Lean Filmmaking: Turn Your Vision into a Short Film

Why Make a Short Film Narrative?

A course by Iliès Terki , Film Director

Film Director. Hamburg, Germany.
Joined May 2021
91% positive reviews (33)
2,506 students
Audio: English, Spanish (Latam), French, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish
English · Spanish · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish

About the video: Why Make a Short Film Narrative?

Overview

“Stories help us understand how we relate to the world, no matter the length. In this lesson, I'll talk about the differences between short and long-form storytelling as well as the advantages and challenges of making a short film. ”

In this video lesson Iliès Terki addresses the topic: Why Make a Short Film Narrative?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Lean Filmmaking: Turn Your Vision into a Short Film. Learn how to write, shoot, and post-produce a meaningful short film using minimum resources.

Partial transcription of the video

“in this course I invite you to make a short film telling a simple story with one or two characters. please consider three mandatories. First, use a public bench as your stage. Second, Your story shouldn't be longer than three minutes. And third, Do not use dialogue. But you can, some sound, music, and optionally a voiceover. If you don't know what I'm talking about, we added link to an example so you can see how a simple story could work with two characters and a public bench. It's added on. the reference page. But we also are going to develop during this course a short film that includes a...”

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Course summary for: Lean Filmmaking: Turn Your Vision into a Short Film

  • Level: Beginner
  • 91% positive reviews (33)
  • 2506 students
  • 5 units
  • 18 lessons (2h 21m)
  • 9 downloads
  • Category

    Photography & Video
  • Software

    DaVinci Resolve
  • Areas

    Audiovisual Production, Film, Filmmaking, Script, Video

Iliès Terki

Iliès Terki
A course by Iliès Terki

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Film Director

Iliès Terki is an Algerian-born film director based in Hamburg, and the founder of his own creative studio, which specializes in short-form fiction. He started his career as a cover designer in the music industry before going on to study communications and visual arts in Madrid and Paris. He later studied art direction in Hamburg and New York, and went on to work in an advertising agency, where he was introduced to high-end filmmaking and realized it was what he wanted to pursue. Iliès began experimenting with filmmaking in his spare time and, in 2015, quit his job to launch his career in the art form.

Since then, Iliès has established his own studio, Idle Films, which has produced a series of 52 fiction stories and small vignettes. He has also worked with brands including adidas, BMW, Renault, Netflix Germany, UNICEF, Penguin Random House, and Haribo.


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Lean Filmmaking: Turn Your Vision into a Short Film. Photography, and Video course by Iliès Terki

Lean Filmmaking: Turn Your Vision into a Short Film

A course by Iliès Terki
Film Director. Hamburg, Germany.
Joined May 2021
  • 91% positive reviews (33)
  • 2,506 students