Musings about filmmaking

I know that I’m not making great art. Sometimes I see videos like this one, this one or this one, and I can really feel how far I have to go ARTISTICALLY as a filmmaker. But… it doesn’t bother me that much. Right now, I’m learning the nuts and bolts of producing films. I’ve always let that hold me back. When I’ve had a good idea, I’ve been hesitant, and afraid… and I often did not know where to start and how I could possibly pull it off. These exercises I’m doing with the film club–one short film per month for a year–are helping me overcome that. I’m feeling more and more powerful every day, and I’m beginning to see that I can make just about anything happen if I really want to do it. Great art can come later, once I’ve gotten over my fear of JUST DOING IT.

Film #2: I Remember When

As promised, here is our film group’s second video:

I have a lot to say about it, but for now I’ll just say it’s WAY better than the first one for a myriad of reasons. I was not on the creative team for this one (is that the reason? Hehehe!), but I did work heavily behind the scenes.

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Update: (5/4/2010)

So, as you can see, this film was MUCH better than our group’s previous one. Here is a list of things that we did differently that contributed to this: