BTS: Making a "no budget" short film

0:00 Intro
0:19 Scene Setup 1
1:10 Lighting Setup Scene 2
3:59 Scene Setup 2
4:44 Scene Setup 3
7:16 Outro
7:28 Acting Critique

Some bts footage of our "no budget" short film "a life wasted".
Check out the full short film here: a life wasted | Short Film (Sony FX3)

Outside of paying for the cameras and lighting which we already owned, we put no money into this film and took an unorthodox approach to rigging up lighting, using a family member's warehouse after hours, my own car, and whatever we could find laying around for flagging/blocking etc. We shot this film over two consecutive nights from approx. 6pm-4:30am (would not recommend). Hopefully you find our filmmaking process helpful (mostly what not to do lol), entertaining, or at the very least interesting in seeing how we set up the shots for our most recent short film.

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Gear we used to create this film:
Camera: Sony FX3
Lens: Sony 24-70mm f2.8 GM II
Monitor: Atomos Ninja V (Recorded in Pro Res RAW)
Lighting: Aputure 60X, 200X, 300C, Ulanzi RGB LEDs
BTS Camera: Sony A7IV
BTS Lens: Sony 24mm f1.4 GM

Tools Used to Edit/Grade this Film:
Final Cut Pro
Phantom Luts (best Rec709 Conversion luts ever)
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Dehancer Pro (best film emulation plugin)
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