Moments when you realize you're a born filmmaker

David Jimerson said:
Of course. That's what they said on the first day of law school, too, and they were right. I suspect it's common to many professions.
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I'd say common to ALL professions. Heck, I waited tables for a few years, I've NEVER gone to a restaurant and looked at a waiter the same way. Although I'm still able to turn my brain off during SOME movies. I think it's mostly limited to childhood favorites though. I can't think of a recent film that I haven't analyzed ANYTHING in, at least a little.

Maybe that's the true beauty of being a kid, nothing's ruined for you yet.
 
When I watched Jurrasic Park, BTTF Trilogy, Indiana Jones Trilogy, and the original SW movies constantly over and over again, I realized that the films weren't just cool. I was seeing something nobody else around me was seeing, something that got to my core that I sensed and understood. Thats when I realized, I wanted to give what I got out of the films I love to other people. That pretty much sealed the deal as far as I'm concerned.
 
I see life as a movie. No joke either. Like sometimes I position people in my field of view so they fall into the "thirds".

Another time is when i'm walking through a crowd of people, then stare at the person infront of you keeping your eyes focused on them. Then it seems like i'm viewing my own steadicam shot. Try it you'll see what i mean.

I think the best one is when I'm with friends and they start talking..i cut them off and tell them to say that again but slower than the last time and hit the key operatives because no one likes fast and unclear talkers. haha
 
I guess I'm starting to realize it...I know this because there's a large, smoldering hole in my wallet and my bank account looks like it starred in Saving Private Ryan!!
 
blckhawk542 said:
I see life as a movie. No joke either. Like sometimes I position people in my field of view so they fall into the "thirds".

Another time is when i'm walking through a crowd of people, then stare at the person infront of you keeping your eyes focused on them. Then it seems like i'm viewing my own steadicam shot. Try it you'll see what i mean.

I think the best one is when I'm with friends and they start talking..i cut them off and tell them to say that again but slower than the last time and hit the key operatives because no one likes fast and unclear talkers. haha
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Directing reality, eh? :)
 
I think analyzing movies is essential for developing one's understanding of filmmaking.

The script, the acting, the shots, framing, lighting, sound, editing, everything...

But this is also digging too deep into the left half of our brains. The logical, scientific, schematic, mathematical side of our thinking.

I can't forget what my father told me once about music and composing. I think it also applies to filmmaking.

He said that education and going to school will make you literate in the field you're studying, but it also cuts you off from your true sources of creativity.

It puts you in a scheme, a matrix, a routine of doing things. And that could be somewhat bad for creativity.

The true source of creativity is... well, we could call it intuition, but it doesn't matter how we call it... I don't think you can name that...

There's a huge territory within ourselves that we simply don't know and we certainly don't control...

Call it subconscious or whatever... it's there,... it's the jungle, the deep forest inside of us... and deep forests are not always horrible... sometimes they're beautiful...

Spielberg said that throughout his career, he has always put a great effort to study films, but nevertheless, his best ideas came from a place he can't find when he's having breakfast...

And remember in A Beautiful Mind, the genius mathematician tended to avoid lectures, because...

There's a huge underworld of psychological alchemy happening in every human and the best ideas come out of "there"... seemingly - out of "nothing".

Yeah, I guess education enriches this underworld in some mysterious way, but we don't fully control this process,... we cannot...

We humans are control freaks, but sometimes that's harmful to us...

It's judgment that defeats us...

So, yeah... if we get too much into filmmaking, probably some of the magic will be gone, but I don't think it's gone forever...

Letting go is the key, but what does that actually mean?!

It's tough.

I believe that our best ideas come out of the little kid, still living inside us...

We shouldn't suffocate that kid with too much logic and reason.... too much craft, experience and "professionalism"... we should leave the little kid a room to play...

Ultimately,.. life is a mystery... an alchemy... a miracle...

Blah-blah-blah....

:).

My 2c.

I'm going out to play.

:bath::violin:
 
When I was little, I was making movies, and I never stopped... so, while I did not come into the world with a camera in my hand...I had one in it ever since. I agree, that the movie maker has to have an inate sense of what appeals to the eye so framing comes naturally.
 
Whenever I hear a slow song I picture a scene with the people and places around me. I also am constantly thinking of ways to add real lif eevents to films.

And it is true that whenever I see a movie all I can think about is the angles, the lighting, the dialogue, etc...
 
armisiano said:
So, anybody else think this thread is incredibly similar to:

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=127648

A not-too-old-at-all thread itself.

I'm not knockin' this one at all, I myself have posted threads that I KNOW had to have the same name and subject matter as previous ones. I was just wondering if anybody noticed.
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I definitly thought of this when I found this thread, but no one else complained, so why should I? :grin:
 
When I was walking back from Venice and I saw a wooden gate in front of a house, it was circular, really different, and I said to my hubby - "that would make a good back drop for a scene." When you can't enjoy the scenery because everything looks like a movie set, yeah, you're there.
 
Charli said:
When I was walking back from Venice and I saw a wooden gate in front of a house, it was circular, really different, and I said to my hubby - "that would make a good back drop for a scene." When you can't enjoy the scenery because everything looks like a movie set, yeah, you're there.
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ditto.
 
Charli said:
When I was walking back from Venice and I saw a wooden gate in front of a house, it was circular, really different, and I said to my hubby - "that would make a good back drop for a scene." When you can't enjoy the scenery because everything looks like a movie set, yeah, you're there.
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Actually, observations like that make my wife and I enjoy the scenery even more. :laugh:
 
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