We write, direct, edit, and produce, but does that make us artists? I remember being in film school and one of my professors calling what we were pursuing the "perfect marriage of art and commerce." If you want to work in Hollywood, you're going to be attempting to make something beautiful and artistic that, hopefully, many people pay money to enjoy. I've built my career around that very notion, moving here to tell stories that I think will connect in people's hearts and at the box office. I'm not sure what the general public thinks, but when I wrote this article, I took a quick survey of my friends working in the industry and they all agreed: filmmaking is art. Some of them were pissed that I poked them with such a question. Others were flabbergasted that people could go to the movies or turn on HBO Max and watch a movie and not consider it art. But then I ran across his video from Dan Mace and it got me thinking...when does shooting something go from just footage to something artistic? Watch this video, and then let's talk after the jump. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 7 January, 2021