Mahanu🚧 Draft — not final. This page was auto-generated as day-one scaffolding for the project and still needs a human pass before it reads as finished. The blanks and placeholders below are intentional — someone who runs this project should fill them in and delete this notice.
The film — one sheet
Everything the first film is, on one page — kept ruthlessly small so it can actually be finished. The pipeline board at the bottom is the project's spine: nothing skips a stage.
The pitch
- Logline (one sentence): _(a __ must __ before _)
- Runtime target: 2–4 minutes. Not negotiable for film one.
- Locations: one or two, places we can freely use.
- Cast: who we actually have. Write to the people, not around them.
- Gear: the phone/camera on hand + whatever sound we can manage (sound is what makes a short look amateur — plan it).
Pipeline board
| Stage | What "done" looks like | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Script | a short, shootable script | ☐ |
| Pre-production | shot list + schedule + locations locked | ☐ |
| Shoot | all shots in the can, sound recorded clean | ☐ |
| Edit | cut to done — picture, sound, titles | ☐ |
| Release | screened for an audience (family counts) | ☐ |
The discipline
- Decisions happen in pre-production, not on the shoot day. A shoot day spent deciding is a shoot day lost.
- Edit to done. The edit is where the film is made — and where beginners stall. Finishing rough beats abandoning polished.