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<\/a><\/p>\nLance Larson<\/strong><\/p>\n Lance Larson is an editor for Universal and also a commercial director. He participated in SSFF & ASIA 2008 with a short film \u201cBloom\u201d. He is currently preparing new shorts and also some feature projects.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n How many short films have you made?<\/strong><\/p>\n Mr. Larson: <\/span>I made four shorts. Jas Shelton (DP) and I made a senior thesis film in college and it was nominated for a student academy award. He is preparing 15 million dollar movie, but still called me about our short film project. We are still like kids. We both have families to support but this is our first love. You can make money doing it, I may have to edit some things or shoot some commercials while I continue to develop feature and short film scripts.<\/p>\n Did \u201cBloom\u201d help your career?<\/strong><\/p>\n Mr. Larson:<\/span> \u201cBloom\u201d got me close to making features twice. You can jump from a short fi lm to a feature easily. The festival circuit is so huge. Even to be selected and then to win at say Sundance, or Hollyshorts, or Short Shorts Film Festival in Tokyo, I got calls from agents. Underground called me after Short Shorts and I signed with them. They\u2019re a great management company. There\u2019s an elite group of festivals that make the Academy list and that actually means something and if you win them, then you\u2019re talking about possibly making a feature. That\u2019s the beauty of festivals. They serve such a purpose. It\u2019s a huge confidence booster to be selected. It\u2019s good to know that even in Tokyo, across the world, people appreciate what you do. That\u2019s a great feeling. The festival circuit, it gives you confidence.<\/p>\n What do you think of \u201cShort Films\u201d as a business?<\/strong><\/p>\n Mr. Larson:<\/span> Because of the internet, people like their information quickly, so there\u2019s going to be a very secure home for them (short films) in the future. We don\u2019t know what that is yet, maybe it will be these webisodes? Is that where short filmmakers are going to get big? And are webisodes going to become bigger than TV? People just don\u2019t have time anymore. Shorts can be 7 or 20 minutes long, even 30 minutes long like the one I saw on line from Germany, what a great film! So the time will come for short films on the internet and mobile phones, and that kind of technology. I\u2019m curious to see because the model for movies to me is still based on the star vehicle. Name (famous) talent is what sells movies in every country. That\u2019s what I\u2019m trying to figure out, where do those star vehicles come into the short films. Stars will eventually gravitate to doing shorts and there will be a market for it, it\u2019s all money.(Because of YouTube where everything is free)There are interesting ways to make money, advertising, product placement in shorts but once again there\u2019s no real venue for shorts that everyone will go to. That\u2019s the key and that\u2019s where the industry is going, commercials themselves are dying out with TIVO. Commercials are gone in 5 years and the industry is going to have to find a different way. Either commercial become so funny or so great that you have to watch them, that\u2019s where the short filmmakers come in. Now they\u2019re looking at not a 30 second commercial but a 90 second commercial. Commercials will have to develop into short films. That\u2019s where it\u2019s going. Advertisers know it. Commercials have TIVO toppers now where the brand name comes up on the top of the screen like for car commercials like Mitsubishi, Toyota or Ford. At least the name of the brand, the message will get out. Eventually, probably they will have something that will skip or edit out the commercials and when that happens, commercials are done.<\/p>\n What is the most important part of making a good short film? (Script, acting, etc.?)<\/strong><\/p>\n Mr. Larson: <\/span>That\u2019s a great question! And the answer is there\u2019s no one thing more important than the other. The second you skimp on one, it sticks out like a sore thumb. If you have a great script and bad actors, the great script is no good. A bad script with good actors is a little better, because some actors are so likable. A (good) story and an actor make a pretty strong combination. As a director, it\u2019s a combination where one is not stronger than the other. If it\u2019s a good movie, you can shut the sound off, but still follow the film visually. That\u2019s what movies are, you should come out feeling something. What is important in making a short? It\u2019s such a collaborative effort. It\u2019s not me, me, me\u2026 I completely disagree with that. On this new short film, it\u2019s a total collaboration, there\u2019s no ego. My DP Jas Shelton and I, we\u2019re both writing this short and I\u2019ll direct it, but I\u2019ve been talking to David Elliot, who is a great writer (GI Joe, Four Brothers, etc.) and I told him you should co-direct. I don\u2019t care. I want to do good work. I learned so much doing \u201cBloom,\u201d I\u2019d be a fool not to do it again and hopefully gain more recognition, hopefully get a feature next time but I\u2019ll still continue to make shorts. There\u2019s a feature I really want to make, it\u2019s a graphic novel, super-hero movie. I\u2019ll make a short fi rst though. It will help to sell the feature and also give me a practice run to refi ne what I\u2019m doing to make the feature better. You know it\u2019s funny, I\u2019ve been editing for 15 years and it\u2019s been so long I think I can\u2019t learn something new. Usually when I think that, that\u2019s the day I learn something new. That\u2019s what\u2019s so great about this business, the learning curve is never ending. It\u2019s always a collaborative effort. The older I get the more I want to learn from other people. It doesn\u2019t matter what the medium is \u2013 a short or a commercial or editing a trailer. This new short I\u2019ve already written 3 drafts, it\u2019s nowhere close to being ready, for Bloom I wrote for 12 drafts. David and I work together and we\u2019re always open to new ideas. I see the whole film and I know it\u2019s gonna be great. It\u2019s a process and it\u2019s learning and I love it. It\u2019s storytelling, the oldest thing for man, sitting around the campfire telling stories.<\/p>\n Advice for young filmmakers.<\/strong><\/p>\n Mr. Larson:<\/span> As far as advice for making short films go, it\u2019s the story. You have to feel the story in your heart. How you submit your work to a film festival is the next step. The story that you feel like you have to tell is going to find an audience that can relate to it. That sincere stance is going to lead to someone, including a film festival, that\u2019s going to find your film compelling and worthy. Filmmaking is a passionate business. You have to believe in yourself on your project and when that the audience feels it, that is the greatest moment of your life.<\/p>\n Lance will go to Columbia in South American in July to make a short film. He spoke with passion from start to finish about the importance of the story. 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\n\u201cIt\u2019s a huge confi dence booster to be selected.\u201d<\/h5>\n