Do you like playing Fortnite?
Do you dream of being a filmmaker?
Want to see your work on the big screen one day?
Keep watching?
I'm going to give you seven tips every filmmaker needs to account for in every project he or
she ever makes, and lucky for you, Fortnite's Blockbuster Contest teaches you these steps.
Yep, that's right.
As someone who has worked on hundreds of productions, I can tell you firsthand, there is a foundation
that needs to be laid down for your motion picture and television projects to be successful.
And even as technology and distribution outlets evolved and trends may change, these same
foundations needed are always the same.
And for young aspiring content creators and filmmakers joining the ranks of The New Hollywood
Generation, this directly applies to you.
All of that coming up.
Welcome to 'Hollywood, Unapologetic!'
My name is Orlando Delbert.
I wanted to speak a little bit about Filmmaking Essentials: 7 Tips On How Creating A Fortnite
Gameplay Fan Film Can Teach You Fundamental Filmmaking Skills, and how it applies to The
New Hollywood Generation.
I should mention before we get into it, I first wrote about some of what we're about
to touch upon, success in filmmaking, in life, and how it applies as part of the New Hollywood
Generation when I was writing, Pollyanna's Tear Soaked Battlefields of Hollywood: A Survival
Guide Against the Cynicism and the Hypocritical.
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Today's episode will give you seven filmmaking tips you can learn by playing Fortnite.
Seven tips?
How does a video game teach me anything about filmmaking?
Well, it's a bit more involved than just playing any video game.
Check it!
Epic Games, the creators of Fortnite asked game players to create their own fan films.
The submissions had to be at least one minute in length, and no longer than five minutes.
The rest of their criteria were pretty straightforward: Judging would be based on your creativity,
your mastery of the Replay tools, and the level of "Fortnite-ness" -- the quality
of capturing the tone of Fortnite itself.
Of course, you can only use your own original gameplay, and you're only allowed to use
your own and royalty-free audio.
You also were not allowed to add any on-screen text or graphics, nor add any type of voice-over
either.
Once your finished short film is uploaded to YouTube, made public for all the world
to see, and searchable, you can add the hashtag #FortniteBlockbuster before letting Epic Games
know of your creation.
Oh, and also your Epic ID.
I'm sure some of you may be thinking, "This isn't filmmaking at all."
Well, actually it is.
If you think about the process of what is being asked, a lot of the foundations are
the same.
And there is a lot in the power of the Replay tools offered.
Right off the bat, you're asked to create a story based on your gameplay.
One may think it's just "my experience" of my playing this game right now.
While that may be true, you would need a little more than just a view from a first-person
perspective.
It needs to grab some attention.
It has to have some type of rhythm and arch to tell a story those watching would find
of interest and be engaged.
It would have to have an original representation of the Season 4 heroes, highlight their adventures.
These are the same details needed to be worked out during the film development stage.
This leads us to…
Your timeline.
Sure, I'm playing this game and everything is great.
But being your considering the story's structure as I've just mentioned, you're also working
against a clock to make sure you have YOUR fan film competed and uploaded before the
deadline, which was only nine days away.
Now you have to consider ALL of the technical and post-production aspects needed to complete
your fan film, because this part of the process is no different than if you were putting together
your own short film you want to write, produce, shoot, and edit yourself.
It all would need to come together, and part of that process is to understand and adhere
to a schedule.
Every single thing needed to be done takes time.
This also a crucial part of the film development stage.
One of the things to consider in your timeline is how would you capture your gameplay.
This is part of your digital workflow.
Fortnite has a replay system built right in, allowing you to save your matches, and watch
them from different angles whenever you want.
In a nutshell, all of the network traffic is recorded on their server, which allows
you to see exactly what you saw during your original game.
Plus you would need to have a PC, PS4, or XB1 to be able to access it.
Determining whether the equipment you have is compatible with one another, the equipment
or software you would need to directly save the gameplay onto your computer, do your editing,
and your final render of the finished project and it's upload needs, must be accounted
for before you begin.
This is also a crucial part of the film development stage.
When you're planning your principal photography on your film, how your actors are blocked,
lighting, location, and more need to be considered so you know how your cameras will be used,
where they will be placed, and the type of lenses needed for each of your shots.
Working in this digital environment, you're able to select different camera modes, including
the Gameplay camera to see everything as the main character sees it, to different Drone
cameras, allowing you to see what's going on from above and from various distances.
You're also able to adjust your exposure and aperture settings, as well as your focal
length.
Although figuring out camera placement and movements are determined during the film development
stage, it's during the film pre-production stage; these details would be worked out with
your director of photography way before shooting a single frame.
Does my speaking about Fortnite's player-made superhero film challenge and how they are
an introduction to filmmaking make sense?
If it does, write hashtag New Hollywood Generation in the comments below.
That's #NewHollywoodGeneration.
What this competition illustrates very well, the guys at Epic Games know very well their
own branding.
They built up a whole virtual world built around the characters, and as they give you,
the end user a criteria to stick too, everything is about the extension of the brand.
By offering prizes to game players, the setting for their brand to be expanded even further
grows, at a lower cost than it would by having any other type of traditional advertising.
Incentives like the winning video being featured in game at Risky Reels, a drive-in theater
in the Battle Royale game, a one-sheet poster of the winner's film, as well as the film's
name in lights on the marquee, not too mention 25,000 V-Bucks, are enough to drive fans to
dive deeper into the game itself, which is exactly what Epic Games wants.
These are all examples of how they solidify their brand, by encouraging further engagement
of the game players, and the viewers of the winning film.
In relation to you as a filmmaker, branding is a huge part of the process that is too
often overlooked early on.
The moment you decide you're going to create any type of content, you just became your
own brand.
Every single thing you do from that point forward will now be under the scrutiny of
others.
The medium doesn't matter because regardless of its form, your name is attached to it.
And people with identify you with what you create.
You become your own brand ambassador.
Many inexperienced filmmakers begin thinking about branding during the post-production,
and more so the distribution stages of filmmaking.
But really should be thought about and worked on during the film development stage.
Including branding in your timeline helps you figure out what you need, the time needed
to execute everything, and what it will cost.
What is important to note here, licensing is big business.
By setting up criteria at the beginning for the game players to only use royalty free
audio, saves the company tons of money if they had to go out and acquire the music licensing
rights, as well as saves them from any potential lawsuits by the music owners.
This alone is a huge lesson for aspiring content creators and filmmakers to learn early in
their careers.
One of the biggest issues seen in many first offerings by filmmakers is the unauthorized
use of un-licensed material, that, and just bad audio altogether.
By using royalty free music anyone can use, especially from the audio library on YouTube,
eliminates additional and unnecessary expenditures for Epic Games, and gives you a real-world
example of where to find music you may use.
Finding music and audio effects is usually all worked out during the film post-production
stage, but should be considered much earlier during the film development stage.
This brings us to…
For filmmakers, distribution is the key to opening lots of doors.
And as I've just mentioned, YouTube allows content creators the use of music and sound
effects in the videos content creators create, including videos that are monetized.
What this means, you create a film; use their audio clips in your videos uploaded to YouTube
and it's allowed.
This is perfect, because YouTube is a free distribution platform for content creators
to use.
It's a great example of how an Internet-based video sharing service gives content creators
access to the world.
For aspiring filmmakers in the context of Fortnite, Epic Games wants all the videos
made by game players to have a centralized place to be seen.
And right now, today, Fortnite is the hottest video game trend on YouTube.
It's a win-win for them.
And it may be a win-win for you.
And when producing your own films from scratch, the film distribution stage is where many
first-time filmmakers stumble.
By understanding the basics of how the YouTube distribution platform works, and how videos
may be monetized, as well as learning how to diversify your own brand with your own
merchandising or other projects and services you may want to offer, are all building blocks
needed to successfully release any film.
All of these details and far more fall under the film distribution stage.
I know these seven steps for anyone already in the filmmaking world may seem obvious,
and that may be true for some.
But for someone who has aspirations of becoming a young successful filmmaker, and don't
know where to begin, and if you already are a fan of Fortnite, why not take advantage
of the tools the game makers have available.
Which by the way, the trailers Epic Games make is the same system they use themselves.
And in saying this, I have a challenge for you!
My challenge to you is I want you to think about the seven items I mentioned and see
as you play the game, and go into their Replay system, how the tools work.
Play with the cameras.
Zoom in and out and play with the video exposure and focal length.
And give some thought to how you may be able to utilize these tools to build a story.
Consider how you would take your gameplay and build upon it.
How and where would you add music to set the tones of the action?
What audio effects would you add to give a layer of realism to what is seen on screen?
As your pieces come together, make a timeline of where you are today, and add markers to
the time you think you would need to edit, and add the audio pieces I've just mentioned.
Also consider your audio sources to make sure you are able to use them legally, as well
as be mindful of staying within the brand.
You also would need to determine your digital workflow, so that you can capture your gameplay,
edit the video, and audio components, and be able to upload your video to your distribution
outlet, YouTube.
By doing all of these things, you have just completed the basic steps every content creator
needs to figure out to complete a film and distribute it to the world.
I want you to give that some thought.
Yes, creating your own film from scratch is much more involved and takes a lot of time
invested in it.
There's no question of that.
But for a young and aspiring filmmaker who just happens to enjoy playing Fortnite, why
not take advantage of this opportunity to learn some of the fundamentals needed to make
a film, which everyone who is a successful working filmmaker has to do with every single
one of his or her projects.
Every member of The New Hollywood Generation, yes, this means you too, has to ask the same
questions of themselves and do the same work from the very beginning.
If this exercise gets you one step closer to getting to your goals, it will also get
you one day closer to achieving your dreams.
One more thing, as part of The New Hollywood Generation, others just like you are asking
the same questions of themselves.
You are not alone.
We're all in it together.
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All of these things are important and help to make you of value to others in our industry,
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The lessons learned as a content creator can help build leadership qualities and an entrepreneurial
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Use this information as a tool, so that you can protect your integrity, and yourself better.
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Your experiences stay with you for the rest of your life.
Make your plan.
Take a breath.
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