I\u2019m currently wrapping up editing on a new short film. Here are four lessons I\u2019ve learned over the years from making movies.<\/p>\n
Crew<\/strong> Advice<\/strong> Uncertainty<\/strong> Time<\/strong> But no matter how you work, it\u2019s important to realize that in most cases with personal work it doesn\u2019t matter if you release your project this month or next. With time on your side, make sure you\u2019re efforts are ready for the world. But more importantly, make sure you are as satisfied as you can be.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019m currently wrapping up editing on a new short film. Here are four lessons I\u2019ve learned over the years from making movies. Crew Work with the best people you can afford. And if you can\u2019t afford a great Director of Photography, call in favors and plan to trade services in return. You\u2019ll have to work […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":15742,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[597,1732,1444,1119,1733],"class_list":["post-17264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-storytelling","tag-advice","tag-crew","tag-film-production","tag-time","tag-uncertainty","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mediastorm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWork with the best people you can afford. And if you can\u2019t afford a great Director of Photography, call in favors and plan to trade services in return. You\u2019ll have to work around others’ schedules but nothing can ever replace working with talented people.<\/p>\n
\nFeedback is critical. And there\u2019s never a shortage of opinions. As the saying goes, everyone\u2019s got one. It may be tempting to seek out as many opinions as you can. But doing so often leaves me at least feeling like I\u2019m drowning in conflicting ideas. I\u2019ve had more success seeking out the advice of two or three trusted friends who understand what I\u2019m trying to do. In the end though, I think we have to learn to trust our own vision, even if others can\u2019t quite see it yet.<\/p>\n
\nCreative endeavors are about crafting something from nothing. This makes them both thrilling and frightening. It\u2019s easy to become unraveled by the unknowing. As I\u2019ve said before, my panic is in direct relationship to the emptiness of my timeline. But being uncertain can also be helpful. It\u2019s in that tension that creative choices are made; it\u2019s here that the brain works out solutions. It\u2019s a hard lesson to relearn each time, but I think that being open to this creative frustration is not only beneficial, it\u2019s part of the process and not a reflection of one\u2019s lack of skills.<\/p>\n
\nTime is your most valuable commodity, particularly when working on a personal project without a deadline. Use it to your advantage. I usually work in bursts, first getting things on to a timeline then waiting a week or two to revisit my work. That way I have the advantage of distance to measure what I\u2019ve done. I keep up this pattern until I finish.<\/p>\n