How To Make a Movie... For TikTok?
Lately, we keep hearing the advice to grab an iPhone and just start shooting a movie. Well that’s exactly what the team behind The Mountain Murder Tapes did. Not only was filming very simple, but they kept post production really scrappy and distributed their project on TikTok!
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Show Notes
Lately, we keep hearing the advice to grab an iPhone and just start shooting a movie. Well, that’s exactly what the team behind The Mountain Murder Tapes did. Not only was filming very simple, but they kept post-production really scrappy and distributed their project on TikTok!
In today’s episode, No Film School’s GG Hawkins speaks with Jacob Seltzer, Benjy Steinberg, and Spencer Levin to discuss:
- The inspiration behind the project - “Blair Witch meets Ski Mountain”
- Why the actors were the cinematographers
- The natural progression of events from different character perspectives
- Having a digestible number of POVs in the project
- Using improvised versions over the scripted versions
- Their very low-tech process of filming and editing
- Using a hook in each episode versus a cliffhanger
- Why a project like this is so accessible for scrappy filmmakers
Memorable Quotes
- “We were in touch with the creepy nature of nature.” [3:35]
- “We wanted to get back to the roots of our indie filmmaking and get scrappy.” [4:19]
- “It was an experiment in cinematography as much as storytelling.” [5:15]
- “So many shots were stolen. We upped the production value of the project by going into places we probably shouldn’t be.” [14:17]
- “Within the first second, you have to hook the audience.” [22:56]
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The Mountain Murder Tapes on TikTok
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