What do you do when the light of inspiration strikes? Inspiration is a fickle friend. She visits late at night and sometimes when your brain is clear. She's fleeting, disappearing just as suddenly as she came. So what are you supposed to do when inspiration strikes? Do you sit up in bed, run to your notebook? Do you scribble some Post-Its, and hope they make sense in the morning? Getting inspired is the name of the game in Hollywood. You need to take those little bits of excitement and energy and transfer them onto the paper, and then into moving images, and then cut them together to entertain an audience. So how do some of our favorite directors deal with inspiration? How do they know when it strikes? How do they deal with bouts when it doesn't? Check out this video from Filmmaking Advice, and let's talk after the jump. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 13 July, 2021