How do I know if my idea is shit or not?

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RealJasonBourne

Right now I have $5000 saved up (hanging by a thread) and I can't tell if my idea is garbage or not.

I can't laugh or find it interesting anymore because I'm sick of it now. It's like eating the same food everyday for 2 months.

The hardest part is getting it replicated to how I envisioned it in my head. It might be like trying to draw a picture of something and your drawing looks distorted compared to it.

Maybe the way I envision it would make for a good video but the way it could come out (because of little experience/resources) might be shit.

should I just call it a day and go to the casino with the $5000 and do $500 bets on black or red at the roulette table?
 
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Sounds like you need to take a break from it. I would say stay away from it for a week or more, until you reach a point where you haven't thought about it for a significant amount of time. If you need something to clear your mind, work on another project that's mindless/stupid/fun/cliche/probably not going to turn into anything. Work on it in a completely different way than you have been working on your current project. Once you've cleared your head of it completely, then you'll be able to come back to it from a fresh perspective and you'll know if it's good.
 
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RealJasonBourne said:
Right now I have $5000 saved up (hanging by a thread) and I can't tell if my idea is garbage or not.

I can't laugh or find it interesting anymore because I'm sick of it now. It's like eating the same food everyday for 2 months.

The hardest part is getting it replicated to how I envisioned it in my head. It might be like trying to draw a picture of something and your drawing looks distorted compared to it.

Maybe the way I envision it would make for a good video but the way it could come out (because of little experience/resources) might be shit.

should I just call it a day and go to the casino with the $5000 and do $500 bets on black or red at the roulette table?
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When I embarked on my latest and biggest project, I was sure that because I would be spending such a long time on it that it would become irritating, or boring, or it would lose its entertainment value with regards to myself, since I would have to watch the same 10 minutes of footage over and over again for months on end, and meticulously craft each shot and scene in the film. But to my surprise, my enjoyment, enthusiasm and commitment to the project has never waned.

I am just as passionate about it as I was the moment I finally got the best version of the story down in script form.

So I think if you really don't like it anymore and you're sick of it, either take a break from it and come back, or leave it behind. Because either it's not the right time to do it, or it was just a fleeting idea when you came up with it, and it only sounded good at the time. Plenty of things turn out like that.
 
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You give up way too easily. What does your brother think of it?
Do you have anyone who's opinion you can trust that hasn't read the script yet ?
 
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sfoster said:
You give up way too easily. What does your brother think of it?
Do you have anyone who's opinion you can trust that hasn't read the script yet ?
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We both are stuck on "should we move on" and then return to "people should like it" lol.

A few people have read it and they do like it but it's things like not being able to find the actor that you visioned for the part and resorting to taking someone that's decent.

I just think that the final version might have a different feel than what it was supposed to be and that might be the reason it fails.

I'm fine tuning the storyboards/script right now but I'm forcing myself to do it because I lose motivation easily and just end up wasting time doing something else.

I really can't afford to fail this one lol, I seriously might consider joining the army for real this time.
 
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FilmmakerJ said:
When I embarked on my latest and biggest project, I was sure that because I would be spending such a long time on it that it would become irritating, or boring, or it would lose its entertainment value with regards to myself, since I would have to watch the same 10 minutes of footage over and over again for months on end, and meticulously craft each shot and scene in the film. But to my surprise, my enjoyment, enthusiasm and commitment to the project has never waned.

I am just as passionate about it as I was the moment I finally got the best version of the story down in script form.

So I think if you really don't like it anymore and you're sick of it, either take a break from it and come back, or leave it behind. Because either it's not the right time to do it, or it was just a fleeting idea when you came up with it, and it only sounded good at the time. Plenty of things turn out like that.
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thanks
 
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murmer said:
Sounds like you need to take a break from it. I would say stay away from it for a week or more, until you reach a point where you haven't thought about it for a significant amount of time. If you need something to clear your mind, work on another project that's mindless/stupid/fun/cliche/probably not going to turn into anything. Work on it in a completely different way than you have been working on your current project. Once you've cleared your head of it completely, then you'll be able to come back to it from a fresh perspective and you'll know if it's good.
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ty sir
 
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RealJasonBourne said:
We both are stuck on "should we move on" and then return to "people should like it" lol.

A few people have read it and they do like it but it's things like not being able to find the actor that you visioned for the part and resorting to taking someone that's decent.

I just think that the final version might have a different feel than what it was supposed to be and that might be the reason it fails.

I'm fine tuning the storyboards/script right now but I'm forcing myself to do it because I lose motivation easily and just end up wasting time doing something else.

I really can't afford to fail this one lol, I seriously might consider joining the army for real this time.
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film making at the indie level is all about compromise.

but I feel like you. The only important project i've ever done and the only one I'm ever putting real money into … I can't find an actress to do the part. I've been searching for over a month now :no:

For my web series I spent over 2 months looking for an actor before I found someone that was right for the part. I fired 3 actors during the process. Keep looking if this isn't an area you can compromise on.
 
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sfoster said:
film making at the indie level is all about compromise.

but I feel like you. The only important project i've ever done and the only one I'm ever putting real money into … I can't find an actress to do the part. I've been searching for over a month now :no:

For my web series I spent over 2 months looking for an actor before I found someone that was right for the part. I fired 3 actors during the process. Keep looking if this isn't an area you can compromise on.
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yeah that really sucks. This is only my 2nd project and the first one I did last summer I made such a dumb mistake of not rehearsing at all (even with 2 child actors) and when I was on set (and failing hard) the kid started acting and I was thinking wtf... that's not how it's supposed to sound.

I paid a voice actor a week ago and it cost me $1000 (based on his audition I thought he knew how to do it).

He had the voice but he really didn't understand basic annunciations (that I wrote in the script) so now I have to look for a new guy, and i'm hanging by a thread on the budget lmao)
 
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How much text did that voice actor have?

Btw, is it me or is the casino a reoccuring theme in your posts? ;)

On topic:

take a little break and relax.
You'll find new inspiration for this or a new project.

Do you know why you don't like it anymore?
Is there something that frustrates you?
 
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If filmmaking is just a hobby for you, then do as others have suggested, take a break and come back when you feel ready/inspired. If you're looking at filmmaking as a career, then you have a big problem and it would be well worth you carefully considering your future now, before you sink too much time, effort and money into something which you later realise is not for you.

One of the factors you need to consider is that you are currently sick of a project after just 2 months. Baring in mind a feature length drama would usually require at least 2 years, how would you cope? Would you even get to the end of it, let alone get to the end of it still inspired and motivated enough to give your best efforts to all the required fine filmmaking details? Good or commercial quality filmmaking certainly isn't for everyone. In fact, extremely few have the necessary level of passion and determination, which only really comes with an almost clinical level of obsession!

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OK, fine. RealJasonBourne -how do I know if your idea is shit or not?

Well, what are you working on? Details. You haven't told us shit. What exactly are you fucking doing ..in LA ..with that cash?


Let me read your script and I shall..praise or scorn- what's the skinny? $5,000 is a serious money.

It sounds like you need encouragement without contributing. Film-making doesn't work like that.

Time to pay your dues in a very public way, Mr. Bourne! Hahaha!
 
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