So I was just graduating college when I saw this documentary which was made to encourage people to join the industry. One offer they made was to become a television "Page" where you took guests around the network offices in New York city and some time, undefined, in the future, you could move up in the industry. I didn't have patience and I knew I would be a bad page. Then the union offered a 10 year program to become a director. I just wanted a direct documentaries - to make them myself. 10 years? Seemed crazy. So I bought a Bolex 16mm wind-up camera and made my first documentary for $200 which some friends loaned me. And within a year, my 10 minute film was on national television, and so was I being interviewed as a "young filmmaker." I attempted to remain a young filmmaker for over 20 years calling myself that as I got job after job to make television documentaries. When I look at this documentary now it seems ancient. But on the other hand, so do early documentaries of a similar nature on the personal computer and even on the cell phone. Technology is changing so rapidly and I am excited for what comes next. I love RU-vid and being a RU-vid creator and work very hard to present to my subscribers videos that provoke their interest, comments, reactions, thoughts. My adult children don't watch TV much if at all. RU-vid is their choice medium where they can select their programming rather than have it "force-fed" as they see it. But for me as an old timer, television remains the first wonderful medium where homes across America and the world could see my films. What a time!
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16 фев 2022
