10+ Things To Think About If You Want To Make Better Films
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- Empathy – Making movies is a privilege. Our path and those of others could have easily gone a different way with a little bit of influence, good or bad. There will always be so many good movies yet to be made because all characters can be related to. Until you can walk in another’s shoes, you are not ready to begin the journey.
- Justice -Bryan Stevenson’s Ted Talk speaks well of the connection we feel when we see and combat injustice in the world. What could ever be a greater good?
- Change/Growth – It is so easy to get stuck in a rut. It is so easy not to see the forest for the trees. It is hard to keep a perspective on things. We can’t stand still. I don’t think we can do it alone. We need to check to make sure we are always moving forward, and are loved ones are doing the same.
- Emotional Truth – People forget how to live. We model ourselves on the world around us. The surface of things takes precedence over the depth if don’t commit to digging deeper. Simple is not what we are. Go further. Creation requires an acceptance of responsibility for and with what is delivered.
- Identity – Who are we? Who are they? Why are we unique? Why are we the same? What’s not to celebrate?
- Specificity – There is a universal aspect to the culturally specific. There is freedom in the commitment. Freedom requires responsibility. Limits expand horizons. Make a commitment and embrace it. Generalities, including this one, are all lies.
- Compassion – It is not easy. It is not fair. No one has earned it. We make mistakes. The nature of human kind is to fail. So get over it and let your heart lead your mind and body. We can all relate.
- Generosity – It is not a zero sum game. There is more than enough for everybody. Getting yours does not means they can have more or get their first. If we reach out and provide, everyone accelerates. Nothing else feels better than giving it away.
- Curiosity – Does it need to be this way? Could it be done another way? Why them? Why then? What lies beneath?
- Ambition – We all need something to aspire to and that is the role of art. We show ourselves and everyone else what we could be. If we refuse to settle, we lift everyone up with us.
- There is no end. No list will be finished. No film truly completed. It’s an ongoing story with many authors, collaborators, participants, and proselytizers. We are mayflies on the windshield of history. Evolution is the way of everything.
