1. This was said off the cuff last night during a q+a, where I was trying to make a helpful point about the challenges, but it came off more flip than I realized. 2. I love shorts + think more people should be watching, I literally argue for putting them back before movies, BUT
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3. I don't want you to be ignorant of the realities that come from shorts, namely that a lot of people in the hollywood industry just don't want to watch them, often because they are too busy looking for people who have already done full features or tv. WHICH
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4. Gets us into the whole catch 22 of directing, in that you sort of have to prove you can already direct in order to direct. WHICH 5. Is largely harmful to people who make shorts, especially those who think it will lead to someone rolling out the proverbial red carpet, BUT
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6. Lastly, aside from the rare examples where it works, is making shorts is the best way to train yourself, to get better at the craft. Keep it cheaper than you think, but pay and feed your crew well. But keep at it. End clarification!
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This hurts me so much
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Or out of the industry, really. It’s basically your demo reel as a filmmaker.
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It’s sad, too and a disservice really. Some of them are phenomenal.
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I’ve figured they’ve basically become the exclusive domain of students. I just have the opportunity coming up to write/direct one as part of an independent study, and I’ve been butting up against the fact that I’m so acclimated to feature-length stories.
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Granted I'm not in the industry, but the second-best thing I saw at Sundance 2017 was the short AND SO WE PUT GOLDFISH IN THE POOL and I told everyone I know to hire the director https://vimeo.com/215011367
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I adore
@ShortoftheWeek. If other industry folks aren’t paying attention then they’re doing this wrong. -
You realize this is one of the reasons you are a patron saint of the industry, right?
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