Anyway, something that I think perhaps many, if it not all of you who have ever seen a behind the scenes of a movie, it takes a lot of people to create a blockbuster movie.
It is understood that all of these people have different departments and roles ranging from directing and shooting the film all the way down to getting the crew coffee.
However with technology advancing nowadays, people are able to create go content all by themselves.
Now you can see examples of people creating content by themselves such as vloggers like charlieissocolllike, danisnotonfire and animators such as egoraptor and OneyG and have become successful doing it.
But you also see how people like Freddie Wong of the youtube channel freddiew and Smosh always use multiple people to achieve in producing their content.
However comparing the two, being a one man army or having a crew is not fair as you can achieve different things in both areas. But it does bring a questions when deciding whether to do things on your own or too bring in other people:
What kind of content do you want to create?
The point I'm making here is that both sides have limitations and their perks. For example:
With a crew, you can:
Get dramatic/ moving shots without buying loads of automated equipment.
Collaborate with other creative people.
Not look like a creep if you are filming on your own.
Not have to worry about every little thing if you are a one man crew or production
Have multiple actors.
Look and be professional
Even with all of this, it still can be expensive and stressful to have a crew, especially if you are either starting off or just an indy film-maker. However, the end result may be a lot better if you are trying a professional short film, or at least improve the quality from guerrilla style film-making.
Now this doesn't mean that someone can't make a film completely on their own, or at least be a one man crew. Some documentary film-makers have actually turned out really good films with minimal equipment all by themselves.
The brilliant documentary "This is not a film" was filmed by Jafar Panhani on his phone and Mojitaba Mirtahmasb on a DV camera. If you have not seen it, I would totally advise you check it out.
It's just something I have noticed is some of the more successful films have had a few, if not a a lot of people working on them. Perhaps its because it is a group effort of creative people that make it so great.
But then you have guerrilla style film-making. One man crew, literally one person.
Many people on Youtube have done this and you can see many examples of people who have made a living working by themselves and for themselves (or at least up to a point, people like RWJ has made his own production company now and doesn't work on his own anymore).
Examples like Shane Dawson, Ray William Johnson, loads of game players/ reviews like The Completionist, PewDiePie and then there is vloggers like nerimon.
But something you have to notice about all these people I have mentioned is that they have moved onto other things that have required other people. Well except maybe PewDiePie, but then again as long as there is a video to cream at, he will be there.
But what I can say is that there are some perks to this find of video making:
Having complete control over the entire production.
Being able to organise everything around your schedule.
Not having to organise other people, you can just do off your planning rather than having to explain it.
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That's it. That's honestly all I can think of.
I all honesty, I have tried the lone film-maker tactic a few times, but I honestly don't feel as proud as something when it comes out the quality that I had while I was working with other people.
Here is an example I did a while ago:
In any case, I would say that I would rather have an army/ crew of people to help me with my film rather than be the Hulk that takes on everything in the production as I think that it is rather limited compared to having others to help you out. Well, except when it comes to animation and that, you can do so much on your own with that. I'm talking more about live-action stuff.
In a way, thats the beauty of film-making. Before during and after the production process, it brings people together to make one product for people to enjoy. For everyone to be able to put all their creativity into one film and make it the best they can is one of the best things about this industry.
Unless its something like THIS:
(By the way, if you haven't seen Birdemic, find it and watch it now. It is so hilariously bad.)
So yeah, that's my ramble about..... something.
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