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Looking for some good feedback for this feature-length script. It's a second draft. 57 pages. LOGLINE: A bored, young reporter at a trashy alt-weekly gets in over her head as she investigates the mysterious disappearances of homeless kids living on the streets of downtown Portland, OR. I'm...

Unfortunately I did not. If I was less obsessed with being a filmmaker I would've taken the hint a long time ago, ha.

A couple each year. I haven't ever bought tix to see any local films, but the local features and shorts sections are always sold out. The one time I did go to a shorts block, when I was invited cuz I helped a friend with his documentary, the theater was packed and the crowd loved and applauded...

I don't know, maybe it's not good enough. Maybe I fucked myself and made something so crappy (I still like it tho, ha) that its better off that nobody sees it. That's so cool that you were able to do that tho.

You're right. I am moving on. Have been for the last couple months as I work on the script for my next short. But man, there's just a big hole in my heart for my shitty little movie that never got a chance. I guess that doesn't ever go away like most other things in life.

I think this thread has gone off tangent. Yes, I'm a bit salty that my feature film that I put my life and soul into couldn't even get a courtesy screening by any one of four local film festivals in my small city that's in the middle of nowhere. Especially since said festivals place such...

There's not much legitimacy if they don't in my opinion. These kinds of festivals advertise themselves as important contributions to the community, that they are about fostering local talent and exposing the larger community to the work their artists are making.

No that's ludicrous, ha. Not at all what I'm saying. I'm literally saying that if you put local movies in a local film festival and make sure the audience knows that these films are from their own community, then they WILL buy tickets for said films. That's just how people work. That's why good...

A premiere. A screening history. Watching it with an audience thats invested in their experience. A chance to win an award or money or resources. The chance to meet national/international filmmakers - the possibility of meeting collaborators, people who never wouldve been exposed to your work...

Yes but if you're a local film festival you have a duty to support local talent. I firmly believe that. Frame it that way and people will buy tix just to support their community no matter how good/bad the movies are - those films shouldn't be judged by the same criteria as the other stuff (which...

I maxed out credit cards totaling that amount over a three year period; I couldn't make the payments and it all got out of control fast. I work freelance (not very often if I can help it) and live in a ghetto neighborhood so I can live cheap and spend most of my time on my films. I was already...

I'm sorry but that seems just a bit too simplistic for me. Im down for the cause and in it for life; you can't go as long as I've been going with as little success as I've had if the process itself isn't (almost) everything. I think I'm mostly angry because this was such an immense...

I guess if that's true I'd like to know where the outrage is. Too much complacency. I don't really care if a million people like me existed and went through worse and just "soldiered on". That's like the most pathetic thing. If you get inspiration and strength from that, that's pretty awesome...

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I certainly could and have thought about that, but it would cost more money and I'm hilariously tapped out at this point. Over the course of my life I've made about 30-35 narrative shorts. But in the year leading up to production on my feature I did a web-series that was like 15 short films in...

So after three years of work and spending all my money (to the point of bankruptcy) I'm facing the reality today that I won't be screening at any film festivals with my feature film. I've been rejected by every fest I could afford to enter (about 30 - $1000+). I was even rejected by all the...

Everyone's helped out quite a bit, thanks again! If anybody else is interested in sharing your thoughts, I'd really appreciate it. Just reply here or send me a message.

Ha, very true and something that's been proven in this very thread. Perhaps selfishly, I kind of figured that too, but the scenes at the very end of the film were the most important to me and I wanted to make sure I had as much experience as possible before I got to them.

Yes, for the most part; although there are some exceptions. I knew we'd all be rusty at the start of shooting (this was a first for all of us), but I also knew that we would get better as the shoot went along; hopefully doing our best work at the very end (which is what happened). I also...

Things from the beginning do sort of come into play at the end of the film, so I think that's why I've had difficulty in figuring out how to tighten that up without losing something at the end. If anybody else is interested in watching and letting me know your thoughts, please don't hesitate...