ACTING & FILM SCHOOL

Dear Moviemakers, Make Movies!

Jason Brubaker (Filmmaking Stuff) - A few years back, with limited experience, and by scraping together a little money, my buddy wrote, produced and directed a short film. Forgoing the festival route, he decided to reach a global audience by uploading his movie to the internet. And within days, to his utter astonishment, thousands of people flooded his website to check out the movie. In the mix was a very wealthy gentleman who enjoyed the movie so much, he offered my friend a million dollars to make a feature.

While this sort of thing doesn’t happen every day, I share this story as a tale of inspiration. If you want to make movies, make movies. Put blinders on. And don’t let anyone discourage you from telling the story you want to tell. You just never know what sorts of opportunities might materialize.

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