ACTING & FILM SCHOOL

Filmmaking Success Strategies: Are You Prepared?

Jason Brubaker - I was talking with some of my filmmaking friends over the weekend. Between beers and BBQ, the topic of success came up. We spent the next few hours chatting about why some filmmakers actually make movies and why some filmmakers don’t end up making anything. And we came up with a general consensus.

Basically we figured out that most of our accomplished filmmaker friends became successful because they took it upon themselves to create their first movie. And if their first movie wasn’t good enough, these ambitious and persistent filmmakers went out and made a second movie. And if that movie failed to generate attention, these
filmmakers made another. They went the distance. They never gave up.

The not-yet-successful filmmakers we bump into follow different rules. They have lots of ideas and talk. But they never take the initial action to realize their dreams. To them, having ideas and waiting to be discovered is more important than the first step.

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Jason Brubaker is a Hollywood-based independent producer. You can find more of his filmmaking tips at www.FilmmakingStuff.com