"Bandito," a bleak and violent coming-of-age short premiered this year at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival. Considering its heavy subject matter and high production value (there is an explosion involving a semi truck), the audience might not have realized that it was a Kickstarter-funded student thesis film shot over five-and-a-half days on an Alexa Plus. Writer and director Evan Kelman (Nyu '15), co-writer and producer Parker Hill (Nyu '15) and producer Sebastian Savino (Nyu '14) sat down with Indiewire to talk about the making of the film, as well as offer up some of their best filmmaking tips and tricks. Read More: Here's How a Group of Students Made This Amazing Short Film Without Any CGI 1. Enlist the most talented people you know.Kelman said he developed the idea for the film over several months before he realized he needed help. He approached Hill and she "jumped on and it changed...
- 5/12/2015
- by Elizabeth Logan
- Indiewire
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