Hello!
As the title claims, I'm at a point in my career where I really need some guidance and sadly i havn't heard or received anything from anyone that really clarified things for me.
I've just graduated from Film School, shot two short films while I was there and needless to say the process of shooting those 2 films changed my perspective on film making. Only it changed it in a negative way. I spent the first two years writing and thinking of my films until I finally built up the courage to actually direct one. The film turned out completly different from what I had imagined it would be, it was a very painful experience in that by the middle of the shoot I was only going on set to "get the work done" so that I could earn my grades and move on.
I then had to shoot my thesis film but couldn't sit down and write anything. I had completly lost faith in myself and was worried of what the end result would be like, and at this point I had started losing interest as well. I shot the film, wasn't that bad but again it didn't turn out like I wanted it to be.
Now I'm at a point of my career where I want to write and direct another film but I simply cannot sit down and write. I feel that whatever I will write or imagine is useless since it's very hard to controle the process of shooting a film, and therefore controling the shape of the end result, weather it's about the acting, lighting or framing.
How can I overcome this feeling? I really want to make a successful film and for once be fully satisfied with my work. Should I neglect thinking in images and perhaps just think about the characters and progression of the story? Should I put less importance in the process of writing the script and just bid on whatever happens the day of the shoot? And is there a certain way that one should think about his film when writing it if he/she intends on directing it later on?
Thanks in advance for any response, I apologise if my post is long but as you can tell I've reached a dead end.
-Amesh67
As the title claims, I'm at a point in my career where I really need some guidance and sadly i havn't heard or received anything from anyone that really clarified things for me.
I've just graduated from Film School, shot two short films while I was there and needless to say the process of shooting those 2 films changed my perspective on film making. Only it changed it in a negative way. I spent the first two years writing and thinking of my films until I finally built up the courage to actually direct one. The film turned out completly different from what I had imagined it would be, it was a very painful experience in that by the middle of the shoot I was only going on set to "get the work done" so that I could earn my grades and move on.
I then had to shoot my thesis film but couldn't sit down and write anything. I had completly lost faith in myself and was worried of what the end result would be like, and at this point I had started losing interest as well. I shot the film, wasn't that bad but again it didn't turn out like I wanted it to be.
Now I'm at a point of my career where I want to write and direct another film but I simply cannot sit down and write. I feel that whatever I will write or imagine is useless since it's very hard to controle the process of shooting a film, and therefore controling the shape of the end result, weather it's about the acting, lighting or framing.
How can I overcome this feeling? I really want to make a successful film and for once be fully satisfied with my work. Should I neglect thinking in images and perhaps just think about the characters and progression of the story? Should I put less importance in the process of writing the script and just bid on whatever happens the day of the shoot? And is there a certain way that one should think about his film when writing it if he/she intends on directing it later on?
Thanks in advance for any response, I apologise if my post is long but as you can tell I've reached a dead end.
-Amesh67