{"id":2404,"date":"2018-07-25T17:37:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T17:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotlight.com\/?p=2404"},"modified":"2026-02-20T09:10:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T09:10:17","slug":"how-to-create-your-own-screen-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotlight.com\/news-and-advice\/getting-work\/how-to-create-your-own-screen-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create Your Own Screen Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Whether it\u2019s for our own pleasure or going directly into your next showreel, Matthew Jacobs Morgan gives us the low down on creating your own filmed work<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"quoteMacro style1 noAuthorImage\">\n<div class=\"quoteText\">\n<div class=\"quoteTextInner\">If you have a good idea and an iPhone\/camera, then the world\u2019s your oyster&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorInformation\">\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorName\">Matthew Jacobs Morgan<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Now is a very exciting time. We have the ability to be autonomous; to make our own content with very little cost. To play characters that we wouldn\u2019t otherwise get to play by writing them ourselves and being our own brilliantly biased casting director.<\/p>\n<p>Getting in the room for auditions becomes so much easier once you have a showreel or\u00a0<strong><em>any<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0good footage of yourself acting. But it can sometimes feel unattainable if you\u2019re not booking the jobs that will lead to that footage being made. Or if you\u00a0<em>do<\/em>\u00a0get the jobs, it can sometimes take months (or years!) before you\u2019re able to put it on your showreel. Never fear, though. If you have a good idea and an iPhone\/camera, then the world\u2019s your oyster.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Soderbergh\u2019s\u00a0<em>Unsane\u00a0<\/em>and Sean Baker\u2019s\u00a0<em>Tangerine\u00a0<\/em>are fantastic examples of using low budget filmmaking effectively, and for most of us, making something impressive on a tiny budget is not out of reach. This technology gives us the freedom to shoot stuff which serves us as actors. I have made a few short films with myself in a lead role, and those films gave me invaluable showreel material which hugely increased how often I\u2019ve been brought in for auditions. Here are a few tips that I\u2019ve learned from my various mistakes and successes\u2026<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Do Your Homework<\/strong><\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"quoteMacro style1 noAuthorImage\">\n<div class=\"quoteText\">\n<div class=\"quoteTextInner\">Some people are natural born writers and as soon as they put pen to paper, they come out with brilliant stuff, but the truth is\u2026 most people aren\u2019t.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorInformation\">\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorName\">Matthew Jacobs Morgan<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If you\u2019re setting out to write your own short film, or even just a scene, it is so important to do your homework first. Some people are natural-born writers and as soon as they put pen to paper, they come out with brilliant stuff, but the truth is\u2026 most people aren\u2019t. Most people (including myself) have to learn how to do it well. That isn\u2019t to say that you necessarily need to go on an expensive course or screenwriting programme in order to get the hang of it, though. I did it by buying books (<em>Save The Cat<\/em>\u00a0by Blake Snyder and\u00a0<em>Screenwriting for Dummies\u00a0<\/em>to name a few!) and reading them all back to back numerous times. I would also put aside a few hours each week to watch films and make notes on interesting things I noticed about the dialogue or what I liked about how they were shot.<\/p>\n<p>Also, it is important to get a hang of structure, and how that varies depending on what the format of the project is\u2026 Are you shooting a web series? Then learn about episodic structure and episode hooks. Are you shooting a sketch? Learn about writing sketch comedy. Your own voice is very important and if you want to rip up the rulebook, you totally should! But I think it\u2019s definitely worth having a basic knowledge of writing which you can then build on and adapt as you see fit. There are heaps of great online resources too, for example, the University of East Anglia have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurelearn.com\/courses\/screenwriting\">FREE course online<\/a>\u00a0which teaches the fundamentals of screenwriting.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Play to Your Strengths<\/strong><\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"quoteMacro style1 noAuthorImage\">\n<div class=\"quoteText\">\n<div class=\"quoteTextInner\">What you can offer is different from everyone else.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorInformation\">\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorName\">Matthew Jacobs Morgan<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If the purpose of casting yourself in a project is to show you at your best, then give yourself a role that does just that. If you\u2019re a bubbly 25-year-old northerner with great comic timing, then it\u2019s probably not the best idea to write a role for a downbeat 35-year-old mother of 3 with a southern American accent. The likelihood is that those aren\u2019t the kind of roles you\u2019ll be seen for, or the ones you\u2019ll end up booking.<\/p>\n<p>There is absolutely something to be said about showing range as an actor, and as time goes on it could be cool to try out some different roles, but I think it\u2019s best to always start with\u00a0<em>you<\/em>. What you can offer is different from everyone else.<\/p>\n<p>Identifying your strengths is a brilliant exercise when writing a role for yourself. Sit down and list 10 characteristics that define you as an individual, then write your 5 best qualities as an actor. Take those things and imbue the character with them. Drawing from your own life and \u201cwriting what you know\u201d is also a very good place to start. Tell stories inspired by your own experience &#8211; those stories will be way more authentic, and your \u201cemotional recall\u201d (*gags*) will be easier to access because you will have actually lived the experience of the character.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Get A Good Team<\/strong><\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"quoteMacro style1 noAuthorImage\">\n<div class=\"quoteText\">\n<div class=\"quoteTextInner\">Low-budget filmmaking is, of course, tricky in that you probably won\u2019t be able to offer much money, but if you make it worthwhile for both of you, you could end up forming a relationship with someone you might work with again in the future.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorInformation\">\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorName\">Matthew Jacobs Morgan<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So, you\u2019ve got a great script and brilliant actors (including your wonderful self), yay! But that doesn\u2019t mean the work is over. The amount of short films and showreel scenes I have watched that are ruined by bad audio or shoddy camerawork is crazy. It completely distracts a viewer from your acting, which is the whole purpose for shooting it in the first place. So many people think it\u2019s enough to be a great actor; that the talent will shine through despite grainy, underlit footage and muffled sound. However, if you want to come across as a professional, you need the footage to look good. If you\u2019ve got any camera-savvy mates whose help you can enlist, then great! Otherwise, it could be worth putting feelers out to film students who might also be looking to create some footage of their own. Low-budget filmmaking is, of course, tricky in that you probably won\u2019t be able to offer much money, but if you make it worthwhile for both of you, you could end up forming a relationship with someone you might work with again in the future. I would say if you\u2019re working on a tiny budget, you can probably get away with having a skeleton crew of Cinematographer, Sound Recordist\/Boom Operator, Editor, Colourist and Sound Designer. It probably sounds like a lot, but <em>Iron Man<\/em>\u00a0had a crew of 3,310 people, so it\u2019s tiny by comparison!<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Try To Make Something Festival-worthy<\/strong><\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"quoteMacro style1 noAuthorImage\">\n<div class=\"quoteText\">\n<div class=\"quoteTextInner\">If your film gets into festivals and screenings, it could lead to great exposure&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorInformation\">\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorName\">Matthew Jacobs Morgan<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If you set out to make something which serves you as an actor\u00a0<strong><em>and\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>is a great piece of content, it will not only give you an excellent piece of showreel material, but also a piece work which can serve you elsewhere. If your film gets into festivals and screenings, it could lead to great exposure to up and coming filmmakers who you could end up working with in the future. I\u2019ve met so many brilliant directors at film festivals over the past few years and have worked with some of them since. I\u2019ve also met producers and commissioners at those festivals who I\u2019m now working with on TV projects, which I will (hopefully!) be starring in.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Just Tape A Scene<\/strong><\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"quoteMacro style1 noAuthorImage\">\n<div class=\"quoteText\">\n<div class=\"quoteTextInner\">Find a good script, a friend and a well-lit spot with a blank background and just get something of yourself on camera.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorInformation\">\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorName\">Matthew Jacobs Morgan<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sometimes it\u2019s not possible to do it full out. To write a complete script and manoeuvre a full-on short film. But it is <u>so<\/u> important to have some footage to get you in the room. In these instances, I\u2019ve heard from numerous casting directors, agents and directors that it\u2019s best to just shoot a scene in a self-tape style. Find a good script, a friend and a well-lit spot with a blank background and just get something of yourself on camera. It\u2019s better than nothing, and it\u2019s less cringe than some of the \u201cshowreel from scratch services\u201d that often offer badly written scripts and sub-par direction. It\u2019s worth investing in some lights too. A couple of soft box lights from Amazon are relatively cheap and will make your tape look great. They\u2019ll come in handy in the future for the heaps of self-tapes you\u2019ll hopefully be getting once everyone can see how fantastic you are.<\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"imgLeft imgLeftSmall\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-replace hoverZoomLink\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/spotlightuk\/image\/fetch\/w_400,c_limit\/https:\/\/spotlight-cmsmedia.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/media\/1954\/matthew-9175-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/spotlightuk\/image\/fetch\/w_{width},c_limit\/https:\/\/spotlight-cmsmedia.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/media\/1954\/matthew-9175-3.jpg\" \/><\/span>Matthew Jacobs Morgan is an actor and filmmaker from London. His credits as an actor include Our Town (Almeida Theatre), Tommy (New Wolsey) and the TV series\u00a0<\/em><em>Cuffs<\/em><em>, Wasted, Love Nina, Midsomer Murders and upcoming C4 Drama\u00a0<\/em><em>Pure<\/em><em>. He has numerous TV series and films in development including Dylan &amp; Gracie which is under option at Tiger Aspect and Vamping which is being developed on 4Screenwriting.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: Michael Shelford<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether it\u2019s for our own pleasure or going directly into your next showreel, Matthew Jacobs Morgan gives us the low down on creating your own filmed work If you have a good idea and an iPhone\/camera, then the world\u2019s your oyster&#8230; Matthew Jacobs Morgan Now is a very exciting time. 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