Film Makers Blues

mikewest13 said:
About an hour later, there was a post on craigslist bashing everyone looking for "FREE" help..................................anyways, how do you deal with the blues when you feel that you should just give up and not waste your time playing with the big boys, when you haven't even taken off your training wheels.
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There will always be someone who wants to put you down. But this doesn't mean they'll succeed. And just because someone posts to bash anyone asking for free help doesn't mean that people who read it will necessarily agree with them.
Doing something worthwhile is not a waste of time, and whoever these 'big boys' are, well, why worry about them ? It's what you do that's important, not what they're doing.

I will admit there are times when I wonder if it is worth all the effort. But what's the point in giving up, and wasting all the inspiration, and the work that's been done already.
 
unfortunately, not all people are as passionate as others. or maybe they are, but are tired of working for free. just do what makes you happy and don't give up! just don't worry about the reasons of others! keep your eyes on the prize! if you keep at it long enough, you'll come across others that'll want to jump on board. good luck to you...and to me!
 
go to your local High School or Community Collage you can always find people there willing to work for free, I shot my short over three months two days a week all my talent was free, one actress drove from LA on her own dime to be in the film ( she was fresh off War of the worlds ) so if you have a good product that people believe in you will get them.
 
Several of the last few little projects I've worked on, were crewed mostly by professionals, contributing their time - "A Question of Loyalty," which my friend Randy directed and produced, included some very experienced actors (Jesse Burch, Andrew Robinson, Clancy Brown) who have appeared in some of his previous projects; the DPs were people he knew from "Carnivale," etc.

I think that the on-camera talent *had* to be paid their minima (don't want to cross SAG, now...) but the rest of us were friends contributing time and expertise. A lot of people really do enjoy working little projects with friends and acquaintances, or just for the fun of practicing their craft with a different set of constraints than we have to live with, on larger commercial projects.

It's really about networking. Since Randy's been working in production for, well, many years, he's well-networked.
 
I haven't found a hard time finding people... in Toronto here, its pretty easy. It is, at times, a litle harder to stay motivated and keep credit working people motivatred over a pre-development period.

To me, while i am learning by doing, i'd really like to find people, however professional they may be, and just make movies. Not because we are trying to get rich, but because its fun. Its like when a pro sports player starts to earn the big bucks... its like they forget that at one time, they would have paid to do what they are doing.
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