Tips for beginner filmmakers. We cover the top 15 most common filmmaking mistakes beginners make from story, to lighting to editing, composition and more. Seafood Tester short: youtu.be/Rn5IH1UfFAw Here's a written list of all 15 common mistakes from the video: 1 Weak story 2 Undercooked scripts 3 Bad sound 4 Poor casting choices 5 Poor shot composition 6 White walls 7 Poor lighting 8 Unnecessary insert shots 9 Lingering 10 Too many pregnant pauses 11 No blocking (movement) 12 Too much chit chat 13 Action for the sake of action 14 Clichés 15 Generic music Darious J. Britt TWITTER - twitter.com/DariousJBritt FACEBOOK - www.facebook.com/DariousJBritt Instagram instagram.com/dariousjbritt Shot with Canon EOS 60D Microphone Nady SGM - 12 Edited in Adobe Premiere pro cs6 Commercial use license youtube info for mixcraft. All of the behind the scenes footage used in the video was from a film I wrote produced, and directed Called Seafood Tester. I own all the rights for that film and any footage used in it. There are no other legal entities, companies, investors or distributors who have any stake or claim to the footage. I financed the film The music and sound effects are from mixcraft 6 which I own a license for and can be used for commercial purposes. Acoustica is the company that owns the mixcraft 6 sound product. Below is a link that explains that license holders can use music and audio for commercial use support.acoustica.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/108/0/if-i-create-a-song-using-mixcrafts-loops-can-i-sell-it-or-distribute-it-without-having-to-pay-acoustica