PolarisDiB
Asked 8 years ago
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Who here are filmmakers as well as filmwatchers?
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I'm studying film right now and find it very fun. I'm just interested in seeing who here is interested in the actual production aspects of film. If so, what do you do/plan to do/focus on/whatever?
There happens to be a growing local community of independant filmmakers in my area, so I've been mixing in with them and lending a helping hand as crew. It's some fun stuff.
--PolarisDiB
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Sumytra1
Answered 8 years ago
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I'm not a filmmaker but I am a local theatre actress and director. One of the reasons I see so many films is because there is not enough professional theatre in my area. Luckily, the Playhouse in the Park in Cincinnati won a Tony Award for best Regional Theatre and I subscribe to their series. Since I'm also an English teacher I can never get enough of stories.
I would love to direct a film some day but I'm technologically challenged. Since I can't program my VCR, I'd probably need to work with some knowledgeable people.
What are you learning about film from your experiences?
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PolarisDiB
Answered 8 years ago
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That's an odd question because that's like asking an English student what they're learning. Lots of stuff, from the "literature" of film (history, criticism, etc.), to the creation of it (writing scripts, using the cameras, basic narrative techniques in editing and writing, all that stuff).
I think with film students there comes this particular need to try to pretend they know everything about films, and I try to resist that need but it's very hard. However, I've met nonfilm students who know a lot more about films than me. You know that whole thing about telling someone who becomes a writer to read a lot of books first? Same thing for filmmakers, watch a lot of films.
Also, different from being an English student is the need for the film student to reject his teachings. Everyone can make a Hollywood narrative... it's just actually being able to "express" yourself through film that's difficult. As such, any time a film teacher says, "And this is what you have to do," the student wants immediately to find a way of not doing it and still making it into a good thing. It's an interesting community to be around.
--PolarisDiB
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Sumytra1
Answered 8 years ago
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Also, different from being an English student is the need for the film student to reject his teachings. Everyone can make a Hollywood narrative... it's just actually being able to "express" yourself through film that's difficult. As such, any time a film teacher says, "And this is what you have to do," the student wants immediately to find a way of not doing it and still making it into a good thing. It's an interesting community to be around.
--PolarisDiB
Since most English students are writers, I would say we have the same urge to express ourselves as filmmakers. Spielberg is very literary and at the same time experimental. The difference between making films and writing is, one is a solitary act and the other demands community. It's the community of the theatre and film world that I love. The open minded debate and then coming to agreement. Ideas are intoxicating.
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PolarisDiB
Answered 8 years ago
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Yeah, you're right. I was trying to be careful, but I took the analogy a little off...
Interestingly enough, my minor is English Literature. Go figure.
--PolarisDiB
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mulletguy16
Answered 8 years ago
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majoring in production with a minor in economics. i like it.
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dispenser
Answered 7 years ago
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I've always wanted to be a screenwriter, but I have a few friends who are either leaving the biz or trying to get in, and it seems studios are buying fewer and fewer "spec" scripts. You practically have to be the son of the producer to get your script read. So I don't know if that dream will ever come true.
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Sumytra1
Answered 7 years ago
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Dispenser: If you want to try your hand at writing, start with a script for the stage. There are local theatre companies who like to try new things with a playwright in residence. It won't cost you or them anything to try it out. If you get good at it, who knows, a movie director might find you.
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PolarisDiB
Answered 7 years ago
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Or you can produce and direct the movie yourself.
--PolarisDiB
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Sumytra1
Answered 7 years ago
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Yeah. You could write, produce and direct your own stuff.
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Superl0ser
Answered 7 years ago
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I'm working on a screenplay.
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