I don't remember, did I ever tell you that I watched this film? I didn't think it was actually that bad! You deserve an extra star for costume and set design alone. They were pretty-much top notch!
Who here is a success story?
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I don't remember, did I ever tell you that I watched this film? I didn't think it was actually that bad! You deserve an extra star for costume and set design alone. They were pretty-much top notch!
Conway, be careful with that stuff... or you might end up starring in your own movie as Ratman or the titular character in Trauma Rat. But since the whole Wererat genre needs a reboot, you could be just the guy to do it! 
Dude, I think I've stuck it rich! I'll have to price it on Ebay...
Careful, you might make the keys sticky on the Midi controller!
I don't remember, did I ever tell you that I watched this film? I didn't think it was actually that bad! You deserve an extra star for costume and set design alone. They were pretty-much top notch!
Eh, it's not a great film by any stretch. There are some redeeming qualities, but I'm looking towards the future.
I haven't made enough to live off of my music yet but I hope to soon. I find it hard to do what many people do (spam on a million forums without taking part in the community - I find my dignity and professional integrity to be more important) so I don't get a lot of work.
At the same time I have 2 medium sized projects in the works that will make me money in the long run, depending how they pan out I may become a "success"...
At the same time I have 2 medium sized projects in the works that will make me money in the long run, depending how they pan out I may become a "success"...
Some good responses, I think I should have been more specific, what my worry is that at 23 My aim is to release films in the cinemas all over the uk and Asia, but I don't want a small scale of success I want to make a million. I want to be recognised worldwide, festivals are great and whatnot but I want to get to the commercial level, go in the red carpet, I want to up the ante with each film, get recognised and signed with big companies behind my name, but I want this before I'm 40 at least I tell myself that.
Sonnyboo of you seem to be on the right track so I must congratulate you what is your goal?
Sonnyboo of you seem to be on the right track so I must congratulate you what is your goal?
Brad! You're wanted on set! Like... NOW! 
I appreciate the congratulations, but it's far from earned or warranted. I'm not doing much more than anyone else on this site. We're ALL still on the mole-hill of the kind of success you are describing.
My goal is simply to tell stories via movies. I have a compulsion to get these stories in front of people. Money is a means to that end, nothing more nothing less. All the press, all the promotion - a means to an end. It makes investors happy, it gets me closer to making bigger, more ambitious stories. I don't care about red carpets, banging starlets, or even making more money.
Did you ever notice that the people you envy and want to emulate tend to be really really talented storytellers? Why are you more interested in the glamour than the moviemaking?
If you want these materialistic things, become a film PRODUCER, not a director. A director is the artist and the producer is all about the money. Not as sexy a title but it gets you more of what you seem to want.
Ah I do want to tell great stories, but I want that big budget aswell, obviously we all do it for different reasons, but for me the ability to make money from my movies is the key, Iv only seen a few people on here talk about how they have their movies distributed it made me wonder if success was really limited? If I could say who's position I would want to be in now it's c.nolan he's right at where I exactly want to be, I just saw the production of some of his films and the work that went into it is amazing, that's what I want
I'm pretty sure you haven't seen all the work that Señor Nolan did first, to even be considered to be a good enough gamble to re-imagine one of the largest franchises out there.
You can count the number of living filmmakers of his caliber on both hands.
Anyways... some success? I dunno
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I'm pretty sure you haven't seen all the work that Señor Nolan did first, to even be considered to be a good enough gamble to re-imagine one of the largest franchises out there.
You can count the number of living filmmakers of his caliber on both hands.
Anyways... some success? I dunno
Sould we know these people?
That is me, enjoying a small bit of success.
...with two lovely ladies from the same film, who are also enjoying a small bit of recognition & success.
That is me, enjoying a small bit of success.
...with two lovely ladies from the same film, who are also enjoying a small bit of recognition & success.
Oh I knew it was you
I just wasnt sure if the ladies were well known or something
Most hugely successful Directors are not hugely successful when they're in their 20s. The reason most 'masters' of the craft are 40+ is not because they came into the industry late in the game. It takes a lot of practice and experience to be good enough and proven enough to be trusted to helm a Hollywood film.
Most of these people didn't one day wake up directing Hollywood films. Some took a large gamble and invested large amounts of money into ultimately relatively low budget films that helped get them noticed. Others toiled away, working their way up through the ranks of episodic television, or telemovie directing. Others were working professionally in other on-set roles before making a leap to directing.
Importantly, all successful Directors were working really hard towards their goal for a number of years before the movie that was their 'big break'.
I make enough doing what I do to allow me to have film-related work as my only source of income. And I love doing what I do. One day, hopefully, I will join the ranks of Australian Cinematographers like Dion Beebe and Greig Fraser, as well as others in the ASC and be shooting Hollywood films. One day. I accepted really early on that there's a reason the average age of ASC members is so high, and that I can't expect to become such a master of cinematography until I have put in the previous years of hard work and observation. I have my own goals and successes that I achieve, but I don't know if there'll ever be a point where I call myself a success story; again, where do you draw the distinction? Is it making enough money from the industry to justify a career in it, or justify it being your 'day' job? Or is your idea of success story working on Hollywood films?
A few of my DP friends have absolutely no interest in shooting Hollywood blockbuster films because, in general, they don't have stories that they are interested in shooting. I think that's really interesting, and it doesn't mean that they're not successful, simply because they don't want to shoot Hollywood films.
Most of these people didn't one day wake up directing Hollywood films. Some took a large gamble and invested large amounts of money into ultimately relatively low budget films that helped get them noticed. Others toiled away, working their way up through the ranks of episodic television, or telemovie directing. Others were working professionally in other on-set roles before making a leap to directing.
Importantly, all successful Directors were working really hard towards their goal for a number of years before the movie that was their 'big break'.
I make enough doing what I do to allow me to have film-related work as my only source of income. And I love doing what I do. One day, hopefully, I will join the ranks of Australian Cinematographers like Dion Beebe and Greig Fraser, as well as others in the ASC and be shooting Hollywood films. One day. I accepted really early on that there's a reason the average age of ASC members is so high, and that I can't expect to become such a master of cinematography until I have put in the previous years of hard work and observation. I have my own goals and successes that I achieve, but I don't know if there'll ever be a point where I call myself a success story; again, where do you draw the distinction? Is it making enough money from the industry to justify a career in it, or justify it being your 'day' job? Or is your idea of success story working on Hollywood films?
A few of my DP friends have absolutely no interest in shooting Hollywood blockbuster films because, in general, they don't have stories that they are interested in shooting. I think that's really interesting, and it doesn't mean that they're not successful, simply because they don't want to shoot Hollywood films.
Jeff, you are hilarious!
Me too, him too, them too. Your goals are no different than anyone on this thread. Every filmmaker is shooting for the stars. Every filmmaker thinks that their movie is supremely awesome, when they are making it. No one sets out to be second or third tier. No one goes into a project that they don't believe is great.
The near impossible task that someone undertakes when they pull out the credit cards, is that they are trying to break into a market place that's going to compare your 10 thousand dollar movie to those that are budgeted at 7, 8 and 9 figures. Usually, the end result is not something that looks/sounds like a 40 million dollar movie. Indie filmmakers find this out by making their features. Only after, does one realize how much it entails.
With that said, I'm hoping that my next movie is wildly successful and is plastered on TVs and movie screens everywhere. (I'm ever the optimist!) You have to shoot for the stars!
Me too, him too, them too. Your goals are no different than anyone on this thread. Every filmmaker is shooting for the stars. Every filmmaker thinks that their movie is supremely awesome, when they are making it. No one sets out to be second or third tier. No one goes into a project that they don't believe is great.
The near impossible task that someone undertakes when they pull out the credit cards, is that they are trying to break into a market place that's going to compare your 10 thousand dollar movie to those that are budgeted at 7, 8 and 9 figures. Usually, the end result is not something that looks/sounds like a 40 million dollar movie. Indie filmmakers find this out by making their features. Only after, does one realize how much it entails.
With that said, I'm hoping that my next movie is wildly successful and is plastered on TVs and movie screens everywhere. (I'm ever the optimist!) You have to shoot for the stars!
Ha ha! So, if I have a picture with you, I should be golden. Oh, wait...
I have a few with Sonnyboo.
and FlickerPictures
But it doesn't hurt to have the opposite sex hanging on you, right?
Now, I need to take a pic of Mr. escher and I, when he comes over. Eh, Bradley?!