I'm considering restarting this thing I used to run called the "no budget film contest", where the rules were you couldn't buy anything for the film or have the film consume anything.
Basically, I'm annoyed that even though most people in the west have phones with video cameras in them, even indie/amateur films are expensive, and even stuff destined for youtube has progressively growing budgets.
Proving that you can make a good film without spending *any* money would be nice.
I ran it for a couple years starting in line 2011, and stopped because I got really busy at work. Each year I only got 2-3 entries.
At the time, the feedback I got from most non-participants was "why would anybody want to watch a movie with no budget", even though the entries were all fantastic.
But we've had so many super high budget movies absolutely bombing (a lot of them from DC but whatever) that I feel like maybe the zeitgeist is with me now.
So, here's the official post: https://medium.com/@enkiv2/the-return-of-the-no-budget-film-contest-99508a7297bd
Submissions are open *now*, if you have something you'd like to submit, & will be open until July 4th.
I'm pinging everybody who mentioned they were interested.
@joshg I've heard good things about Hitfilm Express, but I don't have a 64-bit windows box to try it on.
On the free software side, there's LiVeS, Kino, and a whole host of others for Linux (none of which are very good IMO but all of which are probably better than Blender) & VirtualDub for Windows (which also does the job but not very well).
For audio, I'd go with Audacity on every platform: it's free & straightforward.
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