by Enrique Cruz
In that Pink song – ”Don’t let me get me” — she talks about being “her own worst enemy…” — and I get it…for years I struggled with whether to take a crack at jumping into the Independent Film world — something to play in festivals or something other than just Porn (not that there’s anything wrong with porn) — anyhoo…I wrote it about here on the blog a few times (and got great feedback from you all)…”Just Do it,“ was the overwhelming response.
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Many film makers have the tools and the talent. Some even create bits of their project here and there, but failing to craft a real schedule, the project never gets done. Before long, they move on to some “better” idea. What could be better than getting it done?
If you have a day job, make a commitment to work on your film at least one hour per night and full time on weekends. If you have other commitments, such as family, karate class or anything else, build a schedule around them, but build a schedule and stick to it.
Chris Nolan, known today for “Batman Begins” made his first film, “Following”, on weekends. He and his friends who acted in the film had day jobs, but they went out every weekend and got a little bit more of the film done. Create milestones and set out to reach them.
Decide from the start how much of the film should be done in three months, in six months, in nine months and work to reach these milestones. Create smaller monthly milestones to reach and check them off so that you can be inspired by seeing progress.