I don’t understand why there is so much backlash against the guy. What did he say? - You are competing for attention against huge brands and names, therefore you need to constantly know how things change in order to get an edge. - You need to handle this career seriously and like a business if you want to combine your artistic passions with earnings in order to make more stuff later and sustain yourself off of this line of work. - You are not a huge Director like Tarantino or Scorcese yet. Until you become like them, you need to study how they manage to be so great, while also seeing how times change and how you can break in the industry according to modern standards. You need to constantly keep everything in check and learn as much as possible about whatever revolves around film. What’s so wrong about that advice?
Alexander Angelus because everyone wants to think they can “make it” and that they can be the next Tarantino just by making 5 minute shorts. He broke their presumptions. Personally I agree with him, it’s simple, to get noticed you need to stand out, to stand out you gotta make something worth seeing, everyone’s seen the “starving artist” movie or the “rebellious teenager” movie (most indie movies). So think of something new or different and roll with it, it might not be exactly what you’re wanting to make, but it’ll help you get there.
@@krisfire This is exactly what I believe! Yes, make 5 minute shorts, to have a resume and hone your skills as a filmmaker, but that's not how you move up. Networking, knowing how to sell yourself and your art, meeting the right people, it's all part of the job, especially in the beginning. Tarantino didn't become Tarantino because of his great art alone, he became Tarantino because he knew how to play the game properly, in order to be launched, and audiences happened to respond with applause and admiration of his style. There is a reason people scoff at aspiring filmmakers, saying "nobody really makes it, get ready not to have a career". Plenty make it, it's just those who understanad the rules of the game, play it properly and don't try to slither around it. And they're unfortunately not the majority. I don't have money in my head as a priority, but only a moron would say that filmmaking is a cheap endeavor. You need money to keep the train going, whether you like it or not. People (actors and crews) will be more likely to help you for little to no money in the beginning in your late teens to early 20s, but they'll be less keen on doing freebies for a 40something year old who doesn't know how to play yet.
I'm guilty to judge prematurely the video and the guy talking. Before seeing it i got butthurt because you want to think you can do this like the big ones (and damn me if I don't think that too) but after seeing the interview you realize this guy has a clear point and it's true. He's not saying you can't be huge, he says that you got to 'earn your way up' to be there. It envolves so much work and dedication that most people won't accomplish it because they won't effort that hard. I personally recently discover that I want to write scripts, and I'm fully motivated seeing videos, studying books and scripts. It's hard but the effort it's directly proportional to the results.
Nicolás Guizzo The difference you will notice from “wanting to write scripts” to “actually writing them like it’s no issue”, is going to be huge. There’s a freaking science behind them. The guy obviously has a point, hell, Tarantino was a semi-failed actor when he realized his skills as a writer and an actor oriented director. He was a nobody until Reservoir Dogs and especially Pulp Fiction, just a kid with a dream, working in video rental stores and cleaning up movie theaters. He really went after it and cultivated his talent to the point where people reading his scripts had no choice but to finance them or act in them. That’s how a nobody got someone like Harvey Keitel to act on his debut feature for mainstream audiences. Not only did he act there, he co-finances it so he would add to his production value, that’s how much he believed in that script. That says a lot about the right script being given to the right actor who will want to help you.
yeah well.... a lot of times the small budget movies are the thing you want to see; like Joker for instance or Indiana Jones which was pitched as an extremely low budget movie (and you got great quality). What you don't want to see is these 200 mln 'blockbusters' that just faceplant in the dirt coz they think their budget makes for a watchable story.... and then you get Mulan 2020.... or Wonderwoman 1984, or Ocean's 8.... these are such cringe unwatchable movies that I just saw a review of them and am like.... no thanks.... except for Ocean's 8, that I turned off half way coz the man-hate was as cringe as someone scratching their nails on a chalkboard. Modern movies by Hollywood with a big budget... they SUCK! It's not entertainment anymore, it's 'let me educate you on ultra progressive politics'.
Hobo Kid - nah you're missing my point. I can be just as unique as tarantino because I'm different to him. But I'm not famous and haven't made anything successful
If people are scared away by the reality- it's not for them. Filmmakers that stick around because they "must" do it because it is a part of them, can't imagine living without doing it, are the ones who need to be doing it. Not those that give in when the going gets really rough
Exactly. It's a vocation. You do it because you have to not because you want to. I want to be sipping Piña Coladas on La Isla Bonita but I have to make pictures. Life just keeps dragging me to it.
@@ScribblebytesWorldwide If I may ask, how do you know when you’ve truly decided that’s what you want to do? I’m very interested in getting into the film industry but I’m seeing all these stories of other people who get dissuaded altogether and I start wonder if it’s worth the risk. Then again, there are people like yourself who have made it a career and if other people have shown it can be done I believe I can if I truly give myself to it.
@@alphacraig2001 You don't decide if it's what you want to do. I mean you can, but why would anyone choose this? If you feel like it's a decision to do it or not, I'd stop right now and move on to something else. To quote Stephen King when he was asked why he chose to write. His answer was "Who chose?". It's not meant to be discouraging. Do it if you have to do it. It's not worth it otherwise.
@@alphacraig2001 It’s a purpose you’re born with. You really don’t have a choice. There is no plan b or backup life for you. You either do it or die trying. The moment you know it’s for you is when you realize you’re not just willing to live for the craft but you’re also willing to die for it, as self destructive as that may sound. But definitely I agree with the sentiment of this video that artists need to start developing entrepreneurial skills especially if they’re independent. The way I look at it is, I’m not a businessman because I want to be one, I’m a businessman because I need to finance my purpose as an artist. Making money is a means to an end and that end is to be able to freely create for the rest of my life
As an indie filmmaker for over 10 years, I got distribution for my feature in 15 countries, got called up by major studios, and invited to many film festivals. And after all this experience, when beginner filmmakers ask me for advice, I just say to them, it’s a jungle out there. There is no right or wrong, you just utilize your god given skillz, hope you meet the right people, make something worth watching, and take the path few have travelled. Hope that you make it out a live. I don’t think transmedia is for everyone, if you can make art and shock the world, then focus on that. It will get you far. Im still grinding it today with very little resources.
My father once said "Theo, yes I lived in a different time frame when I was your age but the principle is the same" key word ''principle''.... you just have to be different just like Tarantino was different. SO GOODLUCK TO ALL YOU ASPIRING FILMMAKERS
Watching this video made me realize how I regret putting off my dream of making movies. He said the world in 2015 is different from the world now because it's over-saturated and the world moves so quickly. Damn! When I was a senior in college back in 1999-2000, I decided to become a filmmaker and my parents shot down my dreams. Then I went to grad school to study Business and Finance and I told professors I wanted to start a film company. I had one professor say that Film and Finance was a strange combination. I finished grad school in 2006! If I had started my film career in say 2010 - I would have been better off and would have had less competition. Putting off my dream has lead me to realize it's going to be harder to make that dream come true now. He is right - you're competing against everyone - including video games. Filmmakers never had to compete against video games when I was in college.
I come from a different country. I know a few people here in their 20s & 30s who have created many short films and even some feature films without achieving anything noteworthy yet. Their works often come off as generic attempts to mimic existing stuff. On the other hand, there are also those who, despite making their first film in their late 40s, struck gold with their debut project and achieved tremendous success. It's always possible to toil away on your projects behind the scenes for years, working on multiple drafts for multiple projects, engaging in discussions with friends, analyzing the works of others, making contacts, watching helpful youtube videos, etc. all of which costs nothing but time and effort. You're essentially bidding your time until the opportune moment arrives, and when it does, you'll be prepared.
If you wanna be a filmmaker (an artist) all you have to do is to want to share your experience and find a way to express it. You dont need to compete, you dont need to target audience (whatever that means), you dont need to struggle with technical stuff. All you need to do is have a desire to tell a story in an honest way. There are enough directors out there who just wanted to tell a story and started by funding their own movies which they had to shoot on film and that was expensive.... Arronfsky is one of them and Pi one of the best movies in the last 20 years. Today's filmmakers have it easy with the digital cameras and all the technology that makes filmmaking so much easier. Still all I hear is that back then was a different era. Yeah back then they knew how to tell a story for sure... Stop listening to useless people because all they gonna give is useless advice. The guy has not made a single film thats reason enough not to listen to him and its no surprise too since he is thinking all the wrong things.. Bottom line just focus on story and your own personal inner growth. And if you are doing your own stuff I guarantee you that you are already successful as a person, as an artist... And that is good business, in my opinion ofcourse.
you're forgetting one part that's integral: voice. in a world where so many voices are competing (really just making more noise by being more of the same and thus DROWNING each other out), its important to make yourself a uniquely different voice entirely. People are attracted to honesty in voice. Artists that are unafraid to express truth and their real experiences, thoughts-unique view of the world in a creative and insightful way. That's what gets them seen. Of course, they'll all say its about popularity-being more of the same, more familiar. But that's after something has become a hit already.
its not that easy though, if you dont have the money the whole piece will be poorly acted and shot and it will be a mess, I know nothing of the film industry and you dont strike me as somebody who does either
@@cobyrobertson3590 No. The whole piece will be a mess because you dont understand your story not because you dont have enough money. Knowing your story is not the same as knowing the industry and knowing and understanding your story is like knowing your self. You dont need to know the industry you just need to have an experience worth telling and the industry will bow down to you. The world is full of people who have done that cant you see?
Having to be is VERY different to wanting to be! The more the merrier I say... the winner will be the one with the best story who wanted it the most. See you at Cannes people... I have a story to tell. 🏆
Just to add in to this guys point, Netflix and product placement also give way to new creators for them to make there film, I want to be a filmmaker, but with any art unfortunately it’s a business and you need to jump and climb all down the way to the top until none of these things matter because you can do whatever you want, because you are the business rather then trying to learn it, PTA first film was completely changed due to studio stuff, which is fine because now he can make real movies with very little interference like the master or phantom thread
The pandemic has presented indie filmmakers with a unique opportunity, competition from the theatres has been removed. Audiences are streaming more content now than ever, and on the platforms, it's anyone's game.
Too many aspiring filmmakers are into the mind trap of "the artist" that they believe that thinking in any way about the business side of filmmaking makes you a sell out and not being true to your art -- whatever that means. These are the people who are lucky if they ever make one film let alone two or more in the course of a lifetime, because they believe talent alone is going to sustain them, and since they won't bother with marketing themselves are always disgruntled that people aren't responding to their stuff.
This is a great video for someone who wants to make money primarily through the film industry, but to say this is helpful for FILMMAKERS is kind of absurd..
@@DMichaelAtLarge you know not everything brought into this miserable world has to be framed as a product to be traded and exchanged in hopes of making more products to be traded and exchanged
@@n00bster97 None of your responses address where you're getting the money to produce a film. If all you're interested in is making silly hobby films with friends and a smartphone, well, this video is not intended for people like you. It's for real FILMMAKERS.
What about those of us that don't give a shit less about being a "filmmaker"? Just want to write stories [in that format] and get paid for doing so because... That's just what we enjoy doing?
Narcissists want to be directors. What they find out is they are that guy in the film Election, who pounds his chest when he speaks about where his novel is. "It's right here!" Most of these types are empty vessels with nothing to say. I'm not kidding. If you want to be a director, be a writer. You will then understand how difficult storytelling really is. If you can't write, that means you can't direct. Anyone can point a camera with a great cinematographer and call himself a director because you see a pretty picture. Doesn't mean you are telling a story that anyone wants to watch. You will never make it because its rigged by design that you never make it. It's rigged. Go find something to do where you have actual power, because directors have none. If you want Hollywood power, become a producer. If you can't figure that out, you should just go work at Walmart.
there is no way you can be someone, not in their entire thoughts and processes and style. You can emulate someone, adopt some of their style but you will always be in there somewhere. You can become what they have, but you will never be them!
I guess this is true if you want to build a brand or make some kind of epic business strategy, but if you just want to make a good film, you shouldn't be thinking about all this crap at all. It depends on if you want to make a good film as your goal, or if you want to make a really salable brand using art as your product line.
Being a filmaker...is like going through navy seal training programs.....get ready..you will loose friends ..family relationships..you will get fucked from the front back and everywhere else..you will starve..you will be trolled and hated....if you can survive just an 8th of what I've mentioned..you may have a slight chance of getting in the business.
Short films are most certainly dead. You either have to pour your heart into making a feature film and enter it into Sundance, or you have to make an on-going franchise/series.
I personally think directors make it to the big leagues with timing and luck. Yes the movie probably has to be good but if reservoir dogs had come out now there’s no guarantee it would of been popular. Sometimes stuff just isn’t in your hands
Even Wong Kar Wai started his career writing soap opera for free to air HK television, yet so many starry eyes innocent child here who insist they MUST be allowed to create whatever they want to create and call it "art". Yeah, go ahead and make a few flop pseudo-artsy film and see whether anyone will hire you as a filmmaker.
Love this. The inherent ego of people drawn towards being filmmakers (I’m guilty) is such a healthy thing to shake off. Aspirations are beautiful and can be the wind in your sails. But having a love of the process and a desire to grow in useful skill sets is more interesting to collaborators
Fuck Hollywood. Fuck this attitude. The chips are truly stacked against us. 6 major studios that produce all this horseshit. Rare films come out and break me away from my fear that I wont be good enough. Really it boils down to money. If you have money to endlessly fund a shit movie it will get made.
Jonas Polsky Duh! I know that is his real name. The point is he wasn't KNOWN as the great FILMMAKER Tarrantino until HE DECIDED to become a filmmaker. Otherwise he could have been Quentin the Baker. You don't know who you are going to grow into until you try.
By reading many of the comments, it's pretty clear to me that an awful lot of people never actually watched the whole interview. If they did, they would realize Mr. Howard is 100% correct. Think of all the stuff competing for our attention - it's insane. The amount of entertainment options people have today just never existed when Tarantino was starting out. No where in that interview did he try to dissuade anyone from pursuing a dream. As a matter of fact he did the exact opposite.
Yes if you're piece of art cost £7000 and you satisfied not to earn a return,then make the art.. If your art cost £14000 and you need a return ,due diligence is key.. Don't make the work,until everything is set in place.
I was worried that all this was gonna do was crush my confidence. Thankfully it was actually insightful and useful. The moment that I decided that I wanted to make films I was willing to slog through all the bullshit and hard work
As a 3x Sundance alum/1x winner in feature competition as a writer/director, I agree with this guy. He has A LOT of wisdom to offer about the reality of what you are up against as a filmmaker. He's letting you in on secrets that I learned the hard way. Great interview. Always keep in mind that the death of DVD was the death of the monetization of Indy cinema.
@@RishiintheAir Honestly it was quite the opposite. All three times my films have been in competition at Sundance I believed in my heart that it would catapult my career as a director into a studio project and/or something I could actually make a living at, especially when I won an award, but in reality it only gave me "heat" for about a year or two where producers and studios would take meetings with me and either listen to me pitch projects or pitch me their own that they expected me to develop for free. That's it. I think what really matters is to have a tremendous amount of luck and momentum which is usually created by producing a great film from a great script that has attracted a star or up-and-coming star that helps find an audience that catapults your film into financial or critical success. If you get that far, Hollywood expects you to come to meetings with more material/scripts that are in the same genre/budget range and you basically start over from scratch with a little more financing, making very little for yourself, to get your next project off the ground with the hope of having even more financial/critical success. And honestly, you can usually attribute most film success to picking the right onscreen talent. Then if you are lucky enough to get a third deal you stand a chance at making a decent paycheck as a director. BTW, that is the real life experience of my best friend who is now a successful working director. FYI, he is a brilliant filmmaker, one-in-a-million luckiest guy I've ever known who has a photographic memory. He also charms the pants off of everyone in the room because he is super intelligent and an old soul, and he scored a supportive, multi-millionaire manager who is extremely connected and produces most of his work. Of course there are other scenarios that you can read about. This is only the story of my personal experience of winning Sundance and still never making a studio film. However, I have been extremely fortunate to be hired as a director/producer in other mediums and am finally making a full-time living that supports my family, after decades of sacrifice, sweat, blood and tears. We all wish we were genius' who blow up after festival success but unfortunately most of us are not. So we toil and sweat and hope for magic stardust to rain down on us little people too! Always remember it's a rich man's game and they pass the ball to their kids and friends. If you have trouble accepting that and rebel against it, you will probably never "make it" in the film business.
@@GratefulServant1111 Thank you for that reply! Honestly, that's exactly what I've feared, that this almost impossible goal of winning Sundance might not have the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow we imagine. Anyway, I'll burn that bridge when I get there, if at all ever. You're story is inspiring but also scary. Still, I want to do it. Glad to hear that you're getting to make a living as a full-time director, I wish you luck towards bigger things. Would love to see your (and your friend's) work.
I made a 71-minute feature at $6,000. I beg to differ and I know I'm not Tarantino cause I don't wanna be Tarantino. Just do you and don't let anyone else say otherwise.
@@ericcoen8894 possibly, I actually found extra footage from Day 1 that we forgot to use and also adding inserts on a particular scene. So we could reach 90 min marker.
I think he's absolutely right on this one. I love playing games, and I know that takes time away from watching the films or the shows I want to see. You've got to have something special, you've got to have that hook to reel everyone in to your project. I absolutely understand that, and I agree with his sentiment.
Exactly, but that’s what the video says. That until you become who he is, you need to put in the work. Now, Tarantino is as much a brand as these bigger IPs, the fact he’s made something is enough to drag people to theaters, even his A list cast is secondary to him in the eyes of the audience. But his first movie was Reservoir Dogs, and right after that, he snapped back with Pulp Fiction. He clearly put in the work that this guy is talking about, and had the self awareness to say at one point in the beginning “I’m a director who hasn’t directed, therefore I don’t exist”.
It's also great for anyone who is creating an Intellectual Property! I'm no filmmaker yet but my transmedia journey is starting with a comic book, then short stories/novel , board games and then transition to creating more expensive projects like video games and films! I'm starting with the medium that I have the best skills for and as I develop the IP I want to learn new skills and use other mediums for telling my stories.
netflix has saturated mediocrity. Even streaming services like amazon and hulu- they're just expanding their catalogue to include more and more crap instead of focusing on maximizing quality over quantity. On one hand, having large catalogues of obscure films opens up more choices for the viewer/consumer...but at the same time, it also crowds the market and makes it harder for the actual talents to reap the benefits and get the recognition they need to carve out a lasting career-because the money is being spread soooo thin all around so that more shit can be made instead of just focusing on the stuff that matters.
True, it will be interesting to see what happens to Hollywood post virus. Filming out of the Hollywood machine coming to an end? Could be a good thing And hopefully the magic of the theater experience is not gone forever
I absolutely agree with Houston here. And what I see a lot is the filmmakers getting excited about production and really telling this story across social and other platforms, but then there's silence for the next year of post production and anyone who thought anything about the film has forgotten it. This is exactly why we need a different crowdsourcing model too--production is for the filmmakers. We need to give the audience something now. And, maybe having a solid transmedia strategy going in to production is part of this. I'm just thinking out loud here.
I hate this “You’re going to suck.” attitude. Spielberg, Scorsese, Hitchcock, and especially Tarantino we’re all just people before they started. Do you think they listened to the people around them who were all, “Well, you’re never going to be as good as “_____”. No, they all just made movies. They didn’t just bitch about the industry. They made movies. It’s not a guarantee that you’ll be successful sure. But it’s not impossible. If it were, there wouldn’t be a Tarantino to begin with.
There has always been a 'Fortnite.' MMORPG's have been around for years. You telling me the main demographic of NetFlix is people who play Fortnite? GTFO. LOL! If you want audiences, make good stories. He just used the example Game of Thrones. They don't see to be hurting from video game players. MAKE GOOD STORIES.
This video about running your filmmaking as a small business is absolute to the point. Every wannabe "head in the cloud", "living in their own bubble" filmmaker should watch this video and wake up :)
Houston Howard my professor at LA Film School!! So happy and proud of him. Really cool class I took on gaming and storytelling...Thank you for this advice too! Stop comparing ourselves!
lol. Wait. This guy hasn't actually made a movie? Like, not one? How the hell is he qualified to tell anyone else what it takes to be a filmmaker, today or any day? Moving on, nothing to see here.
@@salvtrooper113 Actually, just for you, I'll elaborate a bit. This shit is backwards; you think about how to market the thing you love after you've made what you love. Trying to do it the other way around is DIRECTLY responsible for the sea of uninspiring trash that makes up the vast majority of every entertainment media today. And if you decide to join the unfortunates trying to "create" this way, you'll (A) never get to make what you really want to make, and (B) spend your life chasing one trend after another. Now, you might actually score once or twice, maybe even score big, but it sure sounds like a miserable way to live. But like I said, if that's your thing, you do you.
If you go into filmmaking with your sole desire to become famous and rich, you're doing it for the wrong reasons. Do it because you're passionate about it. You can make a film with an iPhone and basic editing software.
I'm not Tarantino nor do I want to be. I want to craft MY OWN unique style and tell amazing new stories. We filmmakers do this for the passion of creating art through film, film that will remain around for years to come. The viewers are just a bonus in my eyes. The passion and creativity are what strives me and I believe this is what really makes great filmmakers not the amount of tickets sold, views on RU-vid, or money made from a project. Just keep creating and good things will come.
Proper filmmaking is a full time job if you do it right. It takes a lot of time and energy out of you. How do you pay the bills and fund the new projects if you don’t expect money and viewers? I don’t understand this. I absolutely am not in this for the money, but I’d be an idiot if I said it’s not needed to make something. How do you pay actors if they’re not your friends? How do you pay a proper crew? How do you get your equipment? Your props and clothes? Your food? Money can be a shallow means of measuring success, but it’s definitely a necessity in this line of work if you want to go long term with it and keep evolving it.
@@donbarracuda546 he makes great points..... How many movies has he made though? Getting advice from this guy about making movies, is like getting advice from a sailor on how to fly a plane.
@@kamikazeeOG He doesn't make advice on how to MAKE movies. He gaves you advice on how to make a living from making movies and ho to avoid being starving artist. He also said when it comes to the craft, you should learn from the big names, but you also need to know how to break in in 2021.
Filmmaking is definitely not about competition because it’s an art form. He’s talking about it only in terms of money he could make out of it watching what’s trending instead of making people love something new that came off trends.
This crisis is a window to write NEW SCRIPTS. There is a vacuum of ideas in the film Industry. Almost everyone is waiting to be hired by a film production insted to create your OWN. Play in your own IDEAS. Otherwise, you will be limited to play in other people's ideas or in RE MAKES...
I don't know, if Reservoir Dogs came out today, I think it would still be hailed as a phenomenal movie. Maybe Tarantino wouldn't have turned into the juggernaut he is, but the movie is still fantastic when held up against anything modern. I think the real issue is that there are very few indie filmmakers making movies that are very good or unique. The technical process is so much easier than it used to be, but it seems like most indies aren't using that to their full advantage; they use it as a way to be lazier when it comes to craft. This guy talks as if craft is secondary, but making your film into something that you would be ravenous to consume is the primary goal. You NEED to hold it up against works that you think are the top of the mountain. Of course you also want your project to be as successful as possible, but, frankly, if I couldn't do both and had to choose, I'd rather end up with a fantastic movie that people respond to than a pile of mediocre crap that I'm trying to shove down people's throats. TL;DR - Do you want to be a filmmaker because you need a way to make money and it might as well be something interesting, or do you want to do it because even failing at it seems like a better option than getting rich doing some other bullshit?
ParadoxInRaindrops Networking is good, but there is only so much time in a day. If you can do it all, and well, then more power to you. But if that script hadn't been a masterpiece, Harvey Keitel never would have gotten involved. Also, Tarantino got the script to Keitel through the producer Lawrence Bender, whom he met through a random friend, and who only became interested because it was extremely good. Every master has a 'lucky' tale about how they broke in, but that lucky moment would never have happened if the work they were shopping wasn't first a masterpiece. Edit: Also, dope profile picture, space cowboy.
I like your question at the end so ima answer it. I want to be a film maker for a plentitude of reasons, I genuinely love film, I see movies for more than what they are ( if they permit it), I put in the effort to learn the roles and the trade, I’m inspired by the directors I know of and movies i watch ( Tarantino, Snyder, fincher, kubrick, Anderson, shalyman, craven & more) generations of lifetimes and stories to tell, and like nick fury said “It started with an idea” I do Hvac and construction I love it it pays great , but like many creatives we all have a story to tell, I chose film to be my medium, I’m starting with psychological thrillers, horror & eventually sci-fi, I want to do action, superhero films for me it’s all “original” content I want to do a remake or even helm some IP’s, if it doesn’t work out I can still do it for hobby and fall back on my trade, business is business and I’ll have to work 10x as much to even get some semblance of an audience to see my future projects, I don’t have to be Tarantino or anyone else but if these guys had the vision to make something without film school, I ask myself why can’t I
Réservoir Dogs wouldn’t be hailed as a phenomenal movie if it came out today. what made this film stand out most of all was the way violence was handled. audiences had never seen anything like that. today, it would have very little impact.
Thanks for putting this up....this is the major reason I do not hang out with other filmmakers because they have a distorted view of the industry...I'm a latecomer to the business having owned businesses before...so it scares me to hear people who have no regard for the business side of things and all they want to do is "create"....filmmaking is a business just like any other these people need to wake up
Max Maseko man it really is, just started getting into filmmaking but like you said it’s way more than creating a good movie you have to be able to handle yourself in hollywood. Know how to pitch movies, make good connections, etc etc. Definitely more than just making movies. most people can’t even make a good movie let alone convince others to fund it.
It kinda feels like this guy takes the director as if he was a producer, I mean filmmaking is art rather than business, at least from a filmmaker perspective
So many deluded "film makers" in the comment section who can't take this guys advice. If you want to make movies that have an actual budget you're going to have to pitch the idea to somebody and if you want people to see your film you're going to have to market the shit out of it. If you're just going to sit on your ass and wait for everybody to recognize your greatness then you're in for a long wait.
Basically, if you’re indie, and no one knows who you are, you’re gonna have to use every form of social media and every form of technology possible to get your creation created and to create awareness that it exists. You have to be a salesperson too. Everyday I find awesome indie games, films, comics, creator tools and all kinds of stuff that have been around for years. They fell by the wayside because there wasn’t enough consumer awareness or interaction to keep them alive or to sustain the creator.
NewginsLab I would venture a guess that most of the truly talented behind-the-scenes people in the film industry are people you’ve never heard of. You think Tarantino doesn’t surround himself with experts in the field whom you’ve never heard of? Truth doesn’t care if it’s a “mediocre” person who speaks it...truth is truth no matter who says it. Yes, if you want to be a filmmaker, you truly must be super driven or super crazy.
Advice is advice...just dont be an idiot consumed by it or let it offend u..theres people less opinionated who probably need to know this certain perspective
Quizmar 12 Agreed. I think it’s a mistake to either hang your hat on all advice or dismiss all advice. Instead...listen, consider, and take it with a grain of salt if it’s something you know is either hyperbole or misguided, etc. But at least listen. Some of the most educated people in any given field are likely people most people have never heard of. Insider knowledge. I have learned so so much about all kinds of things from people who are in an industry...but aren’t necessarily the experts or the most known people associated with that industry.
I'd say that I really disagree with 'everything is competition' attitude. Using the example of Netflix thinking Fortnite is a competitor is a fallacy on the part of Netflix and Howard; If you're competing with Fortnite, then you are also competing with sleep, work, meals and everything else in a person's life. That's too invasive, too competitive, too bloodthirsty. Competition isn't everything, winning isn't everything, calm down. That's simply an attitude of pure avarice. You can't undertake a creative endeavor thinking that you're competing with literally everything. I've never thought as my creative endeavors as taking away from someone else's success, I'm just adding to the pile. People can play more than one videogame, they can watch more than one movie, they can listen to more than one band. There are lots of individuals out there with lots of time on their hands. Getting their attention isn't easy, but its not because Star Wars stole all the eyeballs.
Lol to the people who think Tarantino went from working in rental store to directing reseviour dogs. Do a little extra digging and you will find out he was hand picked almost a half decade before making the film by sundance labs and they connected him to the people that made it possible for that film to be a success and then on top of that they made it win sundance cause they partially funded it. There's a whole underworld to the industry that has extremely deep roots and hand picks creators decades before it's their time to shine. How they get picked is still blackmagic but theres a good chance your favorite "indie" director followed this exact same path.
@Theodore Hendricks I am actually really intrigued by this, I cant find any papers specifically referencing the topic. Anything more specific I could read into?
Anyone who wants to be a filmmaker should stop watching videos like this and make films for the fun of it. THAT's how you become like Tarantino. He didn't start making films to impress people, he did it just because he wanted to. By the way if financial success is your concern, you can make plenty of money from the film industry without becoming a director. If you take PA work then you can work your way into a very well-paying crew position in a few years at most. I shit you not, most crew members make around $500 a day depending on what department they're in. This guy, along with just about everyone else this channel interviews, is just an egotistical critic that's bitter from the lack of their own success. Filmmaking is a fun activity that is often ruined with the toxic and competitive mentality that people like this guy provoke.
Tarantino isn't Tarantino... He's like a Pourtuguese Man of War of film, an amalgamation of many different organisms of film 7:38 you tell me that route and I'll follow it... The problem is there's a desination but no map to get there...wander aimlessly in various directions until you trip over something worth discovering and displaying... And the best advice you can get from anyone is "get out and start" but which diresction do I go? 11:32 I want to get into film... I have no experience or equipment... The best I can do right now is machinema on youtube using GTA Online amd the video editor... I have done a music video and a commercial. I am working on others but it is tedious. I agree that new filmmakers must not try to adhere to the independent track of the last 2 decades... Not everyone can fly to Cannes... But anyone can produce and post a youtube video... Shit look at twitter accounts like "the sun vanished" producing a story and not writing one page of a script...
The advice he provides isn't sugar coated nor fiction, it's based on the harsh reality of the media industry itself. His advice is aimed at people who are not known to the media industry, the same people who disagree with his words. There is a reason why those individuals haven't become known to the industry yet, if ever. Let that sink in for a moment.
Doing transmedia is 100 percent important to our generation of film makers especially if you are doing paid work. For me the last 3 years have been me getting paid to go to film school basically
This must be one of the best videos in RU-vid. Everything he says is so true and really something we filmmakers must take in consideration. Thanks for this!
even though this man isn't well known for making films, i really needed this advice and he really broke the truth and reality of my dreams. i often have my head in the clouds and i never think about the consequences or i think about the consequences too much and fail to do anything to fix it. i really liked this video. thank you for shedding some light
Just so were clear, I’m making a movie. Whether it be low budget or funded w/ millions. Fame is old news everyone’s famous now, the quality of your content should always be at top. Seeya soon
He's 100% right about how a person must adapt and evolve to changing times. Business models change, and in today's world, having the knowledge to market and distribute through multi-media channels is of utmost importance. However, having that unique story is equally important, because that will capture the audience.
Speaking of living the dream I’m screwed !! I would love to sell my abstract artwork and screenplays for a living, but that is like winning the lottery. Meanwhile in reality I go to my medical billing day job to survive. 😔 sigh
7:48 this is just like the jpeg meme(s) that circulated years ago, and probably still do, about how "well the billionaires didn't go to / finish college" giving the examples of Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, etc. As if their examples justify you as an average eighteen-year-old foregoing formal education or training.
