Shattered Vow
For most of the team, Shattered Vow was the first taste of Film Club. However, Shattered Vow was the exception, not the rule. It's important to know the history of Film Club and our video-making process.
Film Club History
Film Club is where we make videos with friends, and with each video, we explore something new. Whether that purpose is a film genre, a production technique, special effects, or to just have fun — each video taught us something. We originally held ourselves to a quota of a least one video per month. This kept us on our toes, prevented videos from going stale, allowed everyone to see their ideas made into videos, and established our presence as a club. Below is a brief synopsis of the typical three-week Film Club process:
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Types of Videos
Short Skits
| These are videos that generally take one day to write and one day to produce. Their relatively fast production time allows us to explore more ideas. You can watch the Silly Short Skits playlist here. |
More Serious Shorts
These videos have historically been our most demanding videos. Essentially any video that requires more than one day of preparation and production is a more serious short. You can watch the More Serious Shorts playlist here. | Rest Without Peace was our biggest endeavor before Shattered Vow, requiring two weeks of pre-production, two days of filming, and over 30 hours of editing. |
Major Productions
| With Shattered Vow we created a third tier of videos, Major Productions. Never before has Film Club had so much creative firepower, and we've proven that we can make something great if we stick to it. Although major productions have immense payoff, they require immense time and resources, and can potentially drag the club down if things don't work out as planned. |
Moving Forward
- One Major Production per semester
- One video per month (when not working on a Major Production)
- We are returning to the classic Film Club process (see above in this post)
- Alone on the Canvas is being condensed into a More Serious Short and will not be submitted to NBC
Film Club has always been about exploring everyone's filmmaking ideas, and it is not a business. The turnout and support for Shattered Vow was immense, however we are students with lives to live, and I can't ask you to sacrifice your weekends to produce another masterpiece. Rather than focusing on the ideas of a few for an entire semester, we are open to producing the ideas of all of our members.
Below is a document called The Film Club Bible, which I wrote for the Waccamaw Film Club when I graduated. Although it is a bit dated, it contains lessons I learned during Film Club's infancy. I highly recommend you read it.