Life is about balance in whatever you do. You can't just think positive, you must see the negative factors as well. For example a guy wants to bungee jump or sky drive.
You are comparing life and death to spending “a lot” of money. If he fails all
he does is spend money he wants to spend and learns a little something
about making movies. There is no downside to that. He will not die or
injure anyone.
He's all pumped and wanting to go, he's not thinking about failure, or what can happen. There must always be someone to ask what if.
Okay, I understand. You feel you are the person to warn fellow filmmakers
that they may fail.
If the positives out throw the negatives then by all means do it. That's all I was trying to do in my response.
You're replies are often very short and unclear. Your first reply did not
come across as helpful or even asking "what if". Perhaps you could be
more clear when you respond to peoples questions. Since you feel the
responsibility to warn people about the possibility of failing perhaps you
should elaborate a little when replying. As you can see we all misunderstood
your intent. You are a writer. How a writer communicates is essential.
I understand now that your intent was not to be rude, dismissive or
disrespectful even though that's the way your comment seemed. I hope
you can understand that your terse reply could be seen that way.
I would support any project on this forum.
Now that you have warned borkoborko39 that what he wants to do is
a waste of time and effort and will cost a lot of money do you have any
words of support for his project? Maybe a suggestion or two of scenes
he could try...
You never answered my questions; what is it to you if a filmmaker wants
to spend a lot of money on a project?
I'll answer your question; "Is it worth it?" Yes it is. Learning by emulating
(and even straight up copying) the work of other filmmakers is very worth
it. Learning how to hire actors, secure locations, figure out the right lighting,
how much food costs (and what cast and crew want to eat) and managing
a production is worth it.