This past weekend I was DP for a pretty intense psychological film. I have worked with the director before so I started off pretty comfortably. We have produced some pretty quality work before; nothing great but some very solid work (some better equipment would help, but we work with what we have).
However, a couple of weekends ago we had attended a festival together and watched the local short films being created (North Alabama). I was really impressed by some but felt like we were pretty much on par with everyone overall. But there were definitely a couple that I felt shined in the cinematography department and were easily better than what I have produced so far. I beat myself up a little and was really thinking of ways to do better on this project.
All weekend long that thought was looming over me. I wanted to do better. I know I probably shouldn't be trying to compete since this is "art" and art is subjective, but our "art" leads to jobs and that's where I want to be, getting jobs regularly and out of my day job.
Anyways, how did you know you were starting to produce good pieces of work? Was there a specific piece of recognition? Was it when you realized you could go full time in your area of expertise?
However, a couple of weekends ago we had attended a festival together and watched the local short films being created (North Alabama). I was really impressed by some but felt like we were pretty much on par with everyone overall. But there were definitely a couple that I felt shined in the cinematography department and were easily better than what I have produced so far. I beat myself up a little and was really thinking of ways to do better on this project.
All weekend long that thought was looming over me. I wanted to do better. I know I probably shouldn't be trying to compete since this is "art" and art is subjective, but our "art" leads to jobs and that's where I want to be, getting jobs regularly and out of my day job.
Anyways, how did you know you were starting to produce good pieces of work? Was there a specific piece of recognition? Was it when you realized you could go full time in your area of expertise?