given up dreams

[patsopinion]

after a year and half i opened up the box that i kept my video camera in

i was going to make movies and take over the world
now im unemployed and sleep 13 hours a day

im not alone on this right
i know for a fact that a few of us have things that they wish they could have either gone back and followed through on or things they attempted and just werent good at

opening that box...
there are like 7 mini dv tapes in there 2
enough to tape a full movie

[AnnoyedGrunt]

I had almost the same dream and even went to film school, but I wanted to be a writer or editor. I kind of knew I'd have trouble when it took me forever to line up an intership in my last term, though ended up getting a good one on a morning show. I couldn't find work and took odd jobs until winding up where I am now. After working solid for 2 years I kind of see that I'm looking for solid hours and a steady pay cheque and that film/tv production wouldn't have provided that.

[Don Stugots]

Get Up And Start Fucking Filming! Lets Go!

[cupcakelove]

Can I be in your movie? I have no acting experience, but I'm sure I could do some jackass type stuff for ya.

[Ritalin]

Alright, first thing first: get up, pack your cameras, drive at least 5 miles from your house, and shoot 5 minutes of film. Of anything. You can stand in front of a brick wall, aim your camera at it and film it for 5 minutes, I don't care. Just do this one thing today. No excuses. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE INTERESTING.

Now, on to the bigger picture: are you really serious about being in film/video? Then find whatever production company there is where you live there in Tahoe, go there, and offer to work for free for a while. Run cable. Haul sandbags. Stand and guard the truck while they're inside taping. Don't think that they're going to look at you funny. It's not an unusual request, and it will probably turn into a gig for you, somewhere.

Because you're going to have to get into the business somehow. It's my experience that very few people go from laying on their couch to feature films. You need to be around it. You need to learn lighting, production. You need to get your feet on the ground somehow. Eventually - and you might as well start thinking about it now - you're going to have to move to where the work is at. LA, New York, there are some other places, but those are the big two.

But that's a few steps futher than I wanted to take this today. Just pack your cameras, go out, and shoot. Because that's all there is to it. I promise you that Quentin Tarantino woke up today, and at least part of his brain is working on "what am I going to shoot/write today". Writers wake up thinking about writing; photographers, pictures.

Creative people wake up thinking about being creative. There's nothing that stops you from doing that today, right now.

[drjoek]

gap

[TooLowBrow]

Capture Your Dream

[Yuppie_Scum]

I know a guy that can help you ... Mr. Bruno Kirby.

[Don Stugots]

get off your ass and shot that shit to the sky.

[ChoppedLiver]

Follow that dream. Go back.

I'm kicking my own ass for giving up mine.

[LilLibra]

All the more reason for you to use that equipment and go film something. Hell, you've got the time. It doesn't matter if you never become a world-renowned film director. The point is that you do it. If for nothing else, just to do something you love.

You can still accomplish your dream.

[AgnosticJihad]

Alright, first thing first: get up, pack your cameras, drive at least 5 miles from your house, and shoot 5 minutes of film. Of anything. You can stand in front of a brick wall, aim your camera at it and film it for 5 minutes, I don't care. Just do this one thing today. No excuses. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE INTERESTING.

Now, on to the bigger picture: are you really serious about being in film/video? Then find whatever production company there is where you live there in Tahoe, go there, and offer to work for free for a while. Run cable. Haul sandbags. Stand and guard the truck while they're inside taping. Don't think that they're going to look at you funny. It's not an unusual request, and it will probably turn into a gig for you, somewhere.

Because you're going to have to get into the business somehow. It's my experience that very few people go from laying on their couch to feature films. You need to be around it. You need to learn lighting, production. You need to get your feet on the ground somehow. Eventually - and you might as well start thinking about it now - you're going to have to move to where the work is at. LA, New York, there are some other places, but those are the big two.

But that's a few steps futher than I wanted to take this today. Just pack your cameras, go out, and shoot. Because that's all there is to it. I promise you that Quentin Tarantino woke up today, and at least part of his brain is working on "what am I going to shoot/write today". Writers wake up thinking about writing; photographers, pictures.

Creative people wake up thinking about being creative. There's nothing that stops you from doing that today, right now.

Mr. ADD is absolutely right. I'm an aspiring writer; I've written a story or two, but not gotten anything published yet. But I do find it very helpful to write a little something every day, even if it's just in my blog or on this board. You need to get up off the couch and film some shit, write a script, something, anything. If this is what you really want to do, go out and do it.

[patsopinion]

i was a writer/editor by the time i left film school

i don't think you get its not my dream anymore
it was crushed in film school for a number of reasons

im not going back to film
it was the memory of the dream that i was commenting on