Indie Film Hustle® - A Filmmaking Podcast IFH 095: How to Break-Through Your Fear & Shoot Your First Feature Film
Aug 30, 2016
25:52
How to Break-Through Your Fear & Shoot Your First Feature Film
Fear, the one thing that stops most indie filmmakers from moving forward and following their dreams. Fear of shooting their fist feature film, writing that screenplay, making that short film or just taking the first few steps towards their goals.
Fear has been a strange bedfellow of mine throughout my career. It has slowed and out right stopped my progress. It has taken many years of failures to final realize I have nothing to fear. As they say:
"We stopped checking for monsters under the bed when we realized they were inside of us."
Breaking through the Fear
I finally decided to "feel the fear and do it anyways". Directing a full blown feature film always seemed like this huge, monstrous mountain I had to climb. It was like going to hike Mt. Everest when I never even climb a mountain before.
Then I figured out that that a feature film didn't have to be a "huge, monstrous mountain" and that many filmmakers started off shooting smaller films before climbing Mt. Everest. Chris Nolan shot The Following before he made Memento and then the The Dark Knight Trilogy.
In that spirit I ventured off into uncharted territory with the making of my first feature film This is Meg. Below is the story on how I got that film started.
LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
This is Meg
IFH 075: What Does It Really Take to Make in Hollywood with Sebastian Twardosz
Sebastian Twardosz - Email
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Steven Spielberg's 1941
Robert Rodriguez Mexico Trilogy
Rebel without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player
SPONCERS
VideoBlocks.com - (IFH Discount SAVE $50)
Werner Herzog Master Class
Aaron Sorkin Master Class
FreeFilmBook.com (Download Your FREE Filmmaking Audio Book)
KILLER RESOURCES!!!
INDIE FILM SYNDICATE Film
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/indie-film-hustle-a-filmmaking-podcast--2664729/support.
Fear, the one thing that stops most indie filmmakers from moving forward and following their dreams. Fear of shooting their fist feature film, writing that screenplay, making that short film or just taking the first few steps towards their goals.
Fear has been a strange bedfellow of mine throughout my career. It has slowed and out right stopped my progress. It has taken many years of failures to final realize I have nothing to fear. As they say:
"We stopped checking for monsters under the bed when we realized they were inside of us."
Breaking through the Fear
I finally decided to "feel the fear and do it anyways". Directing a full blown feature film always seemed like this huge, monstrous mountain I had to climb. It was like going to hike Mt. Everest when I never even climb a mountain before.
Then I figured out that that a feature film didn't have to be a "huge, monstrous mountain" and that many filmmakers started off shooting smaller films before climbing Mt. Everest. Chris Nolan shot The Following before he made Memento and then the The Dark Knight Trilogy.
In that spirit I ventured off into uncharted territory with the making of my first feature film This is Meg. Below is the story on how I got that film started.
LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
This is Meg
IFH 075: What Does It Really Take to Make in Hollywood with Sebastian Twardosz
Sebastian Twardosz - Email
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Steven Spielberg's 1941
Robert Rodriguez Mexico Trilogy
Rebel without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player
SPONCERS
VideoBlocks.com - (IFH Discount SAVE $50)
Werner Herzog Master Class
Aaron Sorkin Master Class
FreeFilmBook.com (Download Your FREE Filmmaking Audio Book)
KILLER RESOURCES!!!
INDIE FILM SYNDICATE Film
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/indie-film-hustle-a-filmmaking-podcast--2664729/support.