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25 Scene Decisions That Matter More Than Gear, Coverage, or Rules

Most short films fail after the effort —
not because the filmmaker lacked talent,
but because the wrong decisions were made too early.

 A $7 decision tool for filmmakers who want scenes that actually hit.

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You plan.
You shoot.
You edit.
You involve people.
You spend money.

 

Then you sit down to watch it and feel that sinking thought:

“This isn’t what I imagined — and I don’t know how to fix it.”

Not bad enough to throw away.
Not good enough to be proud of.
Just… stuck.

That feeling doesn’t come from laziness.
It comes from unclear scene decisions.

 

Most of the time, the problem isn’t technical — it’s that the scene never quite feels the way you hoped it would.

It doesn’t matter how expensive your equipment is, how complex the shots are, or how clever the editing is.

 

If your film doesn’t move anyone emotionally, no one will care.

 

“Move” doesn’t mean sad. It means felt — tension, laughter, dread, relief, anything at all.

 That stuck feeling is the clue.

 

 

What people respond to isn’t technique. It’s impact.

 

Most filmmakers think scenes fail because they didn’t shoot enough.

They reshoot.
They add coverage.
They add dialogue.
They add music.

That’s backwards.

Scenes fail because nothing specific was decided.

 

 This isn’t only for people who already made something and don’t like it.

It’s also for people who haven’t started — because they know how much time, money, and energy it takes, and they’re afraid of getting it wrong.

If you’ve ever thought, “I don’t want my first short film to be something I regret,” this is for you too.

 

 

Before gear.
Before coverage.
Before rules.

Scenes live or die by a few quiet decisions:

✅ where the camera stands 

✅ what’s withheld

✅ when the scene starts

✅ when it ends

✅ what’s allowed to lead

✅ what’s intentionally removed

 

Once those are clear, everything else gets easier.

Whether you’re stuck fixing a scene — or trying to avoid wasting effort in the first place — the problem is the same: unclear scene decisions.

This is a one-page decision tool I use before shooting and while editing.

It helps you:

 

🤔 rethink a scene before it costs time or money

🧭 explore opposites without overthinking

đź’ˇ simplify instead of adding

🎥 avoid shooting yourself into a corner

🧠 make decisions you can actually edit with

 

No rules.
No formulas.
No software dependency.

Just decision clarity.

 

For $7, you get: 

 

🔥 The Scene Decision Menu: a one page PDF with 20 Scene Decisions That Matter More Than Gear, Coverage, or Rules

 

💎 A menu of scene decisions you can choose from — not rules you have to follow

 

💎 Clear ways to decide whether to withhold, imply, invade, distance, or exit a scene

 

💎 Simple tests (enter late, cut early, remove a line, drop a shot) that usually fix the scene fast

 

 

 🔥 The Scene Re-Think Pass


A practical process to:

 

💎 test different approaches

💎 strip scenes down

💎 avoid wasting effort

💎 decide what actually matters

 

You can use it today, even on a scene you’ve already shot.

You’ll stop asking:

“Is this scene bad — or am I overthinking?”

 

And start knowing:

“This works — because I chose what leads.”

I made an entire short film alone —
planning it, shooting it, acting in it, and editing it myself —
under real constraints, with real consequences.

This comes directly from that process.

Not theory.
Not trends.
Actual decisions.

This isn’t a course.

It’s a tool.

$7.


Use it once and it pays for itself.

Get the Scene Decision Guide

$7

Stop wasting effort.
Start making scenes that hit with impact.

Fix the Scene Before You Shoot