Behind Steve Mims’ short film “Honorarium”

2 Apr 2010

UT Austin filmmaker and ZON Script Development Lab instructor Steve Mims creates gripping movies with a new generation of low-cost equipment.

This week's Austin Chronicle tells the backstory of Mims' short "Honorarium," which appeared in March at SXSW and can be seen this month at the Austin Jewish Film Festival.  Not only did Mims make a compelling short film with first-time actors, he did it with new camera equipment which offers directors high quality at an unprecedentedly affordable cost.  

Says Mims, "It's more like when I was a little kid making my own films. Part of what I've always enjoyed about it was not having to have this big, unwieldy machine and a lot of people. These chips now in the cameras are so sensitive that you no longer have to have a big grip truck to capture great lighting. You know, it's a very exciting time to be a filmmaker."

Read the details in the Austin Chronicle: Honor Roll: Behind the new stunner of a short from Austin film mainstay Steve Mims.

Mims is one of three UT Austin film educators who will teach aspiring Portuguese screenwriters and filmmakers at this summer's ZON Intensive Script Development Lab.

HONORARIUM (selected shots) from Steve Mims.