clive said:
The problem with "They just didn't get it" is that 99% of the time that's just a cop out by film makers who won't except that their work isn't good enough, YET. And never will be if they don't learn from their mistakes.
....uh, I was kidding here, didn't mean to send anyone off on a rant
With all those is our favour then why hasn't the indie scene exploded? Why are indie films not having the same kind of break throughs that indie musicians are making every day?
Well, it's very simple -- our products just aren't good enough yet
...well, of course that's the problem.
Anyone who wants to can buy a little handicam, get some friends from h.s. and go blow something up, edit it on the system that came with the computer and put it on YouTube.
I saw a show a week ago called 'Life After Film School' where the director of some movie was saying this. The problem is, he says, is: just because you know how to point a camera doesn't necessarily mean you have talent. (His words, not mine.) I think if you are serious about this industry, you have to listen to those who don't like your film as well as those who do. If you are lucky maybe they can tell you why it didn't work for them and you can take something from that.
It used to be call paying your dues -- problem is that hardly anyone seems to be up for that these days.
And
there is another problem.
Nobody, well, almost nobody, wants to do this. Everyone wants to go from a $300 handicam that you bought last week to shooting Lord Of The Rings. The reality is that for most people this is unrealistic. I have read threads on myspace from kids who are lamenting the fact that there is no wooded area around their home/city whatever, to shoot a horror film. So figure out how to use what you have, for pete's sake. The woods are not the only scary vehicle out there...
This is where you use whatever creativity you have to make something work. There is your motivation. Make a film out of what you have around you. Come up with something no one has ever seen before. Have talent, will travel.
...btw, I was so irritated about the 'I can't do Lord of the Rings without locations' pity party that I tried to figure out if
I could do what I was suggessting. I have an idea I need to flesh out, it couldn't possibly be more that an 10 minute short, but it maybe a cool little thriller. It will only work as a short though....
and I don't even think in terms of horror/thriller films....
and that's the end of my rant
-- spinner