How Can One Show Off Their Films Or Motion Pictures To Big Industry?

Hello Bryant

I found that your question has yet to be answered. The best thing you can do to learn more about film is to take more film classes. Videography courses in college and at a university will help you hone your skills and yield new experiences to better your portfolio.

To answer your original question, if you want to show off your films/motion pictures to big industries, there are a number of ways to do this. Speak with a teacher about building a portfolio. You will need a hard copy of your films and it wouldn't hurt anything, except maybe your pride because the public can be harsh and very critical, to post them on YouTube as well for further critiques and improvements.

Once you have a solid portfolio, you start applying for the positions you are looking for, get constructive criticism from the interviewers on how to improve either your portfolio or your interviewing skills. You will land the career.

Dear Bryant:

That's a question that many seasoned filmmakers ask themselves. I'd suggest that you don't worry at this stage to show your films to big industry. As stated before, film festival are a wonderful experience, and many festivals have a high school category. If not, you could try to organize it with a small local film festival or with a film society.
Try finding film resources in your city (I did a quick search on "Kansas City film resources" and some links showed up) and try meeting people. If you can afford to work for free, there's probably other filmmakers needing help with their projects.
You can also figure out a local filmmaker which work you admire and ask him/her to be your mentor.
If there's anything else I could help you with, please feel free to send me an email.

Good luck with your endeavor!

Well, to get to the Big Industry, I'm thinking start local. I did something very similar, I made my first short film and started showing it locally. There were several smaller film festivals in my city. Film Freeway is an excellent place to start finding free film festivals to showcase your film not just locally but all over the world!! Also, film festivals are an excellent way to learn how others make films cause you can speak directly with other filmmakers. You might even get a couple new crew members to join your team. One thing you will learn is that the big film industry is like a family. Crew members move around from film to film, that's how they learn new techniques and skills to make awesome films.
I hope this helps along with some of the other answers you've received.

Hi Bryant, If you want to show your film, you can apply to film festivals. Many have short film categories, or special categories for people under 18. Film Freeway is one site that lists many festivals. You can upload your film and apply through them. It might cost some money to make submissions, so it would be wise to do a lot of research first, to target the places where you might have a chance.

Here is the link: https://filmfreeway.com

Best of luck.
Nicole

To get your films seen, you need to have presence- on a student budget, the easiest way to do this is through social media, by setting up your own online portfolio, and then by connecting with others in your community. Get involved in blog/social media circles, enter competitions, and get active in your local community. Michelle Phan and Justin Bieber? Internet sensations!

As for learning more on a high school student budget, my advice is the same- go online and find the wealth of resources waiting there for you. You can try MOOCs (class-central.com), watch live-streams from industry influencers, and read loads of videography blogs. Its a great, free way to explore and get involved.

The best route for young filmmakers to show off their work to industry professionals is to submit your film to a youth film festival. The largest, and in my opinion the best, is NFFTY. Check out NFFTY.org. Their deadline was extended to Feb 7th. The best thing about Youth Festivals, if you can attend, is to meet other filmmakers and see their work. A lot of the festivals are free to youth and some offer very big prizes for the top films. Industry professionals are typically on the judging panels so they will see your work. Go to Withoutabox.com and FilmFreeway.com and search for youth festivals - you will be amazed.

The best way to get better - is to keep doing it. Write, shoot, edit, act -- anything you can, all the time. YouTube is an unbelievable resource to learn everything for free.

Best of luck!