Today’s Twitter Time question comes to us from @cassandrahollis.
@cassandrahollis: What is the best software for developing your package for feature film…also budgeting software?
Great question Cassandra. I’m sure a lot of other aspiring producers and filmmakers are wondering the same thing.
When you’re on your own, putting together any kind of presentation, whether for feature film, reality TV, a potential web series…you name it…the best software to use is what you are already comfortable with.
Here at Joke Productions, we use the following:
Editing: Final Cut Pro.
Graphics (title cards, etc.) After Effects, Cinema 4D, and Zaxwerks Proanimator are our workhorses. Adobe Photoshop (standard, not extended) is used to design some logos or graphics for paper presentations.
Paper Presentations: We like Apple’s iWork, but BEWARE: You don’t want to use the preset templates as-is.
After all, everyone out there has access to those templates. You’d be surprised how many paper pitches look alike. We receive paper pitches all the time that even use the fake LOGOS in the templates, so please, avoid that! This is a creative industry after all: it’s okay to start with a template, but at least tweak it for your idea.
Budgeting: We use EP Budgeting from Entertainment Partners.
But That’s Just Us…
Remember, just because someone else is using a certain software doesn’t mean you have to jump on the bandwagon. Final product is all that matters…period. If you can make a perfect presentation with iMovie and Textedit, more power to you!
All that matters it that your software helps you achieve your vision. Like they say, it’s not the tool, but the user, that matters.
Thanks @cassandrahollis for this Twitter Time question.
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In the mean time, please share what software YOU use for your presentations, pitches, graphics, editing, etc. I’m sure Cassandra would love to hear, and so would we!
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