Manifesto for making films outside of the film industry
- Set yourself up for success
- Break the movie making process down into achievable chunks
- Do not schedule too far in advance
- You will not feel the same then
- Celebrate every win
- Every single one. Every completed chunk. With an icecream or a drink with your collaborators or a sauna or
- Use the gear you have access to
- It is more than good enough. Creative limitations and all that
- Do not apply for funding.
- Do not do it.
- Give no one the power to pull the plug on your movie.
- Except the subject if it is a documentary
- Never sign over the IP.
- Ever
- Limit feedback
- If the feedback is filling you with fear or halting the work, it is bad.
- Don’t collaborate with people who are too busy for this movie.
- Despite their greatest intentions, their busy-ness will make you feel small and unimportant.
- Put the work out immediately.
- No waiting for festivals to say y/n.
No pretension around where it sits / who gets to distribute it
- Viewcount is irrelevant.
- Share the footage you don’t use.
- With the people who are in it - hand it to them. Let it live on. Don’t hoard it on dusty harddrives.
Links - critical of the film industry (it sucks don't go back)