Cinematographer and YouTuber Danny Gevirtz just hit the eight-year mark running his filmmaking channel, and he took some time to reflect on his experience in a way that can help other filmmakers.What's the big takeaway, if you're impatient? Basically, if what you're doing feels cringy now, you might just be early. Be willing to embarrass yourself.Check out his video below. - YouTube www.youtube.com When Sharing the Process Wasn't Normal Eight years ago, Gevirtz began documenting his work as a DP while keeping it hidden from everyone on set. Looking back on those early videos still makes him uncomfortable, but not because he did anything wrong."There was no one sharing their process of developing a career as a filmmaker at that time," he said. "There was really no road map for what it was that I was doing."The filmmaking world was different then. As Gevirtz describes it, "gatekeeping was a really big thing. People did not share their knowledge openly." Of course, we don't feel that way around here at No Film School. We're anti-gatekeeping. But back then, capturing behind-the-scenes content on professional sets wasn't widely accepted or seen as valuable. So filming videos about his work while trying to build a traditional cinematography career felt mortifying. The discomfort was so intense that he kept it completely secret from his colleagues. "I hid it. I hid it from everyone I worked with," Gevirtz said. "I worked with people every day who had no idea that I was trying to grow a...
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