How to Make Your First Short Film: A Crash Course · Standard Story Company
从零开始制作短片，无需完美。本视频提供快速入门指南，帮助你克服写作障碍，快速构思并拍摄出有趣的故事。适合练习短片创作和故事构思。
I'm going to give you a full crash course on how to make your first short film,
我将为你全面讲解如何制作你的第一部短片。
even if the only thing you've ever shot before is funny videos of your cat.
即使你以前唯一拍过的东西只是关于你家猫咪的搞笑视频，也没关系。
I'm going to do it in only 5 minutes.
我只需要5分钟就能完成这件事。
So we better get started fast.
所以我们最好尽快开始行动。
A little bit about me, been making films since I was 11.
简单介绍一下我自己：我从11岁开始就一直在制作电影。
I've probably made like 50 short films for a while.
最近一段时间里，我大概制作了50部短片。
I was doing one every month on my YouTube channel.
我每个月都会在我的 YouTube 频道上制作一个这样的视频。
I've made a couple of no budget features about a couple of things go viral.
我制作了几部低成本制作的纪录片，内容涉及一些热门话题；这些纪录片在网络上迅速传播开来（即“走红”了）。
So I definitely know how to get my hands dirty, get a film made and help you make yours.
所以我非常清楚该如何亲自动手、完成一部电影的拍摄工作，并帮助你们完成自己的项目。
So let's begin writing.
那么，让我们开始写作吧。
This may sound a little counterintuitive, but
这听起来可能有点违反直觉，但是……
rather than originality, when you're writing your short film, I want you to focus on entertaining yourself or a really close friend of yours.
在拍摄短片时，我更希望你们关注的是如何让自己或自己非常亲密的朋友感到愉悦，而不是追求所谓的“原创性”。
Make your audience really specific so that you can make your film more specific.
明确你的目标观众群体，这样你才能让你的电影更具针对性（即更符合目标观众的需求和兴趣）。
If you try to be everything to everyone, you're going to end up with something that's really boring and flat and probably really cliche.
如果你试图成为每个人心中的“完美人选”，最终得到的只会是一个极其乏味、平淡无奇、且充满陈词滥调的东西。
Maybe you already have an idea for your short film,
也许你已经为自己的短片想好了构思。
but if you don't try to reverse engineer your story idea based on things that you already have access to.
但是，如果你不尝试利用自己已经掌握的信息来逆向分析你的故事构思的话……
Let's say your uncle has a barn, maybe you can do a cool horror film out there.
假设你叔叔有一个谷仓，也许你可以用这个场景拍一部很棒的恐怖电影。
Maybe you have a friend or a
也许你有一个朋友或……
family member that has a really big personality that would be great in a movie and you can convince them to be in it.
家里有一位个性非常鲜明、非常适合出演电影的成员；你可以说服他们来参演这部电影。
Very important point, make your film simple and small.
这是一个非常重要的观点：让你的电影结构简单、篇幅简短。
You want this thing to be five minutes or less.
你希望这个过程的时间控制在五分钟以内。
Do not make your film longer than five minutes if you've never made a movie.
如果你从未拍过电影，那么请不要让你的影片时长超过五分钟。
It's probably not going to be good enough to justify being longer than five minutes.
它的时长很可能不足以证明其值得被制作成超过五分钟的长度。
Also, every aspect of making this movie is going to be so much easier when you keep the runtime low.
此外，当你将电影的时长控制在较短范围内时，制作这部电影的每一个环节都会变得更加容易。
As a beginner, the smaller the scale of your film, the better it's going to end up being.
作为初学者，你的电影拍摄规模越小，最终成品的质量往往就会越好。
Think about it.
仔细想想吧。
Would you feel more comfortable making a
如果你觉得这样做会更自在的话，那么……（请继续说明具体需要做的事情）。
short film about storming Omaha Beach on D -Day or a short film about a guy who accidentally super glues himself to his own toilet seat?
一部关于D-Day（诺曼底登陆日）期间攻占奥马哈海滩的短片，还是一部关于一个男人不小心把自己粘在马桶座圈上的短片？
One of them is going to be a lot easier to pull off.
其中有一个方案实施起来会容易得多。
That's all I'm saying.
我只想说这么多。
Go ahead and write out the beginning, the middle and the end.
请把故事的开头、中间部分和结尾都写出来吧。
Just a few simple sentences.
只有几句话而已。
It'll basically just be your whole story in a paragraph and if it's not an interesting paragraph,
基本上，这只会把你整个故事浓缩成一段文字而已；而如果这段文字本身并不有趣的话……
then you might want to go back to the drawing board.
那么你可能需要重新开始设计（或规划）。
Here's an example for a short film that I wrote and never ended up actually making.
这是一个短片的例子：我原本写了这个剧本，但最终并没有真正将其拍成电影。
A little girl is crying because her dad isn't home on her birthday.
一个小女孩正在哭泣，因为在她生日那天，她的爸爸没有回家。
Her mom plays a VHS tape that he made, him apologizing and wishing her the best birthday.
她的妈妈播放了一盘由她父亲制作的 VHS 录像带，录像带中她父亲正在道歉，并祝愿她生日快乐。
He has a bad cough in the video, but he's goofy and heartwarming and by the end of the tape,
在视频中他的咳嗽很严重，但他表现得非常滑稽可爱，让人感到温暖。等到视频结束时……
the girl's happy again.
那个女孩又开心起来了。
The mom puts the tape away, but she starts crying herself.
妈妈把胶带收了起来，但她自己却哭了起来。