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Why I Had to First Become A Writer Before A Director

Sage advice to help get your film off the ground. I’ll start off by saying this. For my film, You Are My Person, I wore a lot of hats for this project. I wrote, directed, produced, co-DP’d, edited, and self-funded the project. It’s a practice many independent creators, like yourself, take on when jumping into filmmaking. As a filmmaker in 2020, I think you need to be a ninja. Filmmaking is an art. It’s a voice. And if you can do the majority of the heavy lifting yourself, why not? My background is in commercial directing, so I knew my way around the block for pitching ads, selling products, creating good content. But when it came to making my own film, I had to flex a muscle that seemed to have disappeared throughout the years. That muscle was narrative storytelling. After two-plus years of sitting with the idea of You Are My Person, I decided I needed to stop updating drafts and just go for it. Read More...

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Published By: NoFilmSchool - Friday, 4 December, 2020

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