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No, the characters do not always need to be evolving. You've mentioned a few examples where the characters don't really evolve and the show works.

Most stories involve character arcs because they...

I see your point that an image can also be an intellectual thing, but in none of your examples are the images intellectual to the exclusion of emotion.

I haven't read the whole thread so I don't...

Precisely. Filmmaking is a collective effort. You can create this collective of artists easily if you have lots of money. Otherwise, you'll be forced to dip into the old-fashioned technique they used...

Congrats on hitting the goal Robbie. Your persistence is going to set you apart.

Cool idea for a reel. Great work.

I also think $400/day is quite a lot to pay the crew for a $100k film. Another strategy for low-budget hiring might be to give a person more creative control than they have had in the past. For...

Most of my posts these days are in the Cafe where they don't count. But once upon a time, I did post a lot for the sake of having a high post count. I was also about 15 years old.

This doesn't seem like a big deal for us, but my next door neighbors shoot tutorial videos for YouTube and nothing else. This is great news for them. Lots of potential.

I was reading "Conversations with Woody Allen" today and he talked on this exact subject. I'll quote him at length.

I said, "I don't disagree with the restatement." That means I agree with you.

Anyway, most good auteur filmmakers were indulging their own interests when they created their best works. Kubrick,...

No, I don't disagree with the restatement.

I'm on a phone so this will be short.

Don't outline so thoroughly. Surprise yourself as you go along. Leave the story open. Don't focus on plot so much, focus on character. Movies typically need...

It's a really fantastic low-budget debut film. The film even had a Chinese remake recently (not as good).

I read very few novels before finishing high school. I only got into reading fiction after I left formal education (I didn't go to college). School really really killed the pleasure for me. I've...

A sitcom by definition is comedy that is situational. Not trying to be an ass, but had that been mentioned? So comedy comes from characters we like going through humorous situations. In a lot of...

I feel like I'm saying the same thing in every post, so I don't know what my motivations are, but here are my thoughts.

There's a quote I like--"In every man exists the entire human condition." I...

Your model is completely valid. It's most people's model. I've been more outspoken about my filmmaking philosophy around here recently, because film-as-art never seems to come into the discussion. I...

I don't think you're understanding me still. I don't care if my films make me money. The profit is irrelevant to me. The numbers are just numbers.

I have a different definition of 'art' than you do. Art is different from creativity. There is creativity used in the marketing of fast food, porn, alcohol, and all the rest. I don't believe that art...

This is partially true. I agree with the overall lack of passion in adolescents today. I'm one of them.

But I've spent a great deal of time observing these issues. I am just wrapping up a rough...

+1

I just said a similar thing in the "state of cinema" thread. Attention span is not some insignificant thing that naturally shortens over generations. I am 21. I see in my friends and myself a...

I disagree. I believe compromise of vision for financial reasons forsakes the potential of art. This is my own view--I don't think all films need to be produced with this vision. But I'm not...

I know it when I feel it.

The economics of filmmaking are discouraging at first, but after thinking the past few years, I don't really mind. This deserves to be an art, not an industry everyone...

The supply of "really good" films isn't growing, in my opinion. If you can make a really good film, you won't have much competition.

You're a bully and I'm a pacifist. Good day.