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Most Important Question A Filmmaker Has To Ask Themselves by Kenneth Castillo via FilmCourage.com.
Film Courage: “People who wait for a filmmaking career will never have one?” Without of course naming any names, can you think of some people in your life who are very talented but who are waiting? Maybe this frustrates you? Maybe you see the opportunity in front of them but they won’t take it for whatever reason?
Kenneth Castillo, Filmmaker: Yes, mostly colleagues. I won’t even say friends, just people that you run into. What I’ve come to realize is that (particularly those filmmakers who’ve come out of film school) you are not going to have a crew of 30 on your next film. They come out with these great thesis films and they want to get their feature made. But in this age of independent filmmaking, no one is going to give you a million dollars to do your thesis film.
And when I don’t see them working or trying to kind of start from scratch whether it’s a short film (whatever it is) to continue to do the craft until you get that. I’m not saying it’s not possible but I’m really blown away by filmmakers I know that have a great thesis film from film school and are waiting to make their feature film. I’m like
“Why aren’t you doing something now?”
“I don’t want to film something on my phone. I don’t want to shoot something with a three-person crew.”
I’m like “What are you waiting for?”
It’s not something I can tell people. You’ve got to figure that out on your own. But if you’ve been 10 years now (and I know filmmakers that are 10 years out of film school) still thinking they are going to get 3 million dollars to produce their first film based off of their thesis.
Film Courage: Why do you think this is? Do you think they feel they’re at a different status level? They don’t want people...they want to have investors?
Kenneth: I think it’s a combination of ...(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
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