you could use. NASA is a major resource. Just about everything ever shot for any of their space programs has been made available for free use.
So I searched for little known stories from NASA. And I quickly found a story about the lunar landing with Apollo 11, one that I hadn’t heard of.
Then I was off into the archives from Nasa, looking for footage, audio and images. I did research on sites that took me through the events moment by moment.
In the end I cheated. I recorded a VO. The astronauts just sounded so professional that you couldn’t tell how stressed they were. Even so, I created an entire short film, with a complete story (beginning, middle and end) out of freely available footage.
There truly is no excuse. Free footage. Record audio on your phone if need be. Edit in one of the many free programs. You can make a short film now.
Scott Link Media 