{"id":1,"date":"2021-11-21T13:57:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T13:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pandowntiltleft.com\/?p=1"},"modified":"2021-11-21T16:11:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T16:11:26","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pandowntiltleft.com\/?p=1","title":{"rendered":"The Realities of Filmmaking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

So you want to be a filmmaker?  Well, having worked on feature sets as well as short films and commercials I can offer a bit of perspective on doing this kind of work.  <\/span>Let\u2019s start with a bit of philosophy. <\/span><\/p>

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<\/strong>The philosophy of making art<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/span>

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Woody Allen once said that 90 percent of the job of filmmaking is showing up.  <\/span>What he meant by that is that if you want to be a filmmaker, you need to make films.  <\/span>It\u2019s kind of like writing a hit song.  <\/span>Unless you sit down and focus on writing songs you will never have a hit song.  <\/span>You have to actually do it to get the result.<\/p>


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Simple right?  <\/span>Filmmaking, like songwriting, requires that you expose yourself to the world a bit more than say if you were working in an office every day.  <\/span>That work, however important or menial, only exposes you and your efforts to a limited number of people.<\/p>


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When a film is released or a song is published the potential audience might be in the millions of people.  <\/span>As such, you are putting yourself out for potential praise or criticism to essentially the entire world instead of a very small slice that you might have in, say, your office job.<\/p>


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That is a much greater risk.  <\/span>There are a myriad number of methods for mitigating that risk.  <\/span>In filmmaking these can range from having a friend or colleague read your script or watch an early draft of your film to get feedback as well as to gauge their reaction to the work.<\/p>


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But, unless you actually take the risk of trying to make a film, you will never be a filmmaker.  <\/span>So the bottom line here is to take the risk.  <\/span>Don\u2019t think about what other people will think of the work.  <\/span>That comes much later.  <\/span>Focus on giving them an example of the work to react to first.  <\/span>After that you can worry about the reaction.<\/p>


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In the next blog post we will talk about the realities of working in film.  <\/span>The positives and the negatives.  <\/span>Make sure to check back for that episode and until then, take care and stay creative!<\/p><\/span>

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