Action On The Side is a collaborative weekend filmmaking project designed to get people together and creating one short film in a month.
Week 1: Preproduction
Week 2: Production
Week 3: Postproduction
Week 4: Screening
The project has been running since July 2013. Action On The Side is run by Busy Kiwi Productions Ltd in the United Kingdom.
Making time to shoot
AOTS is structured to allow people who are passionate about film to team up and make films, even if they have to fit it around work or studying. If you want to work on your project throughout the week too then we won’t stop you!
Like-minded people..
..and non-like minded people. Film is a collaborative medium and works best when everybody brings their own areas of expertise to a project. We aim to mix talent from one field with others outside their usual circle of contacts.
Finish it
Lack of a deadline can lead to projects dragging on and on.. The intensive (but not impossible) constraints of AOTS force filmmakers to be realistic with their aims and results in a finished piece of work at the end of the month
CALL FOR SCRIPTS
Submit your SHORT FILM SCRIPT that could be made as part of our next AOTS Weekend Filmmaking Project. This is a great opportunity to develop your pitching skills, gain credits, and grow your network.
The successful script will receive our prize of US$100 and will be MADE into a short film within one month.
The Writer will receive an on-screen credit on all copies of the production.
The short film will be screened at the Action On The Side end-of-project screening and released online on the AOTS Vimeo and YouTube channels.
The writer will receive an IMDb credit and digital download of the film.
The writer can join our private Facebook group for the project and our Alumni group.