My First short: "Jugando" (english subs).

The first of two shorts that I'm going to upload. Both of these were school projects for last semester. "Jugando" ("Playing") is the very first short I ever directed. Although I also wrote the script, it was based on a girl's story idea, not mine. I obviously also edited the short and did 100% of the post-production. I wrote, shot, edited and authored a DVD for this in 2 days while working on another short. Yes, two long, long days.

I apologize about the quality. The DVD I actually presented to the teacher has perfect video quality. I deleted all the raw files in a fit of rage, so all I had left was a DVD I burnt with the short. To upload it to YouTube, I had to rip the movie from a DVD, then add the subtitles and re-render it, so of course a lot of quality was lost.

Shooting this was an enriching yet horrible experience. Working with a 5 year old girl, adorable as though she might be, is what some linguists might refer to as "A fucking nightmare". Besides that, a million things seemed to go wrong (about 30% of what we shot got deleted in an accident before I started editing and I had to work around it to still tell the story).

The script lost a LOT in the transition from page to screen. Originally, the main character returned to live with her own mother, not a friend. But we had a casting problem and the mother couldn't make it.

I was pretty happy with the screenplay itself, and I'm not with the final product. But now I've gotten over the embarrassment and am ready to upload it here. Either way, we got an "A". Beginner's luck, I suppose.

The movie's in Mexican, so I added subtitles for your understanding pleasure. The dialogue in the subs is far, far inferior to the actual Spanish dialogue. I'm pretty certain about that, anyway.

Enjoy. Full credits at the end of the short.

Oh, crap! The music isn't mine, of course. And I'm aware I'm not supposed to use licensed music without permission, but the teacher said it would not be a problem, considering it's just a random student film and isn't planning to go into any significant screen. Hopefully no one will mind.

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[notwist]

ay chin ... GOOD!!

[notwist]

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[ErubaWolfeynn1926]

Impresionante! me gusta mucho, el sonido está mucho más claro que en tu otro cortometraje.

[notwist]

Mexican ... yes! umm i got some extra footage of this , yanoo black market... btw thanks for the A.